Curriculum

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Design and Management (BBA) Program

The Bachelor of Business Administration degree is awarded upon completion of 134 credits. A maximum of 67 credits of undergraduate-level coursework may be transferred. Students must also attain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average and fulfill all requirements.

First Year

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LMTH 1950 Quantitative Reasoning/Natural Science Elective** - 3
PLAH 1000/1001 Perspectives in World Art and Design 1 & 2 3 3
PLEN 1020/1021 Critical Reading and Writing 1 & 2 3 3
PSDS 2130/2131 Design, Self, and Society 3 -
PUDM 1100 Intro to Design and Management 3 -
PUDM 1101 Design in Everyday Experience - 3
PUFN 1800 Design 1: Design Elements and Visual Tools 5 -
PUFN 1810 Design 2: Imaging for Designers - 3
Department Elective* - 3
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Sophomore Year

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LMTH 2020 Statistics 3 -
PLDS 2190/2191 History of Design: 1850-2000 3 -
PSDS 2000/2001 Innovation 3 -
PSDS 2107 Marketing 1 - 3
PUDM 2002 Design 3 3 -
PUDM 2003 Design 4 - 2
PUDM 2454 Business Ethics - 3
ULEC 2020/2021 Introduction to Macroeconomics - 3
ULEC 2030/2031 Introduction to Microeconomics 3 -
Department Electives* 3 3
Liberal Arts Elective** - 3
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Junior Year

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PSDS 3106 Business Models & Planning - 3
PSDS 3901 Professional Internship - 1
PUDM 2101 Economics & Ethics of Sustainable Design 3 -
PUDM 3301 Research & Development Methods 3 -
PUDM 3311 Research & Development Adv Methods or
PUDM 3321 Research & Development Applied Methods
- 3
PUDM 3401 Managing Creative Projects & Teams 3 -
PUDM 3409 Financial Management 3 -
Department Electives* 3 3
Art History/Design Studies Elective - 3
Liberal Arts Electives** 3 3
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Senior Year

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PSDS 4100 Senior Seminar 3 -
PSDS 4110/4111 Portfolio Strategies - 3
PSDS 4701/4702 Advanced Topics in Design & Management - 3
PUDM 4020 Business Law 3 -
PUDM 4030 Strategic Management 3 -
PUDM 4050 International Business - 3
Department Electives* 3 3
Liberal Arts Elective** 3 3
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TOTAL CREDITS 134

 

* Department electives may be used to take courses in other design programs and/or in particular areas of study, such as: Communication Design, Digital Technology, Environmental Studies, Fashion Marketing, Integrated Fashion Design, Service Design, Sustainable Design, or Urban Design.

** Liberal Arts electives are distributed across the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Two of these electives must be drawn from the university-wide (ULEC) elective courses. Students are required to fulfill three credits in the Humanities and six credits in the Social Sciences.