SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Core Competencies

• ENGL 1010 Writing
or
• CSEN 1250 Writing
Select one course:
• MATH 1110
• PHIL 1060 Critical Thinking
• PHIL 1210 Elementary Symbolic Logic
• BSMT 3250 Business Statistics (recommended)
• CPST 1070 Math for Information Technology

Supporting Requirement: Oral Communications - Select one course:

• SPEC 1400 Intro to Public Speaking
• SPEC 3110 Small Group Communications
• THEA 2100 Fundamentals of Acting
• BSMT 2250 Business Communications

Distribution Requirements (at least two disciplines per category)

• Humanities, 6 credits
• Sciences, 6 credits
• Social Sciences - Select one course:
• ECON 1010 Introductory Microeconomics
• CSEC 1000 Economics for Non-Majors
• CSEC 1010 Introductory Microeconomics (online)

Writing Requirement

• Designated writing course (CSEN 3310 Business Report Writing recommended)

Major Requirements

• BSAC 1110 Elementary Accounting I
• Select one course:
• BSMT 2310 Principles of Management
• BSMT 3340 Managing Organizational Behavior
• BSMT 3700 Global Business
Select one course:
• BSBL 3400 Legal Aspects of Business
• BSBL 3450 Commercial Law (fulfills the CPA commercial law course requirement)


• BSMT 3650 Developing a Small Business
• BSMT 2250 Business Communication
• BSMK 3200 Intro to Marketing Principles
• BSMT 2750 Introduction to Franchising
• BSMT 3750 Business Internship (taken in last year)

General Electives

• As needed to total 60 credits (computer course recommended)

MINOR IN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (USBD)

Minor Requirements

• BSAC 1110 Elementary Accounting I
Select one course:
• BSMT 2310 Principles of Management
• BSMT 3340 Managing Organizational Behavior
• BSMT 3700 Global Business


• BSMT 2250 Business Communication
• BSMT 3650 Developing a Small Business
• BSMT 2750 Introduction to Franchising
• BSMK 3200 Intro to Marketing Principles

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE

Students must have a 2.0 grade point average in all required coursework. Half of all the required 24 credits must be completed at Tulane. Courses taken for a Baccalaureate Degree will not be accepted for transfer credit towards the PBC program. Only those courses successfully completed, "C" or better, after a student received a Baccalaureate Degree will be considered for transfer credit.

Core Requirements

• BSAC 1110 Elementary Accounting I
• Select one course:
• BSMT 2310 Principles of Management
• BSMT 3340 Managing Organizational Behavior
Select one course:
• BSBL 3400 Legal Aspects of Business
• BSBL 3450 Commercial Law (fulfills the CPA commercial law course requirement)


• BSMT 3650 Developing a Small Business
• BSMT 2250 Business Communication
• BSMK 3200 Intro to Marketing Principles
• BSMT 2750 Introduction to Franchising
• BSMT 3750 Business Internship (taken in last year)

There is a 27-credit limit on the number of business courses a student in the School of Continuing Studies may take. NOTE: Business courses at the School of Continuing Studies are not transferable to A.B. Freeman School of Business.