The criteria to be admitted to the College of Business Administration are as follows:
a. Minimum of 60 semester hours of college credit earned.
b. Minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average on all college-level work and minimum 2.0 on all credit attempted at USF including any prior to salvage.
c. Completion of these prerequisite college courses (or equivalents): Financial & Managerial Accounting I & II, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Statistics I, Computers in Business, and Elementary Calculus I
d. All courses (or their equivalents) listed in c., above,must be completed: (1) with at least a C- grade, and (2) with a combined minimum grade point average of 2.25.
e. In computing entry grade point average all business and economics courses taken for S or U grades will be converted to C or F, respectively.
Students who have been dismissed twice from the University for academic reasons will not be readmitted to the College of Business Administration.
Junior/community college students should complete the program of general education at the junior/community college.
Students pursuing the associate degree in university transfer/parallel curricula at the junior/community college should take two semesters of mathematics to include a course in elementary calculus, two semesters of accounting principles, two semesters of economic principles, one semester of statistics, and one semester of data processing, including computer utilization and, perhaps, a speech course. (See paragraph 2c above.) Students pursuing associate degrees in terminal/career programs must be aware that some courses taken at the junior/community college may not be acceptable for credit in the baccalaureate programs at USF.
Students should avoid taking any Business courses at the junior/community college which are listed as 3000 and 4000 level courses at USF. Normally, courses in finance, marketing, management, and accounting as well as other business administration and economic courses taken at the lower division level which are offered as upper division courses at USF will not be accepted for upper division credit in business administration or economics. Exceptions to this policy will be made only upon proper validation of such courses. Validation consists of CLEP or other written examinations prepared and administered by the College of Business Administration, USF.
Transfer credits ordinarily will be accepted from accredited institutions in the amount earned; however, all hours earned may not always be applied toward graduation. Individual courses will be evaluated and appropriately credited toward requirements in the student's program at the University of South Florida. Transfer students are required to complete satisfactorily, at USF a minimum of 21 semester hours of Business Administration courses, of which at least 12 semester hours must be in the major field. Independent study and independent research courses do not fulfill this requirement. The university requires that at least 30 of a student's last 60 hours be taken in on-campus courses at USF.
Students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 120-126 semester hours, of which 60 or more must be earned at baccalaureate degree-granting institutions. Of the minimum 120 -126 hours, at least 60 hours must be business courses, and a minimum of 54 hours must be non-business courses (i.e., all courses not normally offered in the College of Business Administration). Additional electives may be required to reach a minimum of 120-126 hours. These electives may be either business or non-business. More specifically the requirements for graduation are:
General Education Requirements -
a. English Composition - 6;
b. Quantitative Methods (Calculus is required) - 6;
c. Natural Sciences - 6;
d. Social Sciences - 6;
e. Historical Perspectives 6;
f. Fine Arts (3);
g. African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or Asian Perspectives - 3;
TOTAL - 36 semester hours
Exit Requirements -
a. Major Works and Major Issues - 6;
b. Literature and Writing - 3;
TOTAL - 9 semester hours (see Liberal Arts Requirements for more details)
MINIMUM NON-BUSINESS HOURS - 54
Foundation Courses in Business
Sufficient electives courses to reach a minimum of 120-126 hours
Minimum Total Hours 120-126
While the College provides advising services to assist students with academic planning, the responsibility for seeing that all graduation requirements are met ultimately rests solely with the student.
The Office of Undergraduate Programs provides the following services for College of Business Administration students:
Send comments to:
Margaret R. Martinroe - webCat@ugs.usf.edu
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/9596/baacainf.htm