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The General Business B.S. program is eligible for freshman students who want to participate in an Eight-Semester Degree Completion Program. The plan below lists a semester-by-semester sequence of courses to finish the degree in eight semesters. Information about the University Core courses is listed in a chart at the bottom of this page.

Courses in BOLD must be taken in semester as designated. Courses in ITALICS may be taken in varied sequences as long as other designated requirements for these courses are met. Although other courses listed are not required to be completed in the designated sequence, the recommendations noted are preferred.

1 must be taken prior to Fall Semester of Sophomore Year
2 must be taken prior to Fall Semester of Junior Year
3 must be taken prior to Fall Semester of Senior Year

Fall Semester Year 1
3

ENGL 1013 Composition I 2 – University Core
3

MATH 2053 Finite Math – University Core
3
COMM 1313 Speech Communication
1

WCOB 1111 Freshman Business Connections
2

WCOB 1012 Legal Environment of Business 1
0

WCOB 1120 Computer Competency Requirement
3

U.S. History or Political Science – University Core
15
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 1
3

ENGL 1023 Composition II 2 - University Core
3
WCOB 1023 Business Foundations
3
WCOB 1033 Data Analysis
3

ECON 2023 Microeconomics – University Core
4

Natural Science – University Core
16
Semester Hours
Fall Semester Year 2
3

MATH 2043 Survey of Calculus 2
3

ECON 2013 Macroeconomics 2 - University Core
6

Select TWO of the following:

WCOB 2013 Markets and Consumers
WCOB 2023 Production and Delivery of Goods and Services
WCOB 2033 Acquiring and Managing Human Resources
WCOB 2043 Acquiring and Managing Financial Resources
3

Social Science – University Core
3

Fine Art/Humanities – University Core
18
Semester Hours
Spring Semester Year 2
3

Fine Art/Humanities – University Core
4

Natural Science – University Core
3
Business Social Science
6

Select TWO of the following not completed in previous semester:

WCOB 2013 Markets and Consumers
WCOB 2023 Production and Delivery of Goods and Services
WCOB 2033 Acquiring and Managing Human Resources
WCOB 2043 Acquiring and Managing Financial Resources
16
Semester Hours

ALL pre-business requirements should be met by end of term
Fall Semester Year 3
3

Group 1 course (see below)
3

Group 2 course (see below)
6

WCOB 3016 Business Strategy and Planning
3

MKTG 3433 (Junior Senior Business Elective)
15
Semester hours
Spring Semester Year 3
3

Group 3 course (see below)
3

Group 6 course (see below)
6

Junior Senior Business Electives

3

ENGL 2003 or ENGL 2013 or General Education Elective IF Advanced Composition Requirement has already been met3
15
Semester hours
Fall Semester Year 4
3

Group 5 course (see below)
6

Junior Senior Business Electives

7
General Education Electives
15
Semester hours
Spring Semester Year 4
3

Group 4 course (see below)
6
General Education Electives
6

Junior Senior Business Elective

15
Semester hours
126
Total hours

Group 1

MGMT 3933 Entrepreneurship/New Venture
MGMT 4243 Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
MGMT 4253 Leadership
MGMT 4263 Organizational Change and Development
MGMT 4433 Small Enterprise Development
MGMT 4943 Organizational StaffingMGMT 4953 Orgn Rewards/Compensation

Group 2

ACCT 3013 Accounting View of Economic Events
ACCT 3533 Accounting Technology
ACCT 3613 Mgrl. Uses of Acctg. Info.
ACCT 3723 Financial Reporting and Analysis

Group 3

WCOB 4213 ERP Fundamentals
ISYS 2263 Introduction to Information Systems Development
ISYS 3373 End User Computing
ISYS 4263 IT Strategy
ISYS 4933 Global IT

Group 4

ECON 3033 Microeconomics Theory
ECON 3133 Macroeconomics Theory
ECON 3533 Labor Economics
ECON 4333 Economics of Organizations
ECON 4633 International Trade
ECON 4643 International Macroeconomics and Finance
ECON 4653 Global Competition and Strategy

