General
Education
Component Requirements
The program requires that a minimum of 60 hours and a maximum of 72 hours (out of a total minimum of 120) be taken in other than business administration courses. The faculty of the College of Business Administration feel that a strong grounding in the liberal arts is essential.
Humanities
In fulfilling general education requirements, all Business degree seeking
students must complete a minimum of three courses in the humanities. A
list of courses which satisfy this requirement includes appreciation-type
courses in art and/or music as well as courses in philosophy and literature.
Social Sciences
While the campus requires a minimum of three courses in the social sciences
in partial fulfillment of general education, the College of Business Administration
requires five, including a course in microeconomics; macroeconomics; and
one which covers the constitution, fulfilling a requirement of the State
of Missouri. Two additional social science courses may be selected by
the individual student.
Mathematics
and Natural Science
The campus requires at least three courses from the combined disciplines
of mathematics and natural science. The specific requirements of the College
of Business Administration include: College Algebra (or proficiency as
demonstrated on the Mathematics Placement Examination); Basic Calculus;
Basic Probability and Statistics; and one natural science lecture.
Global Awareness
All students pursuing the Business degrees must fulfill a global awareness
requirement (3 courses) . One or more courses included in fulfilling this
requirement may be double-counted and accordingly, do not necessarily
result in additional general education hours. This requirement consists
of three courses and must include at least one cultural diversity course.
For example, if a student elects to take a course in Asian Philosophy
to meet the cultural diversity requirement, such a selection would also
satisfy One of the three required courses in the humanities.
Written and
Oral Communication
All Business degree seeking students must demonstrate evidence of proficiency
in communication skills. For entering freshmen, this may be done, in part,
by completing an English Composition course. Additionally, all students
are required to satisfy a junior-level writing requirement. This may be
satisfied by successfully completing any of several courses including
Business Writing, Advanced Expository Writing or Technical Writing. Admission
to these latter-named courses requires that students be of junior standing
and have successfully completed the previous composition requirement.
Other Business and non-business courses have written and/or oral communication
components. Accounting degree students must complete a course which develops
oral communication skills.
Electives
Beyond these requirements, students may select approved electives to bring
the total of the non-business component of their degree programs to 60
hours minimum, 72 hours maximum, within the 120 hour degree program. Breadth of Study RequirementThere
is a breadth of study requirement of 42 hours minimum. That requirement
states that the combined hours in humanities, social sciences and mathematics/natural
science must add up to a minimum of 42 hours.