College of Business Administration and Economics

Dean - Danny R. Arnold
Associate Dean - Thomas B. Morehart
Assistant Dean - Kathleen Brook
Student Adviser - Tawny Aguirre
Student Adviser - Bonnie Pratt

DEGREES OFFERED

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

The mission of the College of Business Administration and Economics encompasses three major goals: education through teaching, education through research and creative efforts, and education and assistance through service. These goals provide the college its direction and establish the framework for building and maintaining quality academic programs, guiding research and creative efforts, and directing productive service activities. In reality, the goals will never entirely be reached, but they represent continuing challenges for an ever higher level of achievement.

The primary goal of the college is to provide high quality educational programs to students of all ages, races, and cultural backgrounds. The college defines education in the broadest possible context to encompass undergraduate, graduate, and nontraditional educational programs designed for students who seek positions of responsibility in business, government, and other types of institutions. The college's commitment to quality education requires the development of the intellectual potential of students, the enhancement of their skills of rational inquiry, and the expansion of their appreciation of scholarship and creative endeavor.

Because the college is committed to increasing understanding of an increasingly complex world through extension, application, and dissemination of knowledge, we value scholarly endeavor by the faculty. Consonant with the advancement of understanding, faculty scholarship fosters the currency and rigor essential to the conduct of high quality professional business programs. Scholarship is broadly defined to include both traditional and applied research and publication efforts, as well as other creative endeavors.

Requirements for Degrees

A student must have been formally admitted to a major before being eligible to apply for a degree in the college.

Additional course requirements are listed below by the department offering the major.

The university requires that, to be graduated, a student must have an average of not less than two grade points per credit in all courses, a grade-point average of two points per credit in all courses taken on the university campus, and that the last 30 credits be taken in residence. The College of Business Administration and Economics requires, in addition, that every candidate for any baccalaureate degree be enrolled in a major of the college while taking any of the last 30 credits used to meet degree requirements, and also have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 or above in credits taken in the college that are used to meet degree requirements. In the business computer systems curriculum this rule extends to computer science courses. In all majors, the student must have a cumulative average of at least 2.0 in the credits in the college used to meet the specific requirements listed under "B. Major course." In addition to meeting the 30-credit rule, transfer students must complete at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree at New Mexico State University and must complete a minimum of 12 credits in courses taken in residence in the college and required in the specific major (Group B).

To meet the requirements for graduation, every student in the college must complete a minimum of 128 credits of approved courses.

To become eligible for the baccalaureate degree, the student must take certain courses in mathematics. Students are required to take a Mathematics Placement Examination upon their entry to NMSU. The results of the test will determine whether they must take review courses in mathematics, which will not count in their credits towards graduation.

The maximum credit for participation in music organizations (band, orchestra, or chorus) allowable in meeting degree requirements is four credits. The maximum credit of intercollegiate athletics allowable in meeting degree requirements is four credits, with no more than one credit in each sport.

Courses in the occupational education category (prefixed "OE") are not recognized for credit towards any degree offered by the College of Business Administration and Economics.

The only courses that may be taken on an S/U option by students in the College of Business Administration and Economics are general electives (does not include Group I or Group II courses used to meet university general education requirements) outside of the college. In addition, students may take up to 9 credits of honors courses in Group II graded S/U.

Each of the degree programs contains required or specified courses and elective courses. Students are urged to choose their elective courses with care. Students in the ROTC programs, for example, may wish to begin utilizing their general electives early in their program and should plan accordingly.

Any student who (1)entered as a beginning freshman in Summer Session I, 1991 or thereafter, or (2)enrolled before SSI, 1991 but wishes to graduate under the 1991-92 or subsequent catalog, must satisfy the requirements of the university's general education program. General education requirements apply to all baccalaureate and associate's degrees in the College of Business Administration and Economics.

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 grants the following degrees: Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts (Economics), Master of Accountancy, and Ph.D. in Business Administration. For details on programs leading to these degrees, see the current Graduate School Catalog.

Admission to a Major

Students planning to earn a degree in the College of Business Administration and Economics at New Mexico State University enroll in their freshman and sophomore years in the general prebusiness major and are advised through the college's Advising Center. Transfer students from other units of NMSU and from other institutions are also assigned to the Advising Center as prebusiness majors until eligible for admission to a specific major. Admission to a specific major is required for enrollment in upper-division course work and does not occur until the student has completed all, or basically all, of the requirements for the Associate Degree in Prebusiness. Requirements for the Associate Degree in Prebusiness are listed below.

