Business Administration

Major in Business Administration

The Path through the Business Administration (BUAD) Major:
	Lower-Level BUAD Required Prerequisites
	Requirements and Application for Admission to the Business Administration Major
	Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses
	Available Concentrations and Tracks
	B.A. Degree Option

Note: These requirements are for the latest catalog year of AY 2011-2012. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to understand their requirements. You may also refer to the correct advising form for your catalog year available at All Advising Forms

Lower-Level BUAD Required Prerequisites

Degree candidates intending to major in Business Administration are designated as “pre-Business Administration” (PBUA) until admitted into the BUAD major. Students are required to meet each semester with their assigned faculty adviser to evaluate their progress in completing the requirements for admission to major and the degree.

Requirements for Admission to the Business Administration Major

Students are admitted to the major in Business Administration (BUAD) on a competitive basis after first being admitted to the University. Admission to the University does not guarantee admission to the major. Each term, the College of Business and Economics (CBE) considers applications for admission to the major in the following term. In order to be admitted, students must satisfy the following requirements:
      1. Formal admission to TU as a degree candidate
      2. Minimum cumulative quality point average (QPA) of 2.00 or higher for all course work
      3. Grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher in each lower-level CBE Required prerequisite course
      4. Minimum average (QPA) of 2.70 for ALL seven lower-level CBE Required prerequisites.

      5. A passing score for the CBE Computer Proficiency Exam

Use the QPA Calculator to figure out if you meet the qualifications to get into the major. The minimum quality point average (QPA) will be reviewed each year and may be adjusted as space availability dictates. Candidates for the major must fulfill the requirements in effect at the time of application. No more than two courses may be repeated, of which no more than one course may be repeated twice.

Degree candidates intending to major in Business Administration are designated as "Pre-Business Administration" (PBUA) until admitted into the BUAD major.

Students who take upper-level "majors only" CBE courses before being admitted to the Business Administration major do so at their own risk of being disenrolled.

Application Procedure
Students who will meet the admission requirements at the end of the semester must complete an Application for Admission to the BUAD Major before registering for upper-level (300-400) CBE courses (BUSX, MNGT, ECON, FIN, MKTG, and EBTM). The forms are available in CBE Student Academic Services, Stephens Hall, Room 301.

• Application for Admission

The deadline for spring admission is Oct. 1; the summer and fall deadline is March 1. Failure to meet the deadline can cause a delay in registering for "major only" or upper-level CBE courses.

Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses

NOTE:  All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the
Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge in the capstone course, MNGT 481
Business Strategy.

Available Concentrations and Tracks

• Major in Business Administration - CBE Individualized — Legal Studies Track
• Major in Business Administration - Economics Track
• Major in Business Administration - Entrepreneurship Track
• Major in Business Administration - Finance Concentration
• Major in Business Administration - Human Resource Management Concentration
• Major in Business Administration - International Business Concentration
• Major in Business Administration - Management Concentration
• Major in Business Administration - Marketing Concentration
  
• Major in Business Administration - Project Management & Business Analysis Track    Starting Fall 2009
  

B.A. Degree Option

A student must complete all the courses required for the major and a modern foreign language's intermediate courses (or equivalent).

College of Business and Economics
Stephens Hall, Room 218

Phone: 410-704-3342
Fax: 410-704-3664