Business Honors - BBA - Texas A&M University

1 Business Honors - BBA 1 Business Honors - BBAMays Business School offers a Business Honors program. Selectionthrough a separate application process is required to be eligible forparticipation in Business Honors . Prospective students apply to BusinessHonors as incoming freshmen or during the spring semester of theirfreshman year. Both selection cycles are competitive processes. Moreinformation is available at of Business AdministrationThe Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Business Honorsdegree is available only to students admitted to Mays Business Honorsprogram. The Business Honors major is designed for students whoseacademic excellence is matched by strong character, leadership skills,and teamwork. The Business Honors major prepares students tobegin careers in all fields or to continue on to a graduate program orprofessional pursuing a BBA in Business Honors must maintain a cumulativeGPA of or higher and meet other program requirements to continuein Business Honors .

2 Students are required to complete a total of 30hours of Honors coursework plus an internship for credit. Other programrequirements Honors majors work closely with an academic advisor toidentify a set of courses to meet their academic goals. They may pursuea double major in Business Honors and one of the six other BBA majors(accounting, finance, management, management information systems,marketing and supply chain management).Upper-Level Entry RequirementsAdmission to an upper level (UL) major in Business Honors requiressatisfactory completion of specific coursework, in addition to theapplication and selection process for Business Honors programparticipation. To review UL requirements and application procedures seeUpper-Level Entry Requirements and Application Procedures.

3 ( )Program RequirementsLower-Level Business Program (BUAD) First YearFallSemesterCreditHoursMATH 140 Mathematics for Business and SocialSciences 13 American history ( #american-history) 23 Communication3 Select one of the following: comm 203 public speaking comm 205 Communication for Technical Professions comm 243 Argumentation and Debate ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric Life and physical sciences ( #life-physical-sciences)3 Social and behavioral sciences ( #social-behavioral-sciences)3 Semester Credit Hours15 SpringECON 202 Principles of Economics3 MATH 142 Business Calculus 33 American history ( #american-history) 23 Language, philosophy and culture ( #language-philosophy-culture)3 Life and physical sciences ( #life-physical-sciences)3 Semester Credit Hours15 Second YearFallACCT 229 Introductory Accounting3 ECON 203 Principles of Economics3 ISTM 210 Fundamentals of Information Systems3 POLS 206 American National Government 23 Communication3 Select one of the following.

4 comm 203 public speaking comm 205 Communication for Technical Professions comm 243 Argumentation and Debate ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric Semester Credit Hours15 SpringACCT 230 Introductory Accounting3 MGMT 211 Legal and Social Environment of Business3 POLS 207 State and Local Government 23 Creative arts ( #creative-arts)3 Life and physical sciences ( #life-physical-sciences)3 Semester Credit Hours15 Total Semester Credit Hours601 MATH 148, MATH 152, MATH 168 and MATH 172 will be accepted inlieu of MATH those students under ROTC contract, see Requirement 7 of the Requirements for a Baccalaureate Degree ( ).3 MATH 147, MATH 151 and MATH 171 will be accepted in lieu ofMATH Information Systems: Students intending to major inManagement Information Systems must add ISTM 250 Business2 Business Honors - BBAP rogramming Logic and Design (3 credits) to sophomore year curriculumin Business (lower level).

5 The creative arts elective or a communicationelective can be taken during the junior Honors : Students admitted to Business Honors must add(1) BUSN 125 Business Learning Community I (3 credits) to the freshmanyear curriculum and (2) BUSN 225 Business Competency (3 credits) tothe sophomore year curriculum in Business (lower level). The creativearts elective and a communication elective can be taken during the : Students intending to major in Finance must add FINC 210 tofreshman year curriculum in Business (lower-level). The general electivetaken in the senior year can be reduced by 1 Business Honors ProgramThird YearFallSemesterCreditHoursFINC 341 Business Finance 13 MKTG 321 Marketing 13 SCMT 303 Statistical Methods 13 General elective 23 International elective 33 Semester Credit Hours15 SpringMGMT 363 Managing People in Organizations 13 SCMT 364 Operations Management 13 Upper-Division Business Elective 43 Upper-Division Business Elective 43 Semester Credit Hours12 Fourth YearFallBUSN 484 Internship3 General elective 23 General elective 23 Upper-Division Business Elective 43 Upper-Division Business Elective 43 Semester Credit Hours15 SpringMGMT 466 Strategic Management 53 General elective 23 International elective 33 Upper-Division Business Elective 43 Semester Credit Hours12 Total

6 Semester Credit Hours541 Five of the nine Common Body of Knowledge classes listed mustbe taken as Honors : ACCT 229, ACCT 230, FINC 341, ISTM 210,SCMT 303, SCMT 364, MGMT 211, MGMT 363, MKTG courses are open to any course offered for Universitycredit, except ACCT 209, ACCT 210, FINC 409, IBUS 301, ISTM 209,KINE 198, MGMT 209, MGMT 309, MKTG 409, SCMT 309. Additionalrestrictions may apply: see academic advisor for information. May betaken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory hours required. A complete list of approved courses is availablein the Undergraduate Advising Office, Room 238, Wehner the BBA curricula, three hours of approved international electivecoursework simultaneously fulfills the University 's International andCultural Diversity Graduation 300- or 400-level Business course (ACCT, FINC, IBUS, ISTM,MGMT, MKTG, SCMT) except FINC 341, FINC 409; MGMT 309,MGMT 363, MGMT 466; MKTG 321, MKTG 409; SCMT 303, SCMT 309,SCMT 364.

7 At least one course must be designated as writingdesignated (W) or oral communication (C). Select in consultation withan academic be taken as Program Hours 120