Group 5

FINN 3053 Financial Markets/Institutions
FINN 3063 Principles of Investments
FINN 3623 Risk Management
FINN 4233 Advanced Corporate Finance

Group 6

MKTG 3533 Promotional Strategy
MKTG 4553 Consumer Behavior
MKTG 4933 Retail Marketing Strategy

 

University Core (State Minimum Core)
Areas

Minimum
Hours

University Core
English
6

ENGL 1013 Composition I
ENGL 1023 Composition II
Mathematics
3

MATH 1203 College Algebra
Any higher-level mathematics course required by major

Science (Students admitted under this catalog or later are required to take corresponding lecture/lab combinations as listed.)
8

ASTR 2003/2001L Survey of the Universe
ANTH 1013/1011L  Biological Anthropology/Lab
BIOL 1543/1541L Principles of Biology
BIOL 1613/1611L Plant Biology
CHEM 1023/1021L Basic Chemistry/Health Science
CHEM 1053/1051L  Chemistry in Modern World
CHEM 1074/1071L Fundamentals of Chemistry
CHEM 1103/1101L University Chemistry I
CHEM 1123/1121L University Chemistry II
CHEM 1213/1211L Chemistry for Majors I/Lab
CHEM 1223/1221L Chemistry for Majors II/Lab
GEOL 1113/1111L  General Geology
GEOL 1133/1131L Environmental Geology
PHYS 1023/1021L Physics and Human Affairs
PHYS 1044 Physics for Architects I
PHYS 1054 Physics for Architects II
PHYS 2013/2011L College Physics I
PHYS 2033/2031L College Physics II
PHYS 2054 University Physics I
PHYS 2074 University Physics II
BIOL 1603/1601L Principles of Zoology
BIOL 2213/2211L Human Physiology
BIOL 2443/2441L Human Anatomy

Fine Arts, Humanities (Select 3 hours each from two of these four categories)
6

a) Fine Arts:


ARCH 1003 Architecture Lecture
ARHS 1003 Art Lecture
ARTS 1003 Art Studio
COMM 1003 Film Lecture
DANC 1003 Basic Course in the Arts/Movement & Dance
DRAM 1003 Theater Lecture
HUMN 1003 Introduction to the Arts and Aesthetics
LARC 1003 The American Landscape
MLIT 1003 Music Lecture

b) Humanities:


PHIL 2003 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2103 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 2203 Logic
PHIL 3103 Ethics and the Professions

c) Humanities:


CLST 1003 Introduction to Classical Studies: Greece
CLST 1013 Introduction to Classical Studies: Rome
HUMN 2124H Honors 20th Century Global Culture
HUMN 1124H Honors Equilibrium of Cultures, 500 to 1600
WLIT 1113 World Literature I
WLIT 1123 World Literature II

d) Humanities:


Any Foreign Language 2003
HUMN 2003 Introduction to Gender Studies
U.S. History
3

HIST 2003 History of American People or Government to 1877
HIST 2013 History of American People 1877 to Present
PLSC 2003 American National Government

Social Sciences (Select from at least two different fields of study)
9

AGEC 1103 Principles of Agricultural Micro-economics
AGEC 2103 Principles of Agricultural Macro-economics
ANTH 1023 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2023 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2143 Basic Economics: Theory & Practice
GEOG 1123 Human Geography
GEOG 2023 Economic Geography
GEOG 2103 Emerging Nations
GEOG 2203 Developed Nations
HESC 1403 Life Span Development
HESC 2413 Family Relations
HIST 1113H Honors World Civilization I
HIST 1123H Honors World Civilization II
HIST 2003 History of the American People to 1877
HIST 2013 History of the American People 1877 to Present
HUMN 1114H Honors Roots of Culture to 500CE
HUMN 2114H Honors Birth of Culture, 1600-1900
PLSC 2003 American National Government
PLSC 2013 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PLSC 2203 State & Local Government
PSYC 2003 General Psychology
RSOC 2603 Rural Sociology
SOCI 2013 General Sociology
SOCI 2033 Social Problems
WCIV 1003 Western Civilization I
WCIV 1013 Western Civilization II
 




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