Graduation Requirements For Fall 2007 Freshmen

The Bachelor of Science degree is divided into four components. Course work must total 120 semester hours, as follows:

General Education: 60 hrs.
Business Core: 33 hrs.
Major: 27-28 hrs.
Other Graduation Requirements

Minimum 120 hours are needed for graduation.

General Education (60 hours)

Business Administration Orientation
BA 100 - Business Administration Orientation (0 hrs)
BA 100 carries one equivalent hour, does not carry credit toward graduation and is required only of new freshmen.

English
English 160 --English Composition I (3 hrs)
English 161 --English Composition II (3 hrs)
BA 200 --Managerial Communication (3hrs)

Mathematics
Math 160 --Finite Mathematics for Business (5 hrs)
Math 165 --Calculus for Business (5 hrs)
(Math 180 may be taken in place of Math 165)

Economics
Econ 130 --Principles of Economics for Business (5 hrs)
Econ 218 --Microeconomics: Theory and Business Applications (4 hrs)

General Education Core
(Approved course listings can be accessed by clicking the requirement below.)
Analyzing the Natural World (5 hrs)
Understanding the Individual and Society (3 hrs)
Understanding the Past (3 hrs)
Understanding the Creative Arts (3 hrs)
Exploring World Cultures (3 hrs)
Understanding U.S. Society (3 hrs)
Advanced Quantitative Skills (3 hrs)

Three hours to be chosen from the following:

Economics majors must take Econ 346
Finance majors must take either Econ 346 or IDS 371
IDS majors must take IDS 371
Accounting, entrepreneurship, management and marketing majors may take either Econ 346, IDS 371 or Phil 102

Electives
Nine hours of elective courses are required. The following types of courses are restricted from this category:

Health
Movement Sciences
Music skills
Preparatory Math
Preparatory English
Academic Skills Program (ASP)
Business courses used towards the degree in another part of the curriculum

Business Core(33 hours)

Accounting
Actg 210--Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 hrs)
Actg 211--Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 hrs)

Finance
Fin 300--Introduction to Managerial Finance (3 hrs)

Information and Decision Sciences
IDS 200--Management Information Systems I (4 hrs)
IDS 270--Business Statistics I (4 hrs)
IDS 355--Operation Management I (3 hrs)

Management
Mgmt 340--Introduction to Organizations (3 hrs)
Mgmt 350--Business and Its External Environment (3 hrs)

Marketing
Mktg 360--Introduction to Marketing (3 hrs)

Integrative Course--Competitive Strategies
All students must take one integrative course. Taking one of the following courses may satisfy this requirement: Actg 495, Econ 495, Fin 495, IDS 495 or Mgmt 495. Note that all of these courses have the same prerequisites (senior standing and completion of all the other CBA core courses). Students may take the integrative course in any department, not necessarily in their major. (4 hrs)

The Major (27-28 Hours)
Students choose a major from the following areas: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information and decision sciences, management and marketing. The major consists of 27-28 hours of major courses and business electives. The exact number of business electives varies by department.

Other Graduation Requirements

Foreign Language
The College of Business Administration requires at least two years of a single foreign language in high school (with minimum grades of "C") as a criterion for admissions. Students with a deficiency in this area must take, after admission to UIC, two semesters of a single foreign language at the college level, with minimum grades of "C".