2023-2024 Catalog

Major: Business, B.A. (0506), 39 Credits

General Education: 30 Credits; Major: 39 Credits; Elective Credits: 51 Credits

Learning Goals for the Major in Business

Students who graduate from MMC will:

  • Demonstrate cultural awareness, an ability to understand the perspectives of others, and an informed commitment to social, political, and ethical responsibility. 
  • Demonstrate critical thinking, quantitative, communication, and analytical skills that support lifelong learning
  • Demonstrate an understanding of their discipline(s) and the ability to communicate and think across disciplinary boundaries
  • Demonstrate creativity as makers, collaborators, and problem-solvers capable of enacting meaningful change
  • Acquire the experience, skills, knowledge, confidence, and growth mindset necessary to achieve professional goals

The Business Core: (18 credits)

ACCT 215Principles of Accounting I

3

BUS 100The Contemporary Workplace

3

BUS 210Marketing

3

BUS 316/PSYCH 316Organizational Behavior

3

BUS 403Strategic Management

3

IT 330Business Management and Information Technology

3

Completion of one of the following six concentrations

A. Leadership Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
BUS 231Leadership

3

BUS 277The Legal Environment of Business

3

BUS 321 Business and Society

3

ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

or

ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

PHIL 324Business Ethics

3

or

BUS 303Business Law II

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
ACCT 217Principles of Accounting II

3

ACCT 324 Intermediate Managerial Accounting

3

ACCT 325Income Taxation of Individuals

3

ACCT 328Financial Statement Analysis

3

ACCT 332Forensic Accounting

3

BUS 200Management

3

BUS 207Entrepreneurship

3

BUS 232/COMM 232Advertising

3

BUS 293Public Relations

3

BUS 306/COMM 306Advertising and Society

3

BUS 311Visual Merchandising

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 335Digital Marketing

3

BUS 351/ECO 351 International Business

3

BUS 352International Marketing

3

COMM 250Introduction to Organizational Communication

3

COMM 344Advocacy & Social Movements

3

PHIL 306/ENV 306Environmental Ethics

3

PHIL 204Contemporary Ethical Issues

3

PS 355/PHR 355Green Political Thought

3

SOC 361/PHR 361Cultural and Social Change

3

B. Social Entrepreneurship Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
BUS 207Entrepreneurship

3

BUS 277The Legal Environment of Business

3

BUS 324Entrepreneurial Finance

3

BUS 335Digital Marketing

3

ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

or

ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
ACCT 217Principles of Accounting II

3

ACCT 324 Intermediate Managerial Accounting

3

ACCT 325Income Taxation of Individuals

3

ACCT 328Financial Statement Analysis

3

ACCT 332Forensic Accounting

3

BUS 223Introduction to Investments

3

BUS 225The Business of Fashion

3

BUS 232/COMM 232Advertising

3

BUS 293Public Relations

3

BUS 306/COMM 306Advertising and Society

3

BUS 311Visual Merchandising

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 351/ECO 351 International Business

3

BUS 352International Marketing

3

BUS 357International Finance

3

COMM 250Introduction to Organizational Communication

3

COMM 344Advocacy & Social Movements

3

PHIL 306/ENV 306Environmental Ethics

3

PHIL 324Business Ethics

3

PHIL 204Contemporary Ethical Issues

3

PS 355/PHR 355Green Political Thought

3

MUS 208The Business of Music 

3

THTR 226The Business of Broadway 

3

C. Media and Arts Management Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
ART 290/DANC 290/THTR 290History & Mission of Arts Institutions