Group I (Total credits 34-39)

1ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition, or ENGL 111H, Freshman Composition

4

1ENGL 203G, Business and Professional Communication

3

1COMM 253G or COMM 265G

3

C S 110G, Computer Literacy, or

BCS 110G, Introduction to Computerized Information Systems 3

1MATH 115, Intermediate Algebra

 3
MGT 225, Quantitative Decision Making in Business I (Required of
MGT, MKTG and Gen. Bus. majors. Required for B.B.A. in ECON
majors who do not take MATH 142G and MATH 230.)		 3

MGT 325, Quantitative Decision Making in Business II
(Only required for B.B.A. in ECON students who take MGT 225.)

 3

MATH 142G, Applied Mathematics for the Biological and Social Sciences I (Required of ACCT, BCS, and FIN majors. Required for B.B.A. in ECON majors who do not take MGT 225 and MGT 325.)

3

MATH 230, Matrices and Linear Programming (required for all majors who take MATH 142G)

3

STAT 251, Statistics for Business and the Behavioral Sciences, or
E ST 251, Statistics for Business and the Behavioral Sciences

3

B A 101, Orientation to Business Administration and Economics I

1

2ACCT 201-202, Fundamentals of Accounting I, II

6

2ECON 251G-252G, Principles of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics

6

1 Grade of C or better required

2 Should not be taken until sophomore year

Group II

Behavioral sciences: 6 credits from among anthropology, psychology and/or sociology, including 3 credits from Part II (C), General Education Requirements

6

Government and history: 6 credits from among geography, government and/or history. At least 3 credits from Part II (A), General Education Requirements

6

Humanities: 3 credits from Part II (E), General Education Requirements

3

Physical and biological sciences: 4 credits from Part II (B), General Education Requirements.

4

Electives in any of the above Group II subjects, foreign language, philosophy, math, or computer science

6
NOTE: MATH 210G, MATH 230, or MGT 325 may be substituted for 3 credits of above elective credit.

B A 301, Career Planning in Business (optional)

1

A minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 is required for the granting of the Associate Degree in Prebusiness. The last 15 credits towards the degree must be earned at NMSU. General electives to bring total credits to 66.

Group I and Group II requirements do not apply to those students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Economics. The relevant requirements for that degree are listed below under "Bachelor of Arts in Economics."

Students may be fully admitted to a specific major if they have earned the Associate Degree in Prebusiness or have fulfilled all of its requirements. Tentative admission is available to students who have completed all of the requirements, including minimum GPA of 2.0 or better, with the exception of up to a maximum of 12 credits from Group II.

Business administration students will not be permitted to take upper-division (i.e., numbered 300 or above) courses offered by the College of Business Administration and Economics (with the exception of B A 301 and MGT 325) until they have been officially admitted to a specific major in the college.

DEGREE: Bachelor of Business Administration
MAJOR: General Business

The major in general business is based on a broad range of course options rather than a narrow focus on a single discipline. Graduates find careers in large and small businesses, in government agencies, and in the nonprofit sector of our society. Some students seek this major because they are interested in starting or acquiring a small business, and others plan to enter a family business upon graduation. The curriculum does provide a focus on small and new enterprises, thus reflecting the entrepreneurial nature of contemporary business in the U.S. The major is also well suited to the part-time and working student because courses are available in the late afternoon and evening.

Every candidate for this degree must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the requirements for admission to the major (see above).

Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Related Professional Courses (Total credits 26)

ACCT 350, Managerial Accounting

 3

BLAW 316, Legal Environment of Business

 3

B A 328, Introduction to International Business

1

BCS 338, Business Information Systems

3

FIN 306, Principles of Finance

3

MGT 309, Human Relations in Business

3

MGT 340, Business and Society

1

MGT 344, Production and Operations Management

3

MGT 449, Business Policies*

3

MKTG 303, Principles of Marketing

3

*Open only to seniors. Recommended for final semester.

Major and Elective Courses, ­ Upper-Division (Total credits 35-36)

Major requirements 30

No more than 6 credits may be taken in any one prefix:

Accounting (ACCT)

Business Administration (BA)

Business Computer Systems (BCS)

Business Law (BLAW)

Economics (ECON)

Finance (FIN)

Management (MGT)

Marketing (MKTG)

General electives (must be upper-division credits from two colleges

other than CBA&E, from courses listed in General Education
Course Requirements, Part III, Viewing a Wider World)
6

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 on the College of Business Administration and Economics are accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate School of Business



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