BBA General Business: Tribal Management Option
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
SIPI is a National Indian Community College and Land Grant Institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Accredited by the North Central Association, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, SIPI provides a responsive learning environment within which American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal members develop skills that will be needed by Tribal Nations to build strong, cohesive communities.
NMSU’s Digital Pathways program is designed to bring higher education opportunities to the American Indian population, especially in fields in which the tribes have a high need. The Digital Pathways Team serves American Indian distance education students throughout the state of New Mexico.
Tribal Management Program
SIPI and New Mexico State University (NMSU) created the Tribal Management program jointly. The purpose of the program is to prepare students to enter positions of managerial responsibility in tribal enterprises.
Students will take their first 2 years of college course work at SIPI in Albuquerque, NM. Courses include general education requirements as well as introductory business courses. Most importantly, students will take courses in tribal management, tribal leadership, tribal law, and tribal resources and economic development.
Upon completing these courses students will be able to transfer the credits earned at SIPI to NMSU where they will complete a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. Their major will be General Business with an option in tribal management. The degree may be completed on the NMSU Las Cruces campus or through distance education at SIPI.
All students are required to complete a minimum of 128 degree credits including at least 54 credits of upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above).
General Education Core (41 credits)
- ENGL 101 Composition
- ENGL 119 Technical Communications
- MATH 120 College Algebra
- MATH 145 Statistics
- MATH 162 Calculus
- SPCH 130 Public Speaking
- PSYC 105 Introduction to Psychology
- LAB SCIENCE (8 credit hours)
- SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (3 credits)
- ARTH 251—Artistic Traditions of the American Southwest
- HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS (6 credits)
Lower-Division Business Core (18 credits)
- ACCT 201 College Accounting I
- ACCT 202 College Accounting II
- BADM 114 Introduction to Business
- COSC 107 Computer Literacy
- ECON 200 Macroeconomics
- ECON 201 Microeconomics
Tribal Emphasis (12 credits)
- BADM 250 Tribal Leadership
- BADM 251 Tribal Management
- BADM 252 Tribal Law
- BADM 253 Tribal Resources and Economic Development
Other Foundation Courses (3 credits)
- BADM 240 Business Law
Business Core Courses (24 credits)
- BCIS 338 Business Information Systems I
- BUSA 421 Integrated Business Concepts I
- BUSA 422 Integrated Business Concepts II
- –OR–Upper-Division Business Elective
- ECONOMICS Upper Division Elective
- FIN 341 Financial Analysis & Markets
- MGT 309 Human Behavior in Organizations
- MGT 344 Production/Operations Management
- MKTG 303Principles of Marketing
General Business Major (24 credits)
- 18 Upper Division Credits, no more than six credits in a single business area such as accounting, finance, marketing, management, economics, and information systems
Tribal Management Internship (6 credits)
Viewing a Wider World (6 credits)
Upper-Division Courses
- Complete two upper-division courses designated VWW outside the College of Business.
Contact
SIPI
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
A National Indian Community College
Business Technologies Department
Wilfred Beaupre, Chair
P.O. Box 10146
Albuquerque, NM 87184
Website: www.sipi.bia.edu
Phone: 505-346-2364
E-mail: wbeaupre@sipi.bia.edu
College of Business
College of Business
Celina Talamantes
Advising Coordinator
College of Business
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3 ADV
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 505-646-6028
Email: ctalaman@nmsu.edu
NMSU
New Mexico State University Website