BAGB Learning Plan (Updated 8-6-15)
The plan that you develop in Foundations, and continue to revise with your Academic Committee, will help you track your BAGB. degree. As you visualize and plan your program, you should place planned and finished evidence, such as courses and ILPs on your Learning Plan.
As you complete these plans, you will add the quarter and year you demonstrated the competences and your grades. As a transcript, this represents a cumulative, evolving process of planned and revised learning that is finalized just prior to your last committee meeting.
When developing your Learning Plan please use the following codes in designating the kinds of evidence that has been accepted for demonstration of competence:

Learning Evaluation (LE): signifies learning through work or life experience, including informal or unaccredited study.
 Accredited Coursework (AC): indicates a course taken at an accredited college or university other than SNL.
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School for New Learning Course (SNLC): designates courses taken at SNL.
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College of Business (COBC): designates courses taken at COB.
Be sure to check the official record of your coursework (“course history”) regularly against your evolving Learning Plan.
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BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GENERAL BUSINESS
LEARNING PLAN
Student:
Address:
Position:
Company:
Date Admitted:
Date of Graduation:
Student ID Number:
Phone (W):
Phone (H):
Email:
Faculty Mentor:
Phone (W):
Email:
Professional Advisor:
Address:
Position:
Company:
Phone (W):
Phone (H): (optional)
Email:
Peer Advisor (Optional):
Position:
Company:
Phone (W):
Phone (H): (optional)
Email:
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EDUCATIONAL GOAL:
CAREER GOAL:
TITLE OF BAGB FOCUS AREA:
General Business is the title of the BAGB Focus Area and is not able to be changed.
ADVANCED PROJECT: The student's BAGB Advanced Project results from an individually designed learning project and exhibits the student's ability to produce a work that is the culmination of her or his learning related to general business in the Focus Area.
EXTERNSHIP: The student's Externship results from an individually designed project, focusing on doing, making, or creating, and then reflecting on that learning process, an Externship class, or a travel course.
Signatures:
Student:
Faculty Mentor:
Professional Advisor:
Date Plan Presented:
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DePaul University - School for New Learning
Learning Plan: Written Competences
THE BAGB FOCUS AREA: This area contains competences that are defined by the COB to meet the standards of the AACSB, an accreditation agency that monitors business programs across the country. The COB courses placed in the Focus Area and some
Liberal Learning requirements form the basic foundation of learning related to general business and must be taken in proper sequence following the pre-requisites listed. Some pre-requisites refer to Sophomore, Junior or Senior Standing which is based on
DePaul credit hours. If a BAGB student is blocked from registration for this reason, contact the SNL Associate Director of Joint
Degree Programs. The COB course requirements can be fulfilled through transfer courses approved by COB but experiential learning is not assessed for the COB requirements although some CLEP tests have been approved for these requirements. The student's
Advanced Project is to address a topic related to general business and completed using the same guidelines as all SNL students as described in the Foundations handbook.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
DATE
PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
F-1: Focused Planning: Can design a plan for development in one’s Focus Area based on an analysis of elements that comprise the area.
F-2: Can utilize concepts and techniques of financial accounting for the purpose of preparing and analyzing financial reports.
F-3: Can utilize concepts and techniques of managerial accounting for the purpose of internal financial management.
F-4: Can explain and employ basic marketing principles.
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
LL 250: Foundations of Adult
Learning: Developing Personal and
Professional Identity
ACC 101: Accounting I
Pre-req: MAT 130,
CLEP Accepted
ACC 102: Accounting II
Pre-req: ACC 101
MKT 301: Principles of Marketing
CLEP Accepted
MKT 310: Consumer Behavior
Pre-req: MKT 301
F-5: Can analyze the environmental, social and psychological factors that influence an individual’s consumer decisions.
F-6: Can use managerial tools and behavioral techniques to continually improve an organization's competitive position.
F-7: Can use quantitative tools and techniques to continually improve an organization's competitive position.
MGT 300: Principles of Management
Pre-req: Junior Standing (88 hours)
CLEP Accepted
MGT 301: Principles of Operational
Management
Pre-req: ACC 101, ACC 102, IT 223 or equivalent, ECO 105
FIN 290 Finance
Pre-req: None
F-8: Can explain basic finance concepts and employ financial tools to understand and analyze financial data.
F-9: Can explain the basic structure of the banking and financial system, and the mechanisms of monetary policy and international finance.
F- 10: Can apply concepts and techniques of strategic management to entrepreneurial enterprises.
