Liberal Arts Discipline, B.A. Major in, with a Minor in General Business

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The B.A. major in a liberal arts discipline with a minor in general business is a 124 s.h. program that allows students to select from these majors that lead to the B.A. degree , while acquiring a strong background in the basics of general business by completing 18-19 s.h. of course work in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business. Students must seek advisement from faculty both in their major department in Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Zarb School of Business.

Students are required to:

1. Complete a minimum of 94 s.h. in liberal arts courses

2. Fulfill all University requirements, and all requirements for the B.A.,

including WSC 001 and 002 , and all HCLAS distribution course requirements and language requirements

3. Fulfill all requirements for the specific academic major chosen by the student

(can be chosen from this list )

4. Select from among the following courses a minimum of 18 s.h. of course work offered in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business:

ACCT 101 - Financial Accounting Semester Hours: 3
(See footnote*)
FIN 101 - Introduction to Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions Semester Hours: 3
(See footnote*)
IB 150 - Introduction to International Business Semester Hours: 3
IT 014 - Introduction to Computer Concepts and Software Tools in Business Semester Hours: 4
LEGL 020 - Introduction to Legal Systems, Environment and Contracts Semester Hours: 3
MGT 101 - Introduction to Management Semester Hours: 3
MKT 101 - Principles of Marketing Semester Hours: 3
BAN 001 - Introduction to Business Statistics Semester Hours: 3

5. Successfully complete WSC 030 - Semester Hours: 3

WSC 030 - Business Communication Semester Hours: 3

6. Complete 12 s.h. from among the following business-relevant liberal arts electives**:

Students in this program are encouraged to seek, through their major department, internships in business; appropriate internships, with approval of the student’s major advisor, will count toward the 12 s.h. of business-relevant electives. In addition, other courses may also be used satisfy the elective requirement, if approved by the student’s major advisor.

Only 6 s.h. of course work may be counted both toward the major and toward the 12 s.h. of business-relevant electives.

ANTH 112 - (BH) Anthropology of the Global Economy Semester Hours: 3
CHIN 113 - Business Chinese I Semester Hours: 3
CHIN 114 - Business Chinese II Semester Hours: 3
ECO 001 - Principles of Economics Semester Hours: 3
or
ECO 007 - (BH) Explorations of Current Economic Issues Semester Hours: 3
ECO 002 - Principles of Economics Semester Hours: 3
ECO 010 - (BH) Economics, Environment and Community Semester Hours: 3
ECO 125 - Monetary Economics Semester Hours: 3
ECO 131 - Government and Business Semester Hours: 3
ECO 142 - International Economics Semester Hours: 3
FREN 016 - Readings in Business I Semester Hours: 3
FREN 016A - Readings in Business II Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 005 - (BH) Population and Migration Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 006 - (BH) Resources and Energy Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 060 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 080 - (BH) Transport Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 102 - (BH) Population, Resources and Environment Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 103 - (BH) Urban Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 135 - (BH) Economic Geography Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 160 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3
GERM 109 - German for Business Semester Hours: 3
GS 001 - (IS) Introduction to Global Studies Semester Hours: 3
GS 120 - (IS)iGlobalization: Moving The Things We Buy Semester Hours: 3
HIST 157 - History of Labor Semester Hours: 3
LABR 001A - (IS) Introduction to Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3
PHI 015 - (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life Semester Hours: 3-4
PHI 120 - (HP) Philosophy of Law Semester Hours: 3
PHI 133 - (HP) Ethics and the Natural Environment Semester Hours: 3
PHI 138 - (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
PHI 091 - Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
PHI 150 - (HP) Critical Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
PSC 131 - (CC) Comparative Political Economy of Development Semester Hours: 3
PSY 033 - Industrial Psychology Semester Hours: 3
PSY 034 - Organizational Psychology Semester Hours: 3
SBLY 001 - (IS) Introduction to Sustainability Studies Semester Hours: 3
SOC 106 - (BH) Work in the Global Economy Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 101 - Spanish for Business and the Commercial World Semester Hours: 3
TPP 112 - Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3

Footnotes(*/**)

*This course has prerequisites that must be satisfied prior to enrolling. With permission of the advisor in the Zarb School of Business, the prerequisite of BAN 001 may be satisfied with successful completion of MATH 008 , BIO 100 , PSY 040 , or SOC 180 .

**These courses may have prerequisites that must be satisfied prior to enrolling.

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