Which courses are in a business degree's core?

At Penn State, Oregon State and Georgia Tech: microeconomics and macroeconomics, accounting, statistics, finance, marketing, management or organizational behavior, and law or ethics. Penn State's management degree lists “ECON 102 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy 3 ECON 104 Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy 3”, Oregon State's “BA 223 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING 4”, and Georgia Tech's “MGT 2250 Management Statistics 3”.

No. UPI Study's accounting course is Managerial Accounting (Accounting 210), with ACE and NCCRS recommendations for 3 semester hours. Oregon State's core has both, “BA 211Z PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 4 BA 213Z PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING 4”, and so does Georgia Tech's (ACCT 2101 and ACCT 2102), so ask your college where it would place managerial accounting.

Close, but not the same. Oregon State counts in quarter credits (“Total Credits 180”), Penn State asks for “a minimum of 120 credits”, and Georgia Tech joins law and ethics in one course, “MGT 2106 Legal, Social, Ethical Aspects of Business 3”. Some core courses are upper level, such as Penn State's FIN 301 and MKTG 301; ask whether a lower-division course can stand in.

Microeconomics (Economics 251) covers how people, firms and markets make choices: supply and demand, elasticity, costs, market structures, labor markets and trade. Managerial Accounting (Accounting 210) covers cost behavior, financial statements, job-order and process costing, CVP analysis, budgeting, variances and capital budgeting. Business Law (Business 250) covers the legal system and the law businesses face: courts, contracts, torts, employment, business organizations and internet law.

Microeconomics: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Economics among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0018). Managerial Accounting: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Accounting among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0020). Business Law: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Accounting among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0026).

Microeconomics: Economics, Business Administration, Business, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Finance, or Financial Management. Managerial Accounting: Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Management, Marketing, CIS, or Administration. Business Law: Accounting, Business, Management, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, Economics, Business Ethics, or Personal Finance. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Microeconomics: 12 chapters and 66 instructional hours. Managerial Accounting: 12 chapters and 58 instructional hours. Business Law: 18 chapters and 80 instructional hours. All three are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

None: no syllabus of the three lists one, so you can begin with Microeconomics or take them side by side.

The format is the same in all three: a final of 100 multiple-choice questions that counts for 50% of the grade.

Microeconomics: quizzes 20%, the assignment 30%, the final exam 50%. Managerial Accounting: quizzes 20%, the assignment 30%, the final exam 50%. Business Law: quizzes 20%, the assignment 30%, the final exam 50%. A pass is 70 or more.

Microeconomics: Shapiro, David, et al. Principles of Microeconomics 3e. OpenStax, 2022, with other references. Managerial Accounting: Goedl, Patricia. Principles of Managerial Accounting (open access), with other references. Business Law: Randall, Melissa. Fundamentals of Business Law (CC BY 4.0, 2020), with other references.

Microeconomics: yes, ACE ID UPIS-0018, 3 semester hours. Managerial Accounting: yes, ACE ID UPIS-0020, 3 semester hours. Business Law: yes, ACE ID UPIS-0026, 3 semester hours. ACE listings run three years and UPI Study renews them as they end; credit you have earned stays valid for 10 years.

Macroeconomics. In the “Economics and finance” order on the Business courses page, it follows Microeconomics. Your program may set its own order.

Yes: the Microeconomics syllabus opens after a free sign-in. It lists all 12 chapters, the grading and the credit recommendation, so you can send it to your registrar.

You get one free retake if you fail it; fail the retake and you restart the course. If you pass and retake it, your first score is the one that counts. Microeconomics quizzes can be retaken as often as you like; the average of your first two attempts counts.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Seven of these UPI Study core courses carry ACE and NCCRS recommendations, each for 3 semester hours; Principles of Management is NCCRS only. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar how each one counts. It helps to name the subject: NCCRS recommends Microeconomics in Economics and Managerial Accounting in Accounting.