| Course Number | Course Title | Course Description | Credits |
| COM 301 | Cultural Diversity in Business (or other 300 level or above diversity, culture or communications class) | Investigates parameters of difference that may impact business communications and relationships. Topics include dress, greetings, customs, expectations, and negotiating styles. | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Composition (or comparable Composition class) | Provides instruction, guidance, and feedback for the fundamental principles of effective expository writing. Topics include elements of content, organization, writing conventions, and format, applied to areas of the business core program. | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Business Writing (or comparable Composition class) | Emphasizes audience, tone, development, discourse, and vocabulary appropriate to writing for business purposes. Students employ writing topics applied to areas of the business core program. Prerequisite: ENG101. | 3 |
| SPC 101 | Business Presentations (or comparable Speech class) | Prepares students to develop and deliver presentations to yield results within informative, persuasive, goodwill, sales, and training venues. The course includes preparing charts and graphs, running productive meetings, and effective public speaking. | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Macroeconomics or comparable lower division Economics class) | Addresses effects of the national economy on business cycles in regard to growth, inflation, and unemployment. Students consider how these factors are related to micro-level performance. | 3 |
| ECO 301 | Microeconomics (or comparable upper division Economics class) | Presents the theory of exchange and production in terms of supply and demand, price adjustment, and market failure. Topics include types of costs and profits. Prerequisite: ECO201. | 3 |
| POL 101 | U.S Government (or other 100 level or above political science class) | Reviews the structure and functions of the U.S. government and the system of checks and balances with regard to federal power. The course distinguishes the types of authority that are left to the individual states. | 3 |
| PSY 101 | Psychology (or other 100 level or above psychology class) | Introduces basic theoretical constructs of psychology that explain mental processes and behavior. Students compare various schools of thought regarding perception, cognition, emotion, personality, and interpersonal relationships. | 3 |
| SOC 301 | Sociology (or other 300 level or above sociology class) | Introduces basic theoretical constructs of sociology that explain human interaction and social organization. Students examine cultural and environmental factors that influence social processes. | 3 |
| PHL 101 | Business Ethics (or other 100 level or above philosophy class) | Analyzes practical moral dilemmas that arise in business environments and the ethical principles that guide resolution of them. Students examine issues from multiple points of view in order to describe the role of business ethics as reconciling conflicting interests. | 3 |
| THR 301 | Film (or other 300 level or above literature, music, art, history or theater class) | Examines fundamental elements of film analysis, including style, narrative, genre, and major approaches. Students investigate interpretations of film as artistic presentation, popular entertainment, and mass communication. | 3 |
| BIO 101 | Environmental Studies I (with lab) (or other 100 level or above physical science class) | Identifies ways in which humans interact with and impact their environment, including natural, constructed, and cultural surroundings. Students consider relationships among these environments that give rise to diverse business and economic circumstances. There is a lab component in this course. | 3 |
| BIO 301 | Environmental Studies II (or other 300 level or above physical science class) | Focuses on solutions to current green issues, including solar, wind, biofuels, green building design, and transportation. Students critique current environmental efforts and strategize ways to increase the public and private support they receive. Prerequisite:BIO101 | 3 |
| MAT 101 | Introductory Algebra (or other 100 level or above math or statistics class) | Introduces fundamental algebra concepts. Topics include integers; fractions, decimals, and percentages; algebra notation and symbols; solving equations with roots and powers; linear equations and inequalities; graphing and linear systems; exponents and polynomials; and factoring. | 3 |
| MAT 301 | Business Statistics (or other 300 level or above business statistics class) | Provides the tools to interpret fundamental statistics for business applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, normal distributions, testing hypotheses, confidence intervals, linear regression, and correlation. Prerequisite: MAT101. | 3 |