Texas Tech University
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION (BBA) DEGREE
Catalog Years 2014-2015
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All students who wish to major in Business are classified as pre-business majors (COBA designation) until completion of the Lower Division Business Core
with grades of C or higher, and attainment of a minimum 2.75 Texas Tech GPA. Upon attainment of the minimum requirements, application must be made
to the Undergraduate Services Center for a specific Business major. Admission to the pre-business major (the Lower Division COBA designation) does not
assure admission to any Upper Division major in the Rawls College of Business.
*To declare Accounting, students must make and A or B in ACCT 2300 and ACCT 2301
Additional Program
Requirements
*To declare Finance, students must make an A or B in ACCT 2300
* To declare Energy Commerce, students must take GEOL 1303 and GEOL 1101
* All lower division coursework listed below must be completed prior to enrollment in a major course.
Course Number
Title
ENGL 1301
Essentials of College Rhetoric
ENGL 1302
Advanced College Rhetoric
COMS 2358
Business & Professional Communication
MCOM 2310
Professional Communication
MATH 1330
Introductory Mathematical Analysis I
MATH 1331
Introductory Mathematical Analysis II
Grade
Notes
Core Curriculum Requirements
Written Communication
Oral Communication
(Choose 1)
Mathematics
Life & Physical Sciences
See page 58, section C
Take 2 courses (8 hrs.)
Lang, Phil. & Culture
See page 59, section D
Creative Arts
See page 60, section E
HIST 2300
History of the United States to 1877
HIST 2301
History of the United States since 1877
HIST 2310
History of Texas
POLS 1301
American Government, Organization
POLS 2302
American Public Policy
U.S. History
(Choose 2)
US and Texas Government
Multicultural
See page 61
Foreign Language
Two semesters of a single foreign
language.
FL Waiver: Student must have completed two years of a single foreign language in high school.
Course Number
ACCT 2300
ACCT 2301
BA 1101
ISQS 2340
ECO 2302
MATH 2345
60 hrs.
Title
Financial Accounting. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in
any college-level Math, 2.75 GPA
Managerial Accounting. Prerequisite: ACCT 2300, and 2.75
GPA
Grade
Notes
Lower Division Business Core
Accounting
Fund. of Business Professionalism. Prerequisite: 2.75 GPA
Intro. to Computer Systems in Business. Prerequisite:
Minimum grade of C in any college-level Math, 2.75 GPA
Lower Division Business Core
Principles of Economics II (Macroeconomics)
(Satisfies Social & Behavioral Sciences Core Curriculum)
Intro. to Statistics with Application in Business
Additional Notes:
6.2.14