Community Development

The community development concentration will require the student to complete the business core curriculum while also completing a significant number of courses from the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. A student completing the requirements for this degree will have many opportunities in both the non-profit and traditional business sectors.  The primary focus of this degree is to allow a student to use his/her business background to improve the lives of families in communities around the world. 

In addition to the required General Education courses, students choosing the community development concentration as their program of study will complete the following courses:

Business Administration Core Courses

ACT 2210 Principles of Accounting I 3
ACT 2220 Principles of Accounting II 3
BUS 3020 Statistics for Business I 3
BUS 3030 Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior 3
BUS 4030 Business Finance 3
BUS 4040 Business Law I 3
BUS 4110 Business Policies 3
ECO 2000 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ECO 2010 Principles of Microeconomics 3
ECO 3070 Global Economy 3
MKT 3100 Principles of Marketing 3


Community Development Concentration Courses

BUS 4510 Career Internship in Business Administration 3
SOC 3300 Urban Sociology 3
SWK 1200 Introduction to Social Work 3
SWK 2200 Working With Individuals
3
SWK 2250 Introduction to Community Service 3
SWK 3200 Working With Groups & Families 3
SWK 3500 Social Welfare Policy 3
SWK 4200 Working With Communities and Organizations 3
    Choose 1 of the following: 3
SOC 3200 Social Problems (3)  
ECO 3300 International Economic Development (3)  
    Choose from the following options: 3
SOC 3350 U.S. Cultural & Ethnic Diversity (3)  
    OR  
COM 2020 Principles of Intercultural Communication (2) and  
COM 2030 Practicum in Intercultural Communication (1)  
    Choose 1 of the following:  
ITI 1900 Business Information Technology (2)  
ITI 2020 Spreadsheets and Databases (3)