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Nov 21, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog | 2024-2025
Business Administration, B.S.B.A.
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The B.S.B.A. in Business Administration (BUSN) provides graduates with fundamental knowledge of key business disciplines with applicability to organizations of varying sizes and industries. The breadth of business is covered in courses in accounting, business analytics, business law, communications, ethics, finance, marketing, management, management information systems, and operations management. Graduates gain competencies in the fundamentals of business, a global perspective, ethical decision making, effective communication, and critical thinking and data analysis skills.
This major requires a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must complete the General Education Requirements of the University and the Progression, Core, and Major Requirements of the Belk College of Business.
All program-level Admissions and Progression Requirements are in addition to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Admission Requirements .
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Admission Requirements
The proposed new major is designed to primarily serve transfer students and former UNC Charlotte students returning to complete their degree. Students who apply for this major and meet the requirements will be accepted directly into the Business Administration major. Prospective students who meet the University’s transfer requirements to business but have not yet successfully completed all of the progression courses will be admitted as a Pre-Business major and will be advised while completing the progression courses.
General Transfer Admission Requirements
- Minimum 24 transferable semester hours from a college or university accredited by an accepted accrediting body. Students are encouraged to complete college coursework in English, Math, Science, Social Science, and History.
- Applicants with less than 24 transferable credit hours may be reviewed on first-year criteria and may be asked to send SAT or ACT scores.
- Minimum 2.0 cumulative college GPA for all college-level courses.
- Students must be in good standing and eligible to return to the last school attended.
- Completion of the Minimum High School Course Requirements
- Students under the age of 21 by the time of enrollment at Charlotte are required to have completed the Minimum High School Course Requirements or 24 hours of transferable college coursework.
- Students who do not meet the Minimum High School Course Requirements must have a demonstrated background in Mathematics.
Business Transfer Requirements
- Minimum GPA: 2.5 overall and 2.5 in equivalent Progression Courses completed
- “C” or better in all attempted Business Courses (within two attempts)
- Declaration of Major and/or Progression Requirements:
- Junior standing (60 credit hours or more); Pre-Business Requirements listed below; approved Change of Major form. Pre-Business students should submit Change of Major forms to an Academic and Career Coach in the Belk College of Business Niblock Student Center.
- Minimum GPA: 2.5 overall and 2.5 in Progression Courses listed below
Pre-Major/Prerequisite/Progression Courses
- ACCT 2121
- ACCT 2122 or ACCT 3323
- BUSN 1101
- ECON 2101
- ECON 2102
- INFO 2130
- MATH 1120 , MATH 1121 , MATH 1241 , or MATH 1242
- STAT 1220 , STAT 1221 , STAT 1222 , or STAT 2122
- A minimum grade of C is required for all Progression Courses. Students may attempt each of the Progression Courses listed above a maximum of two times. An attempt is defined as a course that is completed with a final grade of A, B, C, D, or F. Courses repeated under the UNC Charlotte Grade Replacement Policy are excluded from the GPA computation, but will count as an attempt. Otherwise, all grades earned in repeated courses are included in the GPA computation.
Course Equivalents
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ACC 120 - Principles of Financial Accounting
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ACCT 2121 - Principles of Accounting I
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ACC 121 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
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ACCT 2122 - Principles of Accounting II
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ECO 251 - Principles of Microeconomics
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ECON 2102 - Principles of Economics-Micro
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ECO 252 - Principles of Macroeconomics
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ECON 2101 - Principles of Economics-Macro
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MAT 263 - Brief Calculus or MAT 271 - Cal I
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MATH 1120 - Calculus or MATH 1241 - Calculus I
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MAT 152 - Statistical Analysis
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STAT 1220 - Elements of Stats I
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CIS 110 - Introduction to Computers
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INFO 2130 - Intro to Business Computing
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BUS 110 - Introduction to Business
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BUSN 1101 - Intro to Bus and Professional Development
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Transfer Applicants
Transfer applicants are required to submit:
- Online application
- $75 application fee (Fee waivers are not accepted for the transfer application.)
- Official (unopened) transcript from all colleges and universities attended
- Official high school transcript
- For any foreign coursework (high school or college), a transcript evaluation will be required. That evaluation should be course-by-course and include an overall GPA. We recommend using IEE, Educational Perspectives, or ECE for the evaluation.
General Education Requirements (31-32 credit hours)
For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program . Total hours to satisfy General Education Requirements may vary as some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.
Business Core Courses (27 credit hours)
Unrestricted Elective Courses
As needed to complete the credit hours required for graduation.
Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours
Progression Requirements
Students who do not meet the Progression Course Requirements above are ineligible for continuation in the Belk College of Business.
To obtain this degree, students must meet the University requirements of a GPA of at least 2.0 overall and in the courses for the major. Students must earn a minimum grade of C in all required Progression, Core, and Major Courses. When students repeat a course, both the old and new grades are included in the overall GPA. Courses repeated under the Grade Replacement Policy are excluded from the overall GPA computation. However, this repeated course does count as an attempt. Students must also meet the Belk College of Business residency requirements listed under the “Degree Requirements” heading on the main College of Business page .
Honors Program
For details about the Business Honors Program, visit the program page .
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