Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Degrees

Foundations and Skills (25 semester hours maximum)

• Preparing Adults for Career Excellence (PACE) (3 semester hours) GEN 1500. This course is designed to help adult students make the transition to a rigorous accelerated learning format. It is designed to be taken in the first semester of study in which the student is enrolled at the first block of the semester (e.g., a student initially enrolling in block 2 in the spring would take this course in the next fall semester). This is a required course for all students entering the B.B.A. and B.A.E. degree programs with less than 85 hours of credit.

• Students will use more than one academic perspective to demonstrate content knowledge.

• Students will demonstrate effective use of active reading strategies.

• Students will demonstrate effective use of active listening strategies.

• Students will be able to summarize course content in writing.

• Students will be able to analyze and interpret course content in writing.

• Students will be able to engage in critical dialogue about the course content.

• First Year Writing (3 semester hours) ENGL 1103

• Second Year Writing (3 semester hours) ENGL 2111 or other APPROVED writing-focused course at 2000 level

• Quantitative Literacy (4-6 semester hours)

Perspectives (25 semester hours)

• Historical and Social (6-9 semester hours) selected from APPROVED courses

• Interpretive (6- 9 semester hours) selected from APPROVED courses

• Creative (3-6 semester hours) selected from APPROVED courses

• Natural Sciences (6 semester hours) selected from APPROVED courses

Non-Western Perspective (3 semester hours)

• The Non-Western Perspective is a graduation requirement and may be fulfilled by APPROVED courses from Foundations and Skills or Perspectives.