Business Department | Majors, Minors,
Concentrations
Lower Division Courses |
Upper Division Courses
Albertson College has special arrangements with Boise State University, Gonzaga University, University of Idaho, and Willamette University, to facilitate admission into their graduate programs. This may be an attractive option for students with a strong interest in graduate work or in a career in accounting (Note: students are now required to have 150 semester credits before they can sit for the CPA exam). See the Cooperative Programs section of this catalog for specific requirements.
The Business Major requires nine credits of prerequisites and 30 credits of business courses
In addition to the Business Major, business students may add a concentration (Note: concentrations are not required). Concentrations enable the student to focus on an area of special interest. There are five standard concentrations; each consisting of an additional nine credits. The concentrations are:
Business Core (above) plus:
Business Core (above) plus nine credits chosen from:
Business Core (above) plus:
Business Core (above) plus:
Business Core (above) plus:
Individual concentrations can be arranged with prior approval of the student’s advisor or the Department Chair in Business. Business faculty work with faculty from other departments to help students design such concentrations based on each student's special interests and talents. For example, students with interests in the Fine Arts might develop a concentration in Fine Arts Management (Note: All individual concentrations should be planned well in advance, ideally by the end of the student’s sophomore year).
Restrictions
The business major may not be combined with any other major or minor listed
in the business section of this catalog.
The Business minor offers students majoring in other disciplines an opportunity to gain a fundamental understanding of business in order to advance their career interests and/or qualify for employment in a business or other organization.
The prerequisites for the minor are the same as those for the major:
The Management Information Systems Minor offers students majoring in other disciplines an opportunity to gain a fundamental understanding of this fascinating area.
The Sports and Fitness Center Management Major offers students an opportunity to combine business with fitness theory and practice. This major requires the Common Core of the Physical Education program as well as the following:
Prerequisites:
And the following courses from business:
As a joint program between the Business and Politics & Economics departments, this major combines two areas of related significance in a world of increasing economic globalization. This major serves students interested in preparing for careers in international business, government, or development (or further graduate work in Business or International Studies). Students pursing this major benefit by graduating with the applied skills and knowledge used in business and organizational environments in addition to an analytical understanding of international political and economic life.
The Business-International Political Economy major consists of 36 credits plus the foreign language requirement and includes the following:
Foreign Language Requirement: Students pursuing this joint major must demonstrate a competence in one foreign language at the intermediate level. Competence will be measured by successful completion of two intermediate level college semester courses in a foreign language or by passing a standardized intermediate level foreign language examination.
This major combines the strengths of the Modern Foreign Language and Business departments to offer students a combination of language and cultural fluency as well as business competencies. By melding these two areas, students in Business, Language, and Culture acquire abilities in foreign language and business practices that will allow them to apply their analytical and organization skills in multi-national and multi-cultural environments.
Through a focus on French, German, or Spanish, and the cultures that use these languages, students will become trained observers able to adjust to highly diverse cultural situations. they will also reach competency levels in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing their chosen language, which will enable them to communicate directly with counterparts or clients in the target culture.
Business, Language, and Culture students will fulfill the following Business requirements, and they will meet the Modern Foreign Language proficiency equivalent in French, German, or Spanish as set out below. They will complete upper-division Literature & Society or Topics courses in the same language.
The Capstone Experience for Business, Language, and Culture fuses students' competencies and theoretical skills from both fields. They may elect either an International Internship or an Immersion Experience Project as a demonstration of their abilities in their combined discipline.