Admission Requirements

Students interested in being admitted to the Business Honors Program must complete an Application for Admission.  Admission to the program is based on the student’s demonstrated honors potential and availability of space in the program.  Honors potential is determined by examining GPA (minimum 3.5 for currently enrolled and transfer students), SAT or ACT scores (for new freshmen), courses completed, academic and other distinctions, activities, community service, and other related factors.  All admitted students must earn and maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA at UNC Charlotte to be an active member of the program.  Students failing to meet minimum requirements of the 3.5 GPA, attendance at BHP meetings, and participation in community service events will not be able to continue in the program.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 9 credit hours of honors courses are required to graduate with Business Honors.  Business Honors students are required to complete additional honors coursework depending upon the student’s point of entry as outlined below.

Students in the Business Honors Program must complete 3 of the 4 Business Honors courses offered.  Business Honors courses may include:

• BUSN 1701 - Practicum I: Corporate Citizenship (1)   
• BUSN 2701 - Practicum II: Professionalism and Service Seminar (1)   
• BUSN 2702 - Practicum III: Leadership and Group Dynamics (1)  
• BUSN 3701 - Practicum IV: Building Networks for Success (1)  

And honors sections of:

• BUSN 1101 - Introduction to Business and Professional Development (3)  or BUSN 1100 - Freshman Honors Seminar (1)  
• COMM 3160 - Business Communications (3) (O,W)  
• ECON 2101 - Principles of Economics - Macro (3)   
• ECON 2102 - Principles of Economics - Micro (3)  
• MGMT 3140 - Management and Organizational Behavior (3)  
• MGMT 3280 - Strategic Management (3)  
• MKTG 3110 - Principles of Marketing (3)  
• OPER 3100 - Operations Management (3)  

Students will be waived from taking honors sections of courses taken prior to entering the Business Honors Program. Other waivers must be approved in advance by the Director of the Business Honors Program. In addition, students entering the Business Honors Program as freshmen are required to complete 3 credit hours in an HONR course or an honors section of an LBST course. Students entering after the Freshman year are encouraged to take an HONR course or an honors section of an LBST course. Honors courses cannot be repeated. A grade of D or F in any honors course results in a student not being eligible to continue in the program.

Certification Requirements

To graduate with “Honors in Business,” a student must:

• Complete the minimum required honors courses and other requirements
• Complete the Application to Candidacy process for graduating with honors, as directed by the Honors College, one semester prior to graduation
• Receive a grade of at least A in BUSN 4701  or on the Senior Project in the Honors section of MGMT 3280  
• Present a GPA of at least 3.5 overall and 3.2 in all honors courses for which a grade was assigned
• Participate in:  (1) monthly meetings, (2) community service, (3) either study abroad or an internship; and (4) other requirements as set forth in the BHP Handbook

Dual Honors

Business honors students seeking to graduate with dual honors must complete all secondary college/departmental honors requirements, in addition to BHP requirements. In this case, the secondary college/departmental thesis may be allowed to satisfy the BHP capstone project requirement when an appropriate thesis topic and thesis committee are selected.  At a minimum, the thesis topic should involve an aspect of business and include at least one thesis committee member from business.  Prior approval must be granted by the Business Honors Program Director prior to the Application to Candidacy proposal stage.