PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS – 65 HOURS
(www.undergrad.pamplin.vt.edu)
CURRICULUM FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION (CLE) REQUIREMENTS
(Freshman and Sophomore Years)
Fall
Spring
Area 1 - ENGL 1105-1106 or 1204H or COMM 1015-1016
3 ____
3 ____
Area 2 - Ideas, Cultural Traditions & Values
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
Area 3 - Fulfilled by ECON 2005-2006 (see college requirements below)
Area 4 - Scientific Reasoning and Discovery
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*Area 5 - MATH 1525-1526 Calculus with Matrices
Area 6 - Creativity and Aesthetic Experience
1 ____
Area 7 - Critical Issues in a Global Context Requirement met by:
The Area 7 course may be used to meet another area requirement or may be taken as a free elective.
Some courses in Areas 2 and 4, as well as some social sciences, are also Area 7 courses.
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Freshmen Year
*ACIS 1504 Introduction to Business Information Systems
3 ____
Social Sciences - Nine (9) hours required.
PSYC 1004 or SOC 1004 - Intro Psychology or Sociology
3 ____
Two additional Social Sciences
3 ____
3____
*ACIS 2115-2116 Principles of Accounting
3 ____
3 ____
*BIT 2405-2406 Quantitative Methods
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
3 ____
Options include any courses in Economics (beyond Principles), Geography, History (except HIST 1024, 1025, 1026,
or 2054), International Studies, Political Science (except PSCI 3015-3016), Psychology, and Sociology; or any course
approved for Area 3 of the University Core. GEOG 1014, HIST 1214, IS 2054, IS 2064, PSCI 1024, and SPIA 1004
will satisfy social science requirements in addition to Area 7.
Sophomore Year
(Pre-req - MATH 1525-1526)
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*ECON 2005-2006 Principles of Economics (Area 3)
Economics major should take ECON 2005 fall of freshman year and ECON 2006 spring of freshman year.
COMM 2004 Public Speaking OR, if COMM 1015-1016 taken, then Free Elective
3 ____
Free Elective(s) or Course Required by Major
3 ____
ACIS majors –ACIS 2504
BIT majors – CS 1054
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ECON majors –ECON 3104 fall of sophomore year, ECON 3204 spring of sophomore year
HTM majors – choose from 1000-2000 level HTM required electives
FIN and MGT majors – ACIS 2504
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (Freshman and Sophomore Years)
Free Electives (all majors except ECON)
4 ____
Any combinations of 1, 2, and 3, credit courses to complete the 4 credit hour requirement.
Science Labs and Free Electives (ECON majors ONLY)
1 ____
ECON students must take two 1-credit corresponding science labs, and take any other free electives
to complete the 4 credit hour requirement.
2 ____
* COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A C- OR BETTER, TO COMPLY WITH POLICY 91 – SEE BACK OF PAGE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
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ECONOMICS MAJORS MUST EARN A B- OR BETTER IN MATH COURSES, AND A C OR BETTER IN ECON COURSES.
1 ____
 UNIVERSITY POLICY 91 - CONTINUED ENROLLMENT/PROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE 
Policy 91 –Pamplin College of Business
University Policy 91 outlines university-wide minimum criteria to determine if students are making satisfactory progress
towards the completion of their degrees. Pamplin Undergraduate Programs and all Pamplin College of Business
departments fully support this policy.
Specific expectations for satisfactory progress for all Pamplin majors are outlined below:
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Each student must meet the minimum university-wide criteria as described in Policy 91 as summarized in the
Undergraduate Course Catalog and Academic Policies catalog http://www.undergradcatalog.registrar.vt.edu.
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Additionally,
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Be enrolled in a degree granted program (may no longer be Business Undecided) prior to reaching 72
attempted credits.
Pamplin Policy for native students (those entering Virginia Tech as business students) occurs at
72 attempted credits. Transfer students (from another institution or a major outside of Pamplin)
must comply by 90 attempted credits.
 Students must have completed each of the following courses with at least a C-: ACIS 1504,
MATH 1525-1526, ACIS 2115-2116, BIT 2405-2406, and ECON 2005-2006; or accepted
equivalents for any of these courses.
 Students must have earned a GPA of a 2.0 in the combination of the following courses: ACIS
1504, MATH 1525-1526, ACIS 2115-2116, BIT 2405-2406, and ECON 2005-2006; or accepted
equivalents for any of these courses.
Students that are identified as not making adequate progress towards their degrees will be notified at 60+ credits (72+
credits for transfer students) and must comply with the College’s procedures for continued enrollment within one
semester. Students that do not meet the conditions set forth will be required to leave the Pamplin College of Business (not
Virginia Tech).
This standard was reviewed and approved by the Pamplin Undergraduate Curriculum Committee spring 2014.
 UPPER DIVISION BUSINESS CORE 
UPPER DIVISION COURSES REQUIRED FOR ALL BUSINESS M AJORS
BIT 3414 - Production and Operations Management
FIN 3055 - Legal Environment in Business
FIN 3104 - Introduction to Finance
MGT 3304 - Management Theory and Leadership Practice
MKTG 3104 - Marketing Management
MGT 4394 - Bus Policy and Strategy (the above courses must be completed first, except FIN 3055)
 FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT 
VT graduation requires a minimum of two units passed of a single foreign or classical language in high school. If a
student has English as their second language, s/he can get certification through the foreign language department to meet
this requirement. If this requirement is not met before entering Virginia Tech, then the student must complete six hours of
a single foreign language. These credits will not count toward the 125 hours required for all business majors.
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