ECO 315: Money and Banking
Pre-req: ECO 105, ECO 106, MAT 130
ICS 394: Entrepreneurship Strategy
Pre-req: MGT 300, MKT 310, FIN 290 or FIN 310, Senior Standing (132 hours)
FA 303 or FA 304: Advanced Project F-11: Can design and produce a significant business related product that gives evidence of advanced competence.
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F-12: Written by Academic Committee summarizing focus/content of project.
FA 303 or FA 304: Advanced Project
THE LIBERAL LEARNING AREA
Liberal Learning encompasses the knowledge, abilities and values associated with the liberal arts. Six required competences from each of the Human Community, Scientific World and Arts and Ideas categories must be satisfied within this area, and eight electives.
THE ARTS AND IDEAS CATEGORY
The Arts and Ideas category encompasses knowledge, abilities and values that enhance the quality of one’s life and lives of others.
Competence in this category is developed through reflection on human living, philosophy, religion, aesthetic experiences, and performance in the arts. Courses of instruction in art, philosophy, religion, and literature may contribute to the attainment of these competences, as well as participation in the arts, in leisure time activities and reflection. A Electives can come from any of the three
Arts and Ideas sub-categories or their equivalent transfer courses or experiential learning.
BAGB students are required by COB to complete courses in Communications, Professional Writing and Business Ethics as listed below in the AL category or complete these requirements through equivalent transfers from other institutions or SNL courses with related themes. The remaining AL requirements are completed using the same guidelines as all SNL students as described in the
Foundations handbook.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT EVIDENCE / MEANS OF ATTAINMENT
DATE
PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
A Elective:
A Elective:
A Requirement: Written by Academic
Committee.
A Requirement: Can interact in a professional work environment in using multiple forms of written communications.
A-4: Business Ethics: Can explain legal and ethical aspects of business.
A-5: Creativity: Can define and analyze a creative process.
Communications course from SNL,
DePaul or transfer (See Below, item A )
Professional Writing Course from SNL,
DePaul or transfer (See Below, item B )
Business Ethics Course from SNL,
DePaul or transfer (See Below, item C )
Please Note: (A) The BAGB Communications requirement can be filled with MKT 376 or a SNL, DePaul, or transfer course that addresses any of the following communication topics: written and oral business communications, interpersonal, small group, team interaction, presentations skills, persuation, use of visual aids, approved by the Associate Director of Joint Degree programs at SNL.
(B) The BAGB Professional Writing requirement can be filled with any competence from the following SNL online courses: DCM 330:
Professional Writing or FA 339: Professional Business Writing; or, DePaul courses: WRD 202, 204, 206, 301. (C) The BAGB A4
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Business Ethics requirement can be filled with the A4 competence in FA 359: Ethical Business Behavior, SNL Online; AI 214: Ethics in
Business; FA 352: Business Ethics and Society; AI 252: Ethics for Today’s Successful Business Manager; AI 209: Ethics & Identity; FA
248: History of American Business; FA 318: Understanding Financial Statements; FA 197 - Developing Supervisory Skills for the 21st
Century; or MGT/REL 228 or MGT/PHL 248.
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THE HUMAN COMMUNITY CATEGORY
The Human Community category encompasses knowledge, abilities and values associated with human relations and communications. Competence in the Human Community is often attained through work in-groups and/or organizations, from participation in civic and social groups, from reflection on these activities, and through careful analysis of the characteristics of human communities. Students also gain competence in the Human Community through courses of instruction or readings in history, literature, sociology, psychology, and economics. H Electives can come from any of the three Human Community sub-categories or their equivalent transfer courses or experiential learning.
BAGB students are required by COB to complete BLW 201, ECO 105, and ECO 106 in the HC category or complete these requirements through equivalent transfers approved by COB. The remaining HC requirements are completed using the same guidelines as all SNL students as described in the Foundations handbook.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
H Elective:
EVIDENCE /
MEANS OF ATTAINMENT
DATE
PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
H Requirement: Can explain legal and ethical aspects of business.
H Requirement: Can explain and apply basic theories and principles of microeconomics.
H Requirement: Can explain and apply basic theories and principles of macroeconomics.
H-4: Power & Justice: Can analyze power relations among racial, social, cultural, or economic groups in the United States.
ECO 105: Microeconomics
Pre-req: MAT 130
CLEP Accepted
ECO 106: Macroeconomics
Pre-req: MAT 130
CLEP Accepted
H-5: Globalization: Can analyze issues and problems from a global perspective.
