Program Overview

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Applied Humanities: Business Administration Emphasis

Overview

Learn to solve the business problems of the future in the Applied Humanities' Business Administration emphasis. Combining the fundamental concepts of business administration and entrepreneurial leadership with the collaborative, global, intercultural, and future-oriented practices of the humanities, this emphasis-capped with a public or private internship-prepares you for working in emerging fields connected to national and international business administration.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• ECON 200: Basic Economic Issues
• BNAD 301: Global and Financial Economics and Strategies
• BNAD 303: Marketing Principles, Concepts and Tools

Career Fields

• Business
• Consulting
• Economics
• Finance
• Marketing

Level of Math

• General Knowledge

This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 4th Semester Proficiency

Fourth-semester skill level in a second language is required. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:

• Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
• Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
• Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
• Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
• An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
• A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Humanities

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Applied Humanities: Business Administration Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework

First Year

1st Semester

• ENGL 101 - First Year Composition (3 credits)
• First Semester Second Language (4 credits)
• MATH (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1 credit)
• General Elective (1 credit)

2nd Semester

• ENGL 102 - First Year Composition (3 credits)
• Second Semester Second Language (4 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• PAH 200 - Introduction to Applied Humanities (3 credits)
• General Elective (2 credits)

Second Year

3rd Semester

• PAH 201 - Applied Humanities Practice: Techniques and Technologies for Public Enrichment (3 credits)
• ECON 200 - Basic Economic Issues (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• Third Semester Second Language (4 credits)

4th Semester

• PAH 372 - Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation & Intercultural Relatio (3 credits)
• MIS 111 - Computers & Internetworked Society (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• Fourth Semester Second Language (4 credits)

Third Year

5th Semester

• PAH 420- Innovation and the Human Condition: Learning How to Improve Life in the Community and Beyon (3 credits)
• ACCT 250 - Survey of Accounting or ACCT 200 - Intro to Financial Accounting (3 credits)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3 credits)
• General Elective (3 credits)
• Minor Course (3 credits)
• General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1 credit)

6th Semester

• PAH 383 - Pre-Internship: Building Career Readiness (3 credits)
• BNAD 301 - Global & Financial Economies & Strategies (3 credits)
• Minor Course (3 credits)
• Minor Course (3 credits)

Fourth Year

7th Semester

• PAH 493 - Internship (3 credits)
• BNAD 302 - Human Side of Organizations (3 credits)
• Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
• Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
• Applied Humanities Elective (2 credits)

8th Semester

• PAH 498 - Senior Capstone (3 credits)
• BNAD 303 - Marketing Principles, Concepts & Tools (3 credits)
• Upper Division Minor Course (3 credits)
• General Elective (3 credits)
• General Elective (3 credits)