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Program Requirements

Major Requirements

To fulfill the requirements of the major, all students in this program will take the following coursework in a sequence determined in collaboration with a faculty advisor. All students also must fulfill Liberal Arts Core and University requirements, and some of the following courses may also satisfy those requirements.

  • ACT 201 Principles of Accounting I
  • ACT 202 Principles of Accounting II
  • ECO 211 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • FIN 301 Financial Management
  • IT 110 Information Technology in the Global Age
  • LA 248 Business Law I
  • LA 249 Business Law II
  • LA 280 Introduction to the Legal System
  • LA 301 Civil Litigation
  • LA 302 Criminal Litigation
  • LA 303 Litigation Support Technology or HRM 336 Labor Relations
  • LA 305 General Practice I
  • LA 306 General Practice II
  • LA 391 Legal Research and Writing
  • LA 409 Public Law and Procedure
  • LA 430 Legal and Current Issues in Human Resource Management or HRM 335 Human Resource Management
  • LA 490 Internship
  • LA 491 Computerized Legal Research
  • MGT 123 The Business Experience
  • MGT 304 Organizational Management
  • MGT 385 International Business or MGT 485 International Management
  • MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
  • MA 155 Finite Mathematics (Students needing preparation for this course should plan to complete that preparation during the freshman year)
  • PH 305 Business Ethics
  • POL 104 American Government
  • POL 335 Constitutional Law or Business elective
  • 24 hours of approved pro bono legal service to the community