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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2011-2012 CATALOG
PRE-BUSINESS CURRICULUM
TYPICAL FRESHMAN SCHEDULE
FALL
TERM
COURSE
GRADE
HOUR TERM
WRIT 100 or
WRIT 101
Humanities
MATH*
261/267/271
Behavioral or
Social Science
Lab Science
3
3
3
Italian (ITAL)
Japanese (JAPN)
Portuguese (PORT)
Russian (RUSS)
WRIT 102 or
LIBA 102
Humanities
MATH*
262/268/272
GRADE
HOUR
3
3
3
Fine Arts
3
3-4
Lab Science
3-4
Humanities (6 hrs) choose a total of six semester hours
from the following options
History
HIS 101—History of Europe to 1648
HIS 102—History of Europe since 1648
HIS 105—The U.S. to 1877
HIS 106—The U.S. since 1877
HIS 160—Intro to Latin Am History
HIS 170—Intro to African History
HIS 180—Intro to East Asian History
Philosophy
PHIL 101—Intro to Philosophy
PHIL 103—Logic: Critical Thinking
REL 101—Introduction to Religion
Modern Foreign Language
Arabic (ARAB)
Chinese (CHIN)
German (GERM)
COURSE
3
English (6 hrs)
WRIT 100—Introduction to College Writing or
WRIT 101—First-Year Writing I
WRIT 102—First-Year Writing II or
LIBA 102—Freshman Seminar
French (FR)
SPRING
Mathematics (6 hrs)*
MATH 261—Calculus I
MATH 262—Calculus II
MATH 267—Business Calculus I
MATH 268—Business Calculus II
MATH 271—Cal of Decision Making I
MATH 272—Cal of Decision Making II
Behavioral or Social Science (3 hrs) choose 1
ANTH 101—Cultural Anthropology
POL 101—Intro to American Politics
PSY 201—General Psychology
SOC 101—Introductory Sociology
Fine Arts (3 hrs) choose 1
ART 101—Two Dimensional Design
AH 101—Intro to Western Art
AH 102—Intro to Non-Western Art
AH 201—History of Art I
AH 202—History of Art II
MUS 103—Intro to Music
THEA 201—Theatre Appreciation
Lab Science (6-8 hrs) choose 2
ASTR 103—Astronomy I
ASTR 104—Astronomy II
BISC 102/103—Inquiry Life-Human
BISC 104/105—Inquiry Life-Environ
CHEM 103/113—Chemistry I
CHEM 104/114—Chemistry II
GEOL 101/111—Physical Geology
GEOL 102/112—Historical Geology
GEOL 104/114—Environmental Geology
PHYS 107—Physical Science I
PHYS 108—Physical Science II
Spanish (SPAN)
*Students will choose one 6 hour mathematics course sequence. Math 261/262 sequence may satisfy the business calculus
requirement. Math 267/268 is calculus for business majors. Math 271/272 is calculus for students in the Honors College.
TYPICAL SOPHOMORE SCHEDULE
FALL
TERM
COURSE
SPRING
GRADE
HOUR
TERM
COURSE
GRADE
HOUR
ACCY 201
3
ACCY 202
3
ECON 202
3
ECON 203
3
BUS 250
3
BUS 271
3
BUS/ECON 230
3
Literature-ENGL
3
Nonbusiness
Elective
3
Nonbusiness
Elective
3
Accountancy (6 hrs)
ACCY 201—Accountancy Principles I
ACCY 202—Accountancy Principles II
Economics (6 hrs)
ECON 202—Microeconomics
ECON 203—Macroeconomics
Business (6 hrs)
BUS 250—Legal Environment of Bus
BUS 271—Business Communications
Statistics (3 hrs)
BUS/ECON 230—Economic Statistics I
Literature (3 hrs) choose 1
ENGL 221—World Lit to 1650
ENGL 222—World Lit since 1650
ENGL 223—American Lit to the Civil War
ENGL 224—American Lit since the Civil War
ENGL 225—British Lit to 18th Century
ENGL 226—British Lit since Romantic Period
Nonbusiness Elective or Minor Course (6 hrs) choose 2
Select from any 100 level or above course outside of Accountancy,
Business, Economics, Finance, Management, MIS, or Marketing.
Freshmen only may use EDHE 105 (Freshman Year Experience)
during the freshman year.
Fall
Spring
Pre-business students may not enroll in major coursework prior to satisfactory completion of the pre-business
curriculum with a 2.00 > GPA. Prerequisites must be met.
Coursework for all business majors is the same during the first two years with the following exceptions:
Marketing Communications majors enroll in JOUR 102 in the freshman year and are not required to complete 6 semester
hours of nonbusiness electives.
MIS majors enroll in MIS 280 in the sophomore year. One 3 hour nonbusiness elective is required for MIS majors.
A complete list of prerequisite courses and prerequisite courses requiring a “C” grade or better is available at
www.olemissbusiness.com.
DISCLAIMER: THIS DOCUMENT IS UNOFFICIAL UNTIL AUDITED BY A SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ACADEMIC COUNSELOR.
Rev 05/11