Basic Business Requirements
These courses provide the framework for your study of business at the Kelley School. All business students are required to take these courses in addition to their particular major requirements.
At least 48 credit hours in business and economics are required to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the Kelley School of Business. These hours include the basic business courses listed below, your major credit hours, and any business elective hours you need to complete the 48 credit hour minimum.
Note: Nearly all of the following courses have pre-requisites and many require admission to the Kelley School of Business. Pre-requisites for 300-level and 400-level courses are strictly enforced. Some courses must be taken together as a block (see Integrative Core). Senior standing and Integrative Core are pre-requisites for all 400-level Business courses. See a Kelley School of Business academic advisor for details concerning these and other requirements.
Freshman Year
- BUS-X 100 (3 cr.) (C or better)
- Introduction to Business Administration
- BUS-X 103 (1 cr.) (C or better) Freshman only
- Business Learning Community
OR
BUS-X 203 (1 cr.) (C or better) Sophomore or higher
Community Service Learning
Sophomore Year
- BUS-A 100 (1 cr.)
- Basic Accounting Skills
- BUS-A 201 (3 cr.) P: A 100
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- BUS-A 202 (3 cr.) P: A 100
- Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUS-K 201 (3 cr.) (C or better)
- The Computer in Business
- BUS-X 204 (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 with "C" or better (C or better)
- Business Communications
- BUS-L 203 (3 cr.)
- Commercial Law
- ECON-E 201 (3 cr.)
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- ECON-E 202 (3 cr.)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ECON E270 (3 cr.)
- Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics
Junior Year
- Integrative Core [I-Core] (9 cr.). P: See Option 2 Admission
- BUS-F 301 (3 cr.)
- Financial Management
- BUS-M 301 (3 cr.)
- Intro to Marketing Management
- BUS-P 301 (3 cr.)
- Operations Management
- BUS-Z 302 (3 cr.)
- Managing and Behavior in Organizations
- BUS-Z 311 (1.5 cr.) **For students admitted Fall 2006 or after
- Ethics and Leadership
- BUS-Z 312 (1.5 cr.)
- Human Resources and Negotiations
- BUS-X 420/X 320(2 cr.)
- Business Career Planning and Placement
Senior Year - Capstone Experience
- BUS-J 401 (3 cr.) P: I-Core, Z 302, X 320 or concurrent, 6 credit hours of major (or concurrent), senior standing
- Administrative Policy
- BUS-J 411 (3 cr.) P: Z 311, Z312, J 401, 6 credit hours of major, and senior standing
- Analysis of Business Decisions
For students admitted Fall 2006 or after
Although we do not offer majors in Operations, Commercial Law, or Business Communications, several key faculty members (including Associate Dean Philip Cochran) teach in these important support areas. Their names and contact information follow:
- Operations Faculty
- Mark Ippolito, BS 4015 317-274-7145
Mohan Tatikonda, BS 4044 317-274-2751
Roger Schmenner, BS 3027 317-274-2481 - Commercial Law Faculty
- Julie Magid, BS 4047 317-274-2275
- Business Communications Faculty
- Melinda Phillabaum, BS 4017 317-278-7329
Russell Vertner, BS 4090B 317-274-3492 - Career Planning & Placement Faculty
- Tim Bennett, BS 4090F 317-274-5693
