Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Major in Business Analytics

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

Admission Requirements

Admission to the College is competitive, and a student must be admitted to the College to pursue a B.B.A. degree. Consideration for admission to McCoy College undergraduate programs is based on specific admission criteria.

To be considered for admission to McCoy College, students should list a business major as their first-choice major (accounting, computer information systems, economics, finance, management, or marketing) and apply to Texas State by the stated deadlines on the Undergraduate Admissions website. Students who are admitted to the University but denied admission to McCoy College will be considered for admission to their second choice major or if one is not listed, students will be declared Pre-Business major.

Admission Process for Prospective Texas State Students

Students with fewer than 30 semester credit hours will be automatically admitted to the McCoy College if they receive assured admission to Texas State and select a first-choice major in the McCoy College of Business Administration. Students who are admitted to the University but denied admission to McCoy College will be considered for admission to their second choice major or as an exploratory professional major.

For current Texas State students, an internal application is available online on the CenturyLink Academic Advising Center website. Students attending Texas State who are currently on academic probation are not eligible for admission to McCoy College.

Freshman: Students admitted to Texas State as a Freshman will be automatically admitted to McCoy College if they meet Assured Admission requirements and select a business major as their first-choice major.

Transfer: Students admitted to Texas State as a Transfer will be automatically admitted to McCoy College if they meet Program Entry requirements based on total semester credit hours earned and select a business major as their first-choice major.

Admission Process for Current Texas State Students

For current Texas State students, an internal application is available online on the CenturyLink Academic Advising Center website. Students attending Texas State who are currently on academic probation are not eligible for admission to McCoy College.

General Requirements

  1. For the B.B.A. degree, any McCoy College student whose Texas State GPA drops below a 2.0 is placed on restricted status by McCoy College. Students on restricted status must increase their Texas State GPA to at least 2.0 in the subsequent semester (summer included) or their admission to McCoy College will be voided. Students are required to meet with a representative of the McCoy College Academic Advising Center to remove the restricted status hold; otherwise, the hold will prevent registration or schedule changes. A student whose admission is voided may regain admission to McCoy College by going through the internal application process available on the CenturyLink Academic Advising Center website. Students with a Texas State GPA below a 2.0 are also subject to the University academic probation and suspension policies.
  2. All students seeking the B.B.A. must complete the following general education core curriculum courses as required by McCoy College. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for other information about the general education core curriculum.
  3. To provide a common body of knowledge in business, all students seeking the B.B.A. must complete the following common core of business courses or their equivalents as required by the McCoy College: 
    B A 1310Introduction to Business3
    ISAN 1323Introduction to Microcomputer Applications3
    ECO 2314Principles of Microeconomics3
    ECO 2315Principles of Macroeconomics3
    ANLY 2333Business Statistics3
    ACC 2361Introduction to Financial Accounting3
    ACC 2362Introduction to Managerial Accounting3
    B A 3110Professional Development I1
    B A 3120Professional Development II1
    BLAW 3301Legal Environment of Business3
    MGT 3303Management of Organizations3
    FIN 3312Business Finance3
    MKT 3343Principles of Marketing3
    MGT 3353Business Communication3
    ISAN 3380Enterprise Information Technology and Business Intelligence3
    MGT 4335Strategic Management and Business Policy3
  4. A combination of courses in the major program area specified by the appropriate academic department and restricted upper-division business electives to complement the major are also required for the B.B.A.
  5. Free electives to achieve a minimum total of 120 semester hours are also required. To ensure compliance with the course requirements for a B.B.A. degree, students should follow the general sequence of courses specified for the curriculum in this section of the catalog. 
  6. Also, students who did not complete satisfactorily at least two years of the same foreign language in high school must complete two semesters (6-8 hours) of a single foreign language in college.
  7. Nine hours of designated “writing intensive” (WI) courses must be completed at Texas State to satisfy degree requirements.

