COLLEGE of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and ECONOMICS

Dean Garrey Carruthers

Associate Dean Kathleen Brook

Associate Dean Kevin Boberg

Advising Coordinator Rose Byrum

Advising Coordinator Celina Talamantes

Bachelor of Accountancy
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Bachelor of Business Administration – Majors in Business Computer Systems, Economics, Finance, General Business, International Business, Management, and Marketing
Associate in Prebusiness

Mission of the College of Business Administration and Economics

NMSU's College of Business Administration and Economics provides a continually improving learning environment that prepares students to meet the challenges of a global economy.

NMSUBusiness, as part of an Hispanic-serving institution, provides all students, but especially those from New Mexico, convenient access to high-quality, professional education programs. Selected programs may be designed to serve students from throughout the U.S . or in selected international locations.

NMSUBusiness provides intellectual and professional development to business students and faculty through course work, research centers, research programs, and student-and faculty-exchange programs.

NMSUBusiness provides excellence in teaching at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels.

NMSUBusiness continually seeks to add high-quality educational and service programs that target specific economic sectors, such as high-technology industries, public utilities, entrepreneurship, banking, and golf.

NMSUBusiness provides both faculty and students with opportunities to enrich their understanding of global business issues. NMSUBusiness also ensures that the international content of our programs and courses reflects the location of NMSU and its proximity to Latin America.

NMSUBusiness secures input from significant constituencies, such as students, alumni, and business practitioners, regarding their educational needs and their views of NMSUBusiness.

NMSUBusiness faculty are involved in research and consulting endeavors, thereby allowing them to enhance their ability to engage in effective teaching and contribute to the body of knowledge in business administration.

Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees

Successful completion of requirements as listed under the college's General Education and Other Foundation Courses section and lower-and upper-division Business Core sections. This requirement does not apply to those students pursuing the Bachelor of Art in Economics. (For this degree, see the Economics and International Business section below.)
Successful completion of requirements as listed by the department for a specific major.
Formal admission into a major of the college while taking any of the last 30 credits used to meet degree requirements.
A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in all courses taken at NMSU
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0in allcourses taken in the College used to meet specific college course requirements.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses in the College used to meet specific major course requirements.
A minimum of 128 credits of approved courses.
A minimum of 54 upper division credits.
Last 30 credits must be completed at NMSU; of these credits, the student not regularly enrolled at NMSU the previous year must complete a minimum of 20 creditsin upper-division courses, including a minimum of 12 upper-division credits in the major.
Successful completion of at least 64 degree credits outside the CBA&E. Among these credits are a maximum of 9 credits of economics and 6 credits of statistics.
For transfer students, a minimum of 33 business credits required for a business degree must be completedin the CBA&E.
For transfer students, a minimum of 12 credits in courses required in the major must be completed in the CBA&E.

The college will accept toward a degree a maximum of 8 credits combined from the following 3 categories: music organizations (band, orchestra, or chorus), physical activity courses, and occupational education (prefixed "OE"). Additional OE credits may be counted based on articulation agreements.
The only courses that may be taken on an S/U option by studentsin the CBA&E are general electives outside the college. This does not include the courses listed below under general education requirements except that students may take up to 9 credits of honors courses graded S/U to satisfy these requirements.

All students planning to earn a degree in the College of Business Administration and Economics are advised through the college's Advising Center during their freshman and sophomore years or until they have completed alllower division requirements as listed under the General Education and Other Foundation courses and Lower-division Business Core requirements sections. Students who complete these requirements are assigned to a faculty member for advising. Students who complete these requirements and thoselisted in the section for specific majors will have satisfied the university's general education requirements.

Lower-division requirements must be substantially completed before the student is permitted to take upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above) offered by the CBA&E.

General Education and Other Foundation Courses (35 credits)

COMM 265G, Principles of Human Communication, or COMM 253G1....... 3
ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition, or ENGL 111H1..................................... 4
ENGL 203G, Business and Professional Communication, or ENGL 218G1.. 3
E ST 251, Statistics for Business and the Behavioral Sciences, or STAT 251 3
MATH 115, Intermediate Algebra1.................................................................................. 3
Students who place out of MATH 115 must take an additional 3 credits of general elective outside the College of Business Administration and
Economics.
MATH 142G, Calculus for the Biological and Management Sciences ........... 3
MATH 185, College Algebra, or MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Program
ming (MATH 230 is strongly recommended for BCS majors)................. 3
Human thought/behavior: ANTH 120G, ANTH 125G, ANTH 201G, ANTH
203G, PSY 201G, or PHIL 233G............................................................................... 3
Historical Perspectives: from Part II (A), General Education Requirements 3
Literature and fine arts: from Part II (E), General Education Requirements 3
Basic natural sciences: from Part II (B), General Education Requirements .. 4
1Grade of C or better required
Majors in economics must have a grade of C or better in ECON 251G,
ECON 252G, E ST 251 or E ST 311G (or the equivalent) and MATH
142G.

Business Core, lower division (18 credits)
ACCT 251, Management, and ACCT 252, Financial Accounting2.................... 6
BCS 110G, Introduction to Computerized Information Systems, or C S
110G .................................................................................................................................... 3
BUSA 111, Business in a Global Society........................................................................ 3
ECON 251G-252G, Principles of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics2.......... 6
2Not recommended for freshman year.

Business Core, upper division (27 credits)
BCS 338, Business Information Systems I (all majors except BCS), or BCS
350, Systems Analysis and Modeling (BCS majors)..................................... 3
BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business (all majors except ACCT), or
BLAW 317, Business Law I (ACCT majors)......................................................... 3
BUSA 365, Design and Delivery of Goods and Services ...................................... 6
BUSA 421 and 422, Integrated Business Concepts I and II ................................. 6
FIN 341, Financial Analysis and Markets ...................................................................... 3
MGT 309, Human Behavior in Organizations ............................................................ 3
Upper-division elective in economics or experimental statistics, excluding
E ST 311G, Statistical Applications (BCS majors must take ECON 405, Economic Statistics)............................................................................................................ 3

Associate in Prebusiness Degree

To complete the associate degree, 66 credits are required, including the general education requirements and lower-division business core described above. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0is also required. The last 15 credits towards the degree must be earned at NMSU.

Minors in Business

Minors are available in accounting, business administration, business computer systems, economics, finance,international business, management and marketing. The college also cooperates with the College of Arts and Sciences in offering minors in global political economy and U.S.-Mexico border studies. Requirements are available from the Advising Center and the individual departments offering the minor.

Prelaw Students

Because the practice of law often involves business-related problems, the majors in the college provide an excellent preparation for the prelaw student. The college has attorneys on the faculty who are available as advisers.

Graduate Work

The College of Business Administration and Economics also offers programs leading to the following degrees: Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts (Economics), Master of Accountancy, Master of Science (Experimental Statistics), and Ph.D. in Business Administration. For details on programs leading to these degrees, see the current Graduate School Catalog.

Accreditation New Mexico State University has been accredited since 1926 by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a degree-granting institution. The university was accredited in 1954 by the American Association of University Women. The baccalaureate and graduate degree programs in business administration and accounting offered in the College of Business Administration and Economics are accredited by AACSB InternationalÑThe Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.