Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA

Students work with their advisor in the selection of two concentrations from the following:

Admission Requirements

Students may declare a business major at any time. However, to be officially admitted into the Business program, students must meet these eligibility criteria:

1. Complete a minimum of 45 credit hours.
2. Earn a GPA of 2.50 or better overall (not including transfer credits).
3. Complete the following courses with a 2.0 GPA: ACCT 20003 - Principles Of Financial Accounting , ECON 21003 - Principles Of Macroeconomics , ECON 22003 - Principles Of Microeconomics , BUSI 10103 - Foundations Of Business , BUSI 20103 - Business Communications , MATH 21003 - Probability And Statistics I  or BUSI 21003 - Business Statistics , MGMT 22043 - Introduction To International Business , and BLAW 20003 - Legal Environment Of Business . 
4. Demonstrate business computing competency by the successful completion of MGMT 21043 - Basic Business Computing  or CPSI 10003 - Computer Applications For The Knowledge Worker , or approved substitution

Graduation Requirements

The business degree allows a grade of D in courses that are prerequisites to business courses, with the exception of ENGL 10103  and ENGL 10203 . Per UAFS policy, no more than 15 hours of Ds may be used in completion of a degree; for the business degree, this includes ACCT, BUSI, ECON, FINN, BLAW, MGMT, and MKTG courses.

Students can complete the bachelor of business administration by satisfying the University requirements program specific requirements:

1. Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 overall and in business core and major requirements.
2. At least 50 percent of the minimum business courses required for the baccalaureate degree must be taken in residence at UAFS.
   1. Any UAFS student who has declared a major in business must get prior approval from their advisor to take any course at another institution before credit will be given for the course
   2. MGMT 48143 - Strategic Management  must be taken at UAFS.
3. A minimum of 40 semester credit hours in upper-level courses is required for graduation.
4. All candidates for the BBA are required to take a designated major field assessment test. The test is administered as a part of the capstone MGMT 48143 - Strategic Management  course.

Scores earned on the test become part of the course grade; taking the test is a requirement for course completion.

Students who have previously earned a BBA may return to complete a second BBA provided that 1) the student completes at least 30 additional hours of coursework and 2) at least 24 of those hours are unique courses toward the major and corresponding concentrations.

The traditional BBA and the online completion option for the BBA cannot be used together as second degrees or double major for current students. Current BBA students wishing to complete more than 120 hours before graduating may choose to declare additional concentrations upon completion of the initial concentrations required for the major but before graduating. Only those courses used to meet the requirements of the two concentrations and/or elective hours required of the BBA are eligible for financial aid and veteran’s educational benefits. Students who want to declare more than two concentrations should check with the UAFS Financial Aid Office to determine financial aid eligibility of courses for the additional concentration(s).