BLW 201: Business Law
Pre-req: Sophomore Standing (44 hours), CLEP Accepted
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THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD CATEGORY
The Scientific World category encompasses knowledge, abilities and values associated with: technologies, physical and natural sciences, symbolic systems for describing the physical world: the environment. Competence in this category is often attained through work in scientific and technological fields, vocational interests and study of health and environment. Students also gain competence through courses of instruction in disciplines such as ecology, mathematics, geography, and natural science. S Electives can come from any of the three Scientific World sub-categories or their equivalent transfer courses or experiential learning.
BAGB students are required by COB to complete MIS 140, MAT 135 and IT 223 in the SW category or complete these requirements through equivalent transfers approved by the DePaul. Keep in mind that the pre-requisite of MAT 130 for MAT 135 and IT 223 and other courses in the program must be either taken at DePaul, be fulfilled by an approved transfer equivalent or by passing the
DePaul Math Diagnostic for MAT 130. For more information about Math pre-requisites, see the DePaul website. The remaining SW requirements are completed using the same guidelines as all SNL students as described in the Foundations handbook.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
S Elective:
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
DATE PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
S Requirement: Can use information technology to support business operations and management.
S Requirement: Can utilize concepts and techniques of differential calculus with business applications.
S Requirement: Can apply statistical concepts and techniques to solve problems in IT areas and other disciplines.
S 4: Interconnections in the Natural
World: Can describe and explain connections among diverse aspects of nature.
S-5: Scientific Reasoning
MIS 140: Management Information
Systems
MAT 135: Business Calculus
Pre-req: MAT 130
CLEP Accepted
IT 223: Data Analysis
Pre-req: MAT 130
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QUANTITATIVE METHODS REQUIREMENT
Quantitative Methods is required by the COB and can be completed by taking MKT 202 or MGT 202 or equivalent transfer courses approved by the COB.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
Marketing Quantitative Methods: Can support the firm’s decision making process by using quantitative methods to analyze business data.
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
MKT 202: Quantitative
Methods in Marketing
DATE PLANNED DATE ACCEPTED GRADE
Pre-requisite: IT 223 or equivalent.
BAGB BUSINESS ELECTIVES
The Business Electives are required by the COB and must address traditional business topics as defined by the COB such as
Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, Management Information Systems, Business Law, General Business,
Business Math, Real Estate, E Business, or Business Administration. These competences are used to develop more depth in business topics in addition to the required topics in the Liberal Learning and Focus Areas and may be applied to a minor from the COB to help diversify the student’s career goals. Learning experiences for these competences can be in the form of DePaul courses or transfer courses approved by the COB for specific DePaul courses or general business categories such as Economics without having a particular DePaul Economics course as its equivalent.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
DATE PLANNED DATE ACCEPTED GRADE
BEX 1: Written by Academic Committee.
BEX 2: Written by Academic Committee.
BEX 3: Written by Academic Committee.
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BAGB OPEN ELECTIVES
The Open Electives are available to serve multiple purposes for students in the BAGB program. These competences may be used to develop more depth in business topics in addition to the Focus Area, including work toward a minor from the COB or other minors from other DePaul colleges. They can also be used to help diversify the student’s career goals, or can be used for placement of additional Liberal Learning competences. Learning experiences for these competences can be in the form of DePaul courses, transfer courses, experiential learning competences, or SNL competences from the Liberal Learning or Focus Area. The competence statements in this area are to be taken from existing statements or written by the academic committee. Competence statements are to be written by the academic committee.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
DATE PLANNED DATE ACCEPTED GRADE
EX 1: Written by Academic Committee.
EX 2: Written by Academic Committee.
EX 3: Written by Academic Committee.
SNL ADVANCED ELECTIVES
Learning experiences for these competences must be at an advanced level. Transfer courses must be at the junior or senior level.
Other learning experiences must be sufficiently advanced to demonstrate synthesis of complex ideas, understanding of significant research in the field, and originality of perspective. These competences can fit anywhere in the Arts and Ideas, Human Community, or Scientific World Categories. SNL Advanced Electives are completed using the same guidelines as all SNL students as described in the Foundations handbook.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT
EVIDENCE / MEANS OF
ATTAINMENT
DATE
PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
E 1: Written by Academic Committee.
E 2: Written by Academic Committee.
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THE LIFELONG LEARNING CATEGORY
Lifelong learning encompasses knowledge, abilities and values associated with learning throughout one’s life. It includes the fundamental skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as complex abilities of goal setting, decision-making, and evaluation. These twelve competences are acquired through all areas of human endeavor and are all required.
