Pine Manor College

Business Administration Major

Course Catalog

Majors and Concentrations

Academic Programs

Business Administration

Requirements

Major Requirements:

  • Business Administration
  • MN 211 Principles of Management
  • MN 250 Quantitative Methods for Business
    or
  • MA 205 Introduction to Statistics
  • AC 205 Accounting I
  • AC 206 Accounting II
  • MK 221 Marketing Principles
  • EC 111 Principles of Microeconomics
  • EC 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • FN 310 Finance I
  • MN 401 Business Policy, Strategy, and Ethics
  • MN 495 Senior Internship

Students have the option of

  1. receiving a general Management degree in Business Administration by taking any four courses from the AC, EC, MN, MK, or FN designations or
  2. concentrating in one of the five areas of business administration listed below.

Minor Requirements

Concentrations:

Accounting/Finance Concentration

Four of the following:

  • AC 305 Intermediate Accounting I
  • AC 306 Intermediate Accounting II
  • AC 308 Cost Accounting
  • AC 310 Accounting for Nonprofit Organizations
  • AC 315 Principles of Taxation
  • AC 325 Managerial Accounting
  • AC 326 Budgeting and Control
  • AC 330 Auditing
  • EC 301 Money and Banking
  • FN 210 Investing into the 21st Century
  • FN 312 Finance II
  • FN 320 International Finance
  • FN 315 Small Business Finance
  • MN 341 Business Law

Note: Students planning to sit for the CPA Exam must complete at a minimum: AC 205, AC 206, AC 305, AC 306, AC 308, AC 310, AC 315, AC 330, and three courses from among FN 310, MN 341, MA 205, a Computer Science course, or any additional Accounting, Auditing, or Taxation courses.

International Business Concentration
  • EC 302 International Economics
  • MN 260 International Business
    Two of the following:
  • MK 323 International Marketing
  • PS 131 International Relations
  • PS 310 International Organizations
  • PS/EC 315 International Political Economy
  • FN 320 International Finance
  • MN 305 International Human Resource Management
  • MN 341 Business Law

Required: modern language competency other than native language at the intermediate level. Recommended: modern history courses, additional international focus courses, and foreign study.

Marketing Concentration

Four of the following:

  • CO 310 Introduction to Public Relations
  • MK 225 Malling of America
  • MK 240 Sports Marketing
  • MK 322 Marketing Research
  • MK 323 International Marketing
  • MK 324 Advertising
  • MK 325 Retailing
  • MK 326 Consumer Behavior
  • MK 327 Selling and Sales Management
  • MK 328 Direct Marketing

Minor Requirements

Accounting

  • MN 101 Understanding Business
    AC 205 Accounting I
    AC 206 Accounting II
    Two additional Accounting courses.

Entrepreneurship

  • MN 101 Understanding Business
  • AC 205 Accounting I
  • MN 211 Management Principles
  • MK 221 Marketing Principles
  • MN 328 Entrepreneurship
    or
  • MN 240 Business Enterprise

It is strongly recommended that students pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship complete one IN 295 internship in a new or small business. This minor may be particularly useful for a student considering opening her own business in the future—for example, an interior design firm, a daycare operation, consulting, freelance writing, or a retail business.

Human Resource Management

  • MN 101 Understanding Business
  • MN 211 Management Principles
    Three of the following:
  • MN 301 Human Resource Management
  • MN 304 Organizational Behavior
  • MN 305 International Human Resource Management Minor Requirements

Marketing

  • MN 101 Understanding Business
  • MK 221 Marketing Principles
    Three additional Marketing courses.
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