Nov 24, 2024

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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Business Administration [BBA] - All Majors - MiTransfer Pathway

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This major is built to facilitate the transferral of courses to Eastern Michigan University, from participating community colleges in Michigan. Faculty from across the state identified courses a student may take in the first and second year of the bachelor’s degree programs at all participating universities.

The MiTransfer Pathways courses in business administration are:

Microeconomics (ECON 202 ) Approved Courses	Managerial Accounting (ACC 241 ) Approved Courses
Macroeconomics (ECON 201 ) Approved Courses	Business Law (LAW 293 ) Approved Courses
Financial Accounting (ACC 240 ) Approved Courses

Faculty also identified Remaining Degree Requirements, which include courses that students can transfer from the community college. These courses are noted below.

Unless otherwise noted, only courses deemed equivalent by EMU faculty may satisfy major requirements. For a list of applicable courses, see “Approved Courses” links or Transfer Equivalencies. Please see “Critical Graduation Information” below for additional policies governing transfer credit. For other degree options, please see Bachelor of Business Administration Programs or Articulation Agreements - All Majors - Business Administration [BBA] .

The Bachelor of Business Administration prepares students for a wide variety of leadership roles in the dynamic business world. This major allows students to supplement the basic business core with business with a business functional area, such as Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, etc. If you’re interested in being a leader to help organizations meet their goals, a Bachelor of Business Administration could be your first step toward a rewarding career in private, public, or non-profit sectors of business.

Learn

Earning the Bachelor of Business Administration, you’ll learn about all aspects of business through the business core classes plus you will learn about important management skills, management responsibility and ethics, human resources, and entrepreneurship. Your courses use real-world exercises and case studies to bring home the concepts being taught.

Opportunities

While pursuing this degree, students are encouraged to participate in one of many student clubs found in the COB, and also students are encouraged to look for internship opportunities to get professional work experience related to their chosen careers.

Advisor Information

College of Business Academic Services, 1 Hill Hall, 734.487.2344, cob.undergraduate@emich.edu (Make an Appointment)

Student Eligibility

A student’s eligibility to graduate from this major is determined by the following.

Apply and be granted admission to Eastern Michigan University (emich.edu/admissions).
Apply and be granted admission to their major (See Program Admission for specific information).
A completed associate degree, certificate, or adequate coursework. Students eligible to follow an articulation agreement typically transfer 60 credit hours to EMU. Eligible students who transferred in less than 60 credit hours had unique circumstances and were granted permission by the Director of Community College Relations (emich.edu/ccr).

Interested students should meet with their community college advisor for information on the articulation agreement before transferring to EMU. After transferring to EMU, a student must consult with the Community College Relations Office to confirm eligibility.

General Education Requirements

The MiTransfer Pathways builds on the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA). The MTA allows transfer students to select designated courses to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours fulfilling MTA distribution requirements. Students following MiTransfer Pathway agreements should complete the MTA in accordance with the sending institutions’ course designations and consider whether or not any recommended MiTransfer Pathways major-specific courses will “double count” to fulfill MTA distribution requirements in planning their transfer. Be aware that “double count” policies differ from institution to institution. More information about the MTA is available at www.mitransfer.org.

The MTA Mathematics distribution area allows students to complete one of three math pathways. The Business MiTransfer Pathways faculty recommended that students complete a course in the Statistics pathway.

Students who do not have “MTA Satisfied” on their community college transcript, will be required to satisfy EMU’s general education requirements as applied to transfer students. For specific General Education requirements, click here or print a General Education Worksheet .

Admission Criteria: 56 hours

Students seeking admission to any program in the College of Business must complete 56 credit hours of coursework to include the courses listed below. The foundation courses for admission to the College of Business must be completed with a minimum earned a grade of C- (C required for transfer courses) in each. Students must also have an EMU GPA of at least 2.50.

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to COB admission and count toward the total credit hours required for this major.
ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business [GELB] 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
Choose one course from the following
DS 251 - Business Statistics for Decision Making 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
Non-College of Business Foundation Courses: 15 hours
COMM 124 - Foundations of Speech Communication [GEEC] 3 hrs
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics [GEQR or GEKS] 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics [GEQR or GEKS] 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
Quantitative Reasoning Requirement 3 hrs
WRTG 121 - Composition II: Researching the Public Experience [GEEC] 3 hrs
Additional Coursework: 20 hours

In addition to the courses listed above, students must complete an additional 20 credit hours of course work prior to admission to the College of Business.

Major Requirements: 60-69 hours

All requirements must be met, as listed below.