COMPETENCE STATEMENT EVIDENCE / MEANS OF ATTAINMENT
LL 103: Independent Learning Seminar
DATE
PLANNED
DATE
ACCEPTED
GRADE
L-1: Can use independent learning skills and strategies to organize, initiate, and document prior, current, and future college-level learning.
L-2: Can design learning strategies to attain goals for personal and educational development.
L-3: Can assess the social and personal value of civic engagement for achieving change.
LL 250: Foundations of Adult Learning:
Developing Personal and Professional
Identity
L3 Civic Engagement (Fulfilled by SNL course)
L-4: Can write to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate experiences and concepts to demonstrate competences..
L-5: Can analyze and reconcile problems through critical and appreciative thinking.
LL 260: Writing for Competence
(Fulfilled by SNL course or Proficiency
Exam)
LL 270: Critical Thinking (Fulfilled by
SNL course or Proficiency Exam)
L-6: Can use mathematical symbols, concepts, and methods to describe and solve problems.
L-7: Can learn collaboratively and examine the skills, knowledge, and values that contribute to such learning.
L-8: Can pose questions and use methods of formal inquiry to answer questions and solve problems.
L-9: Written by Academic Committee
LL 205: Quantitative Reasoning
(Fulfilled by SNL course or Proficiency
Exam)
Collaborative Learning (Fulfilled by
SNL course)
LL 300: Research Seminar
LL 300: Research Seminar
L-10: Can reflect on the learning process and methods used in an experiential project.
L-11: Written by Academic Committee
LL 302: Externship
LL 302: Externship
L-12: Can articulate the personal and social value of lifelong learning.
LL 390: Summit Seminar
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Additional BAGB Information:
BAGB Business Course Requirements
All of the business course requirements, that is, those that are required by COB, which are highlighted in yellow on the attached chart, can't be completed as SNL courses or experientially. They must be completed as courses taken from COB or transfer courses that have been approved by COB departments for those topics. This includes the specific course titles listed on the chart and anything the student wishes to use as "Business Electives". The only exceptions to this are the 3 topics listed in the Arts area which is elaborated on in the BAGB Learning Plan and those courses that accept CLEP exams.
Business Course Transfers
If the student is admitted to the BAGB when they first apply, their business courses should be articulated to the DePaul course designations rather than SNL competence designations by the Student Records department. If so, the business courses will populate the DPR properly.
If SR forgets articulate the business courses correctly, misses a couple of business titles, transfers business courses come in after being admitted, or if the student changes to the BAGB after being admitted to another program having had their business courses articulated to SNL competences, the student can request to have their business courses re-articulated. They can make this request to snlrecords@depaul.edu
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BAGB Math Requirements
There are 2 required math courses as part of the business requirements in the BAGB. The first is MAT 135: Business Calculus I and the second is IT 223: Data Analysis, which is a statistics course. Both courses require MAT 130: Pre-calculus as a perquisite. MAT 130 is also a pre-requisite for several other business courses and should be completed as soon as possible. If students have a transfer course for MAT 130, they can proceed with the other courses. If not, they must take the DePaul Math Diagnostic exam to determine what course they should take to begin the math series. Students can contact their SNL advisor for information on taking the exam. Math courses can be placed in the L6 slot or in the SW or Open Elective requirements.
Accounting 100
ACC 100 is a lab course that accompanies ACC 101. There are no credit hours associated with ACC 100, but students do need to register for the course on Campus Connect in the same quarter as ACC 101.
BAGB Business Electives
The Business Electives are required by the COB and must address traditional business topics as defined by the COB such as
Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, Management Information Systems, Business Law, General Business,
Business Math, Real Estate, E Business, or Business Administration. These competences are used to develop more depth in business topics in addition to the required topics in the Liberal Learning and Focus Areas and may be applied to a minor from the COB to help diversify the student’s career goals. Learning experiences for these competences can be in the form of DePaul courses or transfer courses approved by the COB for specific DePaul courses or general business categories such as Economics without having a particular DePaul Economics course as its equivalent.
Business Math Courses as Business Electives
Business math courses can not be used as business electives. Math courses can go into the SW or Open Electives or L6.
The description of topics that are acceptable for the business electives is listed above. They are defined by COB and taught by the business college, (or equivalent transfers), to be eligible for the business electives. Courses taught by the math department are not.
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BAGB PA Assignment
Students in the BAGB program find and nominate their PA in the same way that students in the BAIFA program do. PAs in the BAGB are not assigned by the Driehaus College of Business. The PA in the BAGB is primarily responsible for guiding the student in the F1 and F11/12 competencies and potentially selecting electives. Otherwise the most of the curriculum is required.
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