  8. For transfer students, 24 semester credit hours in the business core curriculum (or their equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Business Administration and Management Field of Study and be applied to the B.B.A. major in Computer Information Systems at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. If transferring additional business courses, please contact the McCoy College of Business CenturyLink Academic Advising Center for assistance. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list. Students who complete MATH 1319 (TCCN: MATH 1324) in the FOS will receive 3 semester credit hours towards free electives. 

    B A 1310Introduction to Business (TCCN: BUSI 1301)3
    ECO 2314Principles of Microeconomics (TCCN: ECON 2302)3
    ECO 2315Principles of Macroeconomics (TCCN: ECON 2301)3
    ACC 2361Introduction to Financial Accounting (TCCN: ACCT 2301)3
    ACC 2362Introduction to Managerial Accounting (TCCN: ACCT 2302)3
    Elective3
    TCCN: MATH 1324
    Directed Elective
    ISAN 1323Introduction to Microcomputer Applications (TCCN: BCIS 1305)3
    ANLY 2333Business Statistics (TCCN: BUSI 2305)3
    Total Hours24

9. Students must achieve the following minimum grade-point averages for graduation:

1. a Texas State GPA of 2.00

2. a Business GPA of 2.25 (includes common business core, major(s), and restrictive/advanced electives); and

3. a GPA of 2.0 in the minor(s).

Course Requirements 

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
US 11001ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302])3
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301])3PHIL 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 2306])3
MATH 1329 (Mathematics Component 020 [TCCN MATH 1325])3Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303
COMM 13103American History Component Code 0603
B A 1310 (TCCN BUSI 1301)3ISAN 1323 (TCCN BCIS 1305)13
Government/Polictial Science Component Code 0703 
 16 15
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
ACC 2361 (TCCN ACCT 2301)3ACC 2362 (TCCN ACCT 2302)3
ECO 2314 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN ECON 2302])3ECO 2315 (TCCN ECON 2301)3
ANLY 2333 (TCCN BUSI 2305)3Creative Arts Component Code 050 [TCCN HUMA 1315]3
American History Component Code 0603Government/Political Science Component Code 0703
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303Component Area Option 0903
 B A 31101
 15 16
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
BLAW 3301 (TCCN BUSI 2301)3ISAN 33803
ANLY 33303ANLY 33413
ANLY 33393Business Analytics Electives3
MKT 33433MGT 33533
MGT 33033Restricted Business Electives3
B A 31201 
 16 15
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
FIN 33123MGT 43353
Buisness Analytics Electives 6ANLY 43203
Restricted Business Elective3Resticted Business Electives6
Free Elective3 
 15 12
Total Hours: 120
1

Credit can be earned by successfully passing a test. Students must pay a fee to take the test.

Business Analytics Electives

ANLY 3334Statistical Modeling3
ANLY 4321Predictive Analytics3
ANLY 3314Decision Analytics3
ISAN 3305Business Programming I3
ISAN 3382Computer Data Base Systems3

Restricted Business Electives

ANLY 3334Statistical Modeling3
ANLY 4321Predictive Analytics3
ANLY 3314Decision Analytics3
ANLY 4373AOperations Analytics3
ANLY 4399Analytics Internship 3
ANLY 4395Independent Study in Analytics3
ANLY 4373FBig Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence 3
ISAN 3305Business Programming I3
ISAN 3382Computer Data Base Systems3
ISAN 3374System Analysis and Design3
ISAN 3389Programming for Data Processing3
ISAN 4373DArtificial Intelligence in Business Operations3
MKT 3387Digital Marketing3
MKT 4340Marketing Analytics Foundations3
MGT 4340Quality Management and Beyond3
MGT 4330Operations Management3
MGT 4390JOrganizational Change & Decision-Making3
FIN 3318Investment Analysis3
FIN 4315Financial Modeling and Equity Analysis3
ACC 3323Data Analytics for Accounting3
ECO 3335Managerial Economics3
ECO 4313Econometrics3
ECO 4381GEmpirical Data Analysis3
Any of the following courses ANLY 3334, ANLY 4321, ANLY 3314, ANLY 4373A, ISAN 3305, and 3383 cannot count as restricted business electives if used as business analytics elective courses.