3

ART 392/DANC 392/THTR 392Fundraising & Marketing for the Arts

3

BUS 335Digital Marketing

3

COMM 395Media, Law & Ethics

3

or

BUS 277The Legal Environment of Business

3

ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

or

ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
ART 210Digital Imaging I

3

ART 237Graphic Design I

3

ART 316 Digital Illustration

3

ART 320History of Museums and Collections

3

ART 3523-D Animation

3

BUS 207Entrepreneurship

3

BUS 232/COMM 232Advertising

3

BUS 293Public Relations

3

BUS 306/COMM 306Advertising and Society

3

BUS 311Visual Merchandising

3

BUS 313Sales Management

3

BUS 324Entrepreneurial Finance

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 352International Marketing

3

BUS 378Consumer Behavior

3

COMM 225New Media Workshop

3

COMM 309/EWL 321Arts & Media Reporting and Criticism

3

MUS 208The Business of Music 

3

THTR 226The Business of Broadway 

3

D. Economics Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO 317/IS 317International Economics

3

BUS 351/ECO 351 International Business

3

ECO 375Money, Banking and Financial Markets

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
BUS 223Introduction to Investments

3

BUS 224Statistics for Business

3

BUS 324Entrepreneurial Finance

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 357International Finance

3

ECO 227

ECO 306/IS 306Development and Global Change

3

ECO 350/IS 350/PS 350Comparative Economics

3

HIST 220Modern Europe

3

HIST 238/IS 238Modern China

3

HIST 239/IS 239Modern Japan

3

HIST 374/IS 374History of the People’s Republic of China

3

E. Fashion Marketing Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
BUS 225The Business of Fashion

3

BUS 277The Legal Environment of Business

3

BUS 331Fashion Marketing and Branding

3

BUS 335Digital Marketing

3

ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
AIP 342Fashion, History and Society (CP)

3

ART 210Digital Imaging I

3

ART 237Graphic Design I

3

BUS 207Entrepreneurship

3

BUS 232/COMM 232Advertising

3

BUS 293Public Relations

3

BUS 306/COMM 306Advertising and Society

3

BUS 311Visual Merchandising

3

BUS 313Sales Management

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 329The Social Psychology of Dress

3

BUS 345Marketing Research

3

BUS 352International Marketing

3

BUS 378Consumer Behavior

3

COMM 225New Media Workshop

3

COMM 318Fashion Journalism

3

COMM 333Fashion, Media, and Culture

3

DANC 230Costume for Dance 

3

THTR 266Costume Construction

3

THTR 303Costume Design I

3

F. Advertising and Promotion Concentration (21 Credits)

Required Courses: (15 credits)
ECO 213Principles of Microeconomics

3

BUS 277The Legal Environment of Business

3

BUS 232/COMM 232Advertising

3

BUS 293Public Relations

3

BUS 335Digital Marketing

3

Two of the following courses (6 credits)
ACCT 217Principles of Accounting II

3

ACCT 324 Intermediate Managerial Accounting

3

ECO 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

BUS 351/ECO 351 International Business

3

BUS 207Entrepreneurship

3

BUS 225The Business of Fashion

3

BUS 303Business Law II

3

BUS 313Sales Management

3

BUS 306/COMM 306Advertising and Society

3

BUS 327Retail Management

3

BUS 331Fashion Marketing and Branding

3

BUS 311Visual Merchandising

3

BUS 345Marketing Research

3

BUS 352International Marketing

3

BUS 378Consumer Behavior

3

ART 210Digital Imaging I

3

ART 237Graphic Design I

3

ART 316 Digital Illustration

3

MUS 208The Business of Music 

3

THTR 226The Business of Broadway 

3

NOTE: Business majors must pass MATH 113 with at least a C minus or pass a higher -level math course.

NOTE: All OPEN ELECTIVE courses must be chosen such that a total of 90 credits are in the liberal arts.

NOTE: A student receiving a grade of D or below in a required or elective, must repeat the course.

NOTE:  Business majors in the fashion marketing concentration may not minor in fashion studies; business majors with a  social entrepreneurship concentration may not double major in entrepreneurship, business majors with an advertising and promotion concentration may not double major in marketing; business majors in the leadership concentration may not double major in management.