Business Core: 36 hours

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to admission and count towards the total credit hours required for this major.
ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business [GELB] 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
Choose one course from the following
DS 251 - Business Statistics for Decision Making 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
or satisfied by these approved courses
Post Admission Core Requirement: 15 hours

All 300-level Core Courses listed below must be completed before enrollment in MGMT 490. OM 374 can be taken concurrently with MGMT 490.
FIN 350 - Principles of Finance 3 hrs
MGMT 386 - Organizational Behavior and Theory 3 hrs
MGMT 490 - Business Policy 3 hrs
MKTG 360 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs
OM 374 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 hrs

Discipline: 24-33 hours

Students must complete the required discipline coursework for their chosen area, as listed in the following majors: accounting , accounting information systems , computer information systems , economics , entrepreneurship , general business , marketing , management , finance , supply chain management , or international business. Please note, each student must complete a writing intensive course as part of the major.

Minor Requirement:

This major does not require a minor.

Program Total:

Students must earn a minimum of 124 credits at the 100-level or above. If sufficient credit hours are not transferred, additional EMU credits must be completed to reach the minimum of 124 credit hours required to graduate.

Beginning in Fall 2022, all baccalaureate degree programs for all undergraduates (regardless of catalog year) will require a minimum of 120 credit hours for completion.

Critical Graduation Information

Each undergraduate student will be responsible for the fulfillment of the requirements or their equivalents of the Eastern Michigan University catalog in force at the time of their initial registration at a college or university or a subsequent catalog including the one in effect at the time of their graduation.

In the event an undergraduate student does not complete the degree requirements within seven years of the date of their original registration at a college or university, the student may be required to have their credits re-evaluated by the academic department(s) of their major/minor in keeping with catalog requirements in force during the year of their graduation.

The following are minimum requirements for all bachelor’s degrees awarded by Eastern Michigan University. Some majors and minors require more than the minimum in one or more of the areas below; students are urged to consult the online catalog for the requirements of their particular programs.

Earn a minimum total of 124 credits at the 100-level and above. Courses with numbers below 100 will not be counted toward this degree requirement. At most 8 credit hours of physical education (PEGN) activity courses will be counted toward this requirement.
Meet the requirements of the General Education program (see information below).
Complete a Writing Intensive (GEWI) Course in your major.
Earn a minimum of 60 credits from a four-year college or university; courses taken at community colleges cannot be used to meet this requirement. (Some formal program-to-program articulation agreements modify this requirement. See specific agreements for details.)
Earn a minimum of 30 credits from courses taken at EMU.
Complete 10 of the last 30 hours for the degree from courses taken at EMU.
Have a minimum of 30 unique credit hours in their major and 20 unique credit hours in their minor for a total of at least 50 unique credit hours between them. Some majors that require 50 or more hours themselves do not require a minor; students should check the requirements of the selected major in the undergraduate catalog to see if a minor is required.
Earn no more than 60 credit hours in one subject area (prefix). Credits in excess of the 60 maximum will not be counted toward the minimum of 124 credits required for a bachelor’s degree.
Earn the minimum number of credits in 300-level and above courses in each major and minor as specified below - these credits must be earned in distinct courses; that is, no course can be used to fulfill this requirement in more than one major or minor.
- Earn a minimum of 6 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each minor
- Earn a minimum of 9 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each major that requires a minor.
- Earn a minimum of 15 credits in 300-level or higher courses at EMU in each major that does not require a minor
Transfer credit will be awarded for courses taken at colleges and universities that are accredited by one of the recognized regional accrediting bodies only if the courses are college-level (equated to 100-level or above at EMU) and the student earned a “C” (or 2.0 on a 4 point scale) or better. Transfer credit may be awarded on a case-by-case basis for college-level courses in which a “C” (2.0) or better was earned at institutions outside the U.S. or at non-accredited U.S. institutions; individual departments/schools conduct the internal review of such courses within EMU, and additional documentation may be required. Please note: EMU awards only credit for transferred courses; grades are not used in the calculation of an EMU GPA.
Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in courses taken at EMU in order to graduate. In addition, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be reached in each major and minor. Only courses taken at EMU and those applied to a student’s major or minor will be used in the calculation of their major and minor cumulative GPAs. (Note: some programs may require a higher GPA - check with your program advisor.)

General Education Requirements EMU’s General Education Program requires students to choose from a menu of approved courses in several different areas; do not assume that other courses in the same department or with similar names will fulfill these requirements. A detailed description of General Education requirements is available in the General Education section of the catalog.

Students who transferred to EMU may have modified general education requirements based on Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) or articulation agreements; consult your academic advisor for additional information.