College of Business and Economics


Department of e-Business and Technology Management

Major in Electronic Business

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The program consists of 18 units in lower-level required courses, 30 units of upper-level business required courses, 24 units of e-Business courses. All major requirements must be completed with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher. In order to assure that students have retained critical information from prior courses, students take a comprehensive examination on business content as part the capstone course, MNGT 481. The results of this examination serve as 10% of the MNGT 481 grade.

Note: These requirements are for the latest catalog year of AY 2011-2012. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to understand their requirements. You may also refer to the correct advising form for your catalog year available at All Advising Forms

Requirements for Admission to the e-Business Major
Application Procedure
Lower-Level Required Courses
Upper-Level Business Required Courses
e-Business Courses


Requirements for Admission to the e-Business Major
To be eligible for admission into the e-Business major, students must complete each of the six specific lower-level required courses with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher and a minimum average GPA of 2.70 for ALL six lower-level required courses and pass the CBE Computer Proficiency Exam. Degree candidates intending to major in Electronic Business (EBUS) are designated as "pre-e-Business" (PEBU) until admitted into the E-Business major. Students are required to meet each term with their assigned faculty adviser to evaluate their progress in completing the requirements for admission to the major and the degree.

Application Procedure
Students who will meet the admission requirements at the end of the term must complete an Application for Admission to the EBUS/BUAD major and a change of major declaration form before registering for upper-level "majors-only" CBE courses (BUSX, EBTM, ECON, FIN, LEGL, MKTG, and MNGT). The "Application for Admission into the e-Business Major" form is available by clicking on the link below or in the CBE office of Student Academic Services (SAS) in ST 301.

Lower-Level Required Courses
(18 credits)
Course NumberCourse Name
ACCT 201 Accounting Principles I (3)
(or Honors ACCT 211)
ACCT 202 Accounting Principles II (3)
(or Honors ACCT 212)
ECON 201 Microeconomics Principles (3)
(or Honors ECON 203)
ECON 202 Macroeconomics Principles (3)
(or Honors ECON 204)
LEGL 225 Legal Environment of Business (3)
and either
ECON 205 Statistics for Business and Economics I (3)
or  
MATH 231 Basic Statistics (3)
(or Honors MATH 233)
and
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70% or higher.


Upper-Level Business Required Courses (30 credits)

Course NumberCourse Name
BUSX 301 Business Cornerstone (3)
Note: GenEd I.D. Advanced writing course is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
EBTM 306 Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337 Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311 Principles of e-Business (3)
FIN 331 Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341 Principles of Marketing (3)
(or Honors MKTG 342*)
MNGT 361 Principles of Management (3)
EBTM 365 Principles of Operations Management (3)
BUSX 460 Professional Experience (3)
MNGT 481 Business Strategy and Policy (3)
NOTE: All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge in the capstone course, MNGT 481 - Business Strategy & Policy.

e-Business Courses (24 credits)

Course NumberCourse Name
Required Courses (18 units)
EBTM 367 e-Business Infrastructure (3) (offered only in Fall)
EBTM 411 e-Business Marketing (3)
EBTM 419 Supply Chain Management (3)
EBTM 443 Introduction to Project Management (3)
EBTM 431 Advanced e-Business (3) (offered only in Spring)
EBTM 454 Business Process Management (3)
Two courses (6 units) selected from:
COSC 311 Digital Technologies in Society (3)
LEGL 328 Cyber Law: The Law of the Internet (3)
MKTG 345 Managing Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
MNGT 482 Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)
ENTR 355 Entrepreneurship (3)
ACCT 300 Accounting Information Systems (3)
EBTM 470-474 Special Topics in e-Business (3)
EBTM 491 EBTM Directed Readings (3)
EBTM 495 EBTM Independent Research (1-3)
EBTM 497 EBTM Internship (3)



Department of e-Business and Technology Management
Stephens Hall, Room 314

Phone: 410-704-2783
Fax: 410-704-3454



 

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