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Interdepartmental Studies: Business Studies Requirements

BAIS Business Studies Track Foundation Coursework (for all areas of emphasis)

Mathematics
Option 1 - Both of these:
MATH:1005 College Algebra (4 sh)
MATH:1010 Trigonometry (3 sh)
or Option 2 - One of these:
MATH:1020 Elementary Functions (4 sh)
MATH:1340 Math for Business (4 sh)
MATH:1350 Quantitative Reasoning for Business (4 sh)
MATH:1380 Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business (4 sh)
MATH:1440 Mathematics for the Biological Sciences (4 sh)
MATH:1460 Calculus for the Biological Sciences (4 sh
MATH:1550 Engineering Math I: Single Variable Calculus (4 sh)
MATH:1850 Calculus I (4 sh)

 

Statistics
One of these:
STAT:1020 Elementary Statistics and Inference (3 sh)
STAT:1030 Statistics for Business (4 sh)
STAT:1020 Probability and Statistics for Engineering and P. S. (3 sh)
STAT:3510 Biostatistics (3 sh)
STAT:4143 Introduction to Statistical Methods (3 sh)
Economics
One of these:
ECON:1100 Principles of Microeconomics (4 sh)
ECON:1200 Principles of Macroeconomics (4 sh)

 

business electives
Complete four (at least 10 s.h.), check MyUI for prerequisites:
ACCT:2100 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 sh)
ACCT:2200 Managerial Accounting Analytics & Data Vizualization (3 sh)
BAIS:3000 Operations Management (2 sh)
CS:2420 Analyzing Data for Informatics (3 sh)
CS:4400 Databases Systems (3 sh)
ENTR:1350 Foundations in Entrepreneurship (3 sh)
FIN:3000 Introductory Financial Management (3 sh)
MGMT:2000 Introduction to Law (3 sh)
MGMT:2100 Introduction to Management (3 sh)
MKTG:3000 Introduction to Marketing Strategy (3 sh)
May include one of these
BAIS:1500 Business Computing Essentials
CS:1020 Principles of Computing (3 sh)

 

Emphasis area & career component
Choose one of the following areas and complete at least 15 s.h.
  • Organizational Practices and Perspectives
  • Values and Ethics
  • Arts Management
  • Technology and Inquiry
Complete at least 1 sh of career component coursework
For more information about these emphasis areas, and the Career Preparation Component course refer to the UI General Catalog:
https://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/interdepartmental-studies/interdepartmental-studies-ba/#BusinessStudies/