Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Legal Studies Concentration

Undergraduate students who complete a degree from UNO’s College of Business Administration earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with at least one area of concentration in business (See the complete list of BSBA concentrations)

All BSBA concentrations require 18 credit hours, except Accounting, which requires 24 credit hours.

Some concentrations or secondary concentrations require students to earn a “C+” or better in a specific foundation courses. Specifically, MGMT 3490 is the foundation course for the Management and Human Resource Management concentration as well as for the Management secondary concentration. MKT 3310 is the foundation course for the Marketing concentration as well as for the Marketing secondary concentration. MKT 3310 & MKT 3100 are the foundation courses for Sales concentration as well as for the Sales secondary concentration. Finally, FNBK 3250 is the foundation course for the Business Finance, Banking and Financial Markets, and Investment Science & Portfolio Management concentrations as well as the Business Finance secondary concentration.

The legal studies concentration emphasizes resolution of commercial disputes, for example disputes arising in a real estate context or in a human resources context, and students with a variety of career goals choose the legal studies concentration. Commercial risk management students choose the concentration to be well positioned to quantify and evaluate alternative resolutions of commercial disputes. This concentration prepares students who are interested in law as a form of critical thinking and analysis of social issues, as well as students pursuing a pre-law curriculum or preparing for a paralegal career. Some graduate track students seek this concentration as preparation for earning a graduate degree in business or for a career in forensic economics. In addition to a broad understanding of the law, quantitative skills are central to the legal studies concentration. Quantitative skills, are needed for estimation of the magnitude of remedies in a commercial context. Risk management requires the ability to be persuasive. Accordingly, written and oral communication skills are important for the legal studies concentration.