Student Responsibility and Advising

All Mitchell College of Business students will be assigned a faculty advisor at the conclusion of freshmen or transfer orientation. In addition, the Office of Student Services is available to all students for academic advising and evaluation of their degree-program record. Any questions related to your undergraduate program of study should be directed to the Student Services staff or your faculty advisor.

All students enrolled in the MCOB will be classified as Pre-Business majors until they have declared a major. Majors in the Mitchell College of Business include Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing or General Business. Students may choose from a variety of concetrations within their major. Minors are not required, but students are allowed to declare a minor in a subject area offered outside the College if they choose. After declaring a major, students will be advised by a faculty advisor from that area.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree

All business students are required to take specified courses within the business college and other colleges of the university. Additionally, a major field of study must be selected in either Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing or General Business. The General Business major is reserved for students whose schedules allow them to attend evening classes only. All courses in the Accounting major are also taught during the day and at night, allowing a night-only student to major in Accounting as well. Other major areas are not available in the evening.

A minimum of 128 semester hours with an overall grade-point average of 2.0 is required for graduation. In addition, an overall 2.0 grade-point average is required for all courses in the business core and all courses in the major.

The University of South Alabama residency requirements specifies that students transferring to the Mitchell College of Business complete at least 32 hours at USA. In addition, transfer students must take two writing designated courses, at least six out of the nine required major courses, at least four of eight required minor courses, and MGT 485 in the Mitchell College of Business.

All students must petition for graduation according to University requirements.

Requirements for a degree in the Mitchell College of Business are detailed below. The sequence, as provided, is intended as an example schedule only. Freshman and sophomore students may take lower division courses in any combination that meets prerequisite requirements. Each student must comply with Course Prerequisite Requirements as listed in the course description sections of the current University Bulletin.

Business Undergraduate Curriculum

The undergraduate curriculum in the Mitchell College of Business requires the completion of the following courses. The curriculum is standardized for all students with the exception of major courses, business electives and non-business electives.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Curriculum
Beginning Fall 2009

* Courses which must be completed before the student can declare a major. Also a 2.0 overall average is required before declaring a major.
ª A grade of C in MA 112 or a 75 on the math placement test is the prerequisite required to enroll in MA 120.
♦ BUS 150 is required for all incoming freshmen. All transfer students will be exempt from BUS 150 and must select one additional non-business elective.
*** A grade of C in CIS 150 or passing the CIS 250 placement test is the prerequisite for CIS 250.

Repeat Course Policy

If a course in the Mitchell College of Business is completed with a grade of C or better, the course cannot be repeated for credit. Any grade received will not be counted in the calculation of the GPA.

Requirements for Second Major in Business

Undergraduate students enrolled in the Mitchell College of Business who plan to add a second major to their curriculum must meet all requirements for the second major. Courses included in the business core requirements and the first major cannot be counted toward the second major requirements. A minimum of 15 semester hours in the second major must be taken in addition to degree requirements.

Dual Major Across Colleges

Students enrolled outside the Mitchell College of Business may select a dual major in business. Please meet with an adviser in the Office of Student Services for information.

Minors in the Mitchell College of Business

Students from colleges outside the Mitchell College of Business may elect, with the approval of their department chair, a minor in the Mitchell College of Business. A 2.0 GPA is required for the courses applied toward the minor. Students declaring a minor in marketing must make a grade no lower than C in all marketing courses. Students must complete at least 50 percent of the courses counted toward the minor at the University of South Alabama.

Economics Minor

The designated courses are intended to provide knowledge of economics to support major study in the College of Arts & Sciences or the School of Computer and Information Science.

A minimum of 21 semester hours including:
ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 216 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 315 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECO 316 Intermediate Macroeconomics

Plus nine semester hours of other upper-level economic courses numbered 301 or above.

Entrepreneurship Minor

ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I
ACC 212 Principles of Accounting II
ACC 321 Accounting for Entrepreneurial Businesses
BUS 265 Legal Environment of Business I
ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics
MGT 300 Management Theory and Practice
MGT 345 Small Business Management
MGT 465 New Venture Creation
MKT 320 Principles of Marketing

General Business Minor

ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I
ACC 212 Principles of Accounting II
ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics

BUS 245 Applied Business Statistics I
or
ST 210 aStatistical Reasoning and Applications

BUS 265Legal Environment of Business I
MGT 300Management Theory and Practice

FIN 315 Business Finance
or
FIN 305 Introduction to Finance

MKT 320 Principles of Marketing

General Management Minor

ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I
BUS 245 Applied Business Statistics I
BUS 265 Legal Environment of Business I
ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics
MGT 300 Management Theory and Practice
MGT 305 Organizational Communication
MGT 325 Operations Management
MGT 340 Organizational Behavior
MGT 351 Human Resource Management

Marketing Minor

ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I
ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics
MGT 300 Management Theory and Practice
MKT 320 Principles of Marketing
MKT 350 Internet Marketing
MKT 374 Buyer Behavior
MKT 380 Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT 382 Brand Management
MKT 385 Services Marketing