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Program Delivery - BBA 

A proposed study plan for the BBA program is presented below.

Year I

Freshman Year (Total Credits 30)

Refer to the Admissions section of the Undergraduate AUB Academic Catalogue.

Year II

All the below courses are required of every student unless otherwise indicated.

Semester 1 (Fall)

Credits

 ENGL203  Academic English 3
 MATH203  Mathematics for Social Sciences  I 3
 ACCT210  Financial Accounting 3
  Two of the following three courses:
 ECON211  Elementary Microeconomic Theory 3
 ECON212  Elementary Macroeconomic Theory 3
 CMPS209  Computers and Programming for the Sciences 3
   

Total 15


  Semester 2 (Spring)

Credits

 ENGL204  Advanced Academic English 3
 BUSS239  Business Communication Skills Workshop 0
 MATH204  Mathematics for Social Sciences  II 3
 DCSN200  Operations Management 3
 FINA210  Business Finance 3
 One of the following three courses:
 ECON211  Elementary Microeconomic Theory 3
 ECON212  Elementary Macroeconomic Theory 3
 CMPS209  Computers and Programming for the Sciences 3
   

Total 15


Year III
 Semester 3 (Fall) Credits
 INFO200  Information Systems Design and Development 3
 MNGT215  Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior 3
  DCSN205 or ACCT215  Managerial Decision Making or Management Accounting 3
 MKTG210  Principles of Marketing 3
 CVSP201, 202, 205, or 207  Civilization Sequence 3
    Total 15

 Semester 4 (Spring)   Credits
 BUSS200  Business Data Analysis 3
 BUSS215  Business Ethics 3
 DCSN205 or ACCT215  Managerial Decision Making or Management Accounting 3
 Science Elective  Any Science Elective 3
 ENGL208  English for International Business 3
     Total 15

 Year III (Summer Session) Credits
 BUSS245  Internship/Practicum 1

Year IV
 Semester 5 (Fall) Credits
 ARAB  Basic Arabic Grammar and Syntax, or Readings in  Arabic Literature or any higher level Arabic course  based on the Arabic Placement test 3
BUSS211  Business Law 2
BUSS230  Managerial Economics 3
BUSS240 Strategic Career Planning Workshop 0
 Business Elective  For Concentration Students: Business Elective from the  area of concentration

 For Generic Students: Any Business Elective

3
 Humanities or Science Elective  Humanities or Science Elective 3
    Total 14

 Semester 6 (Spring)  Credits
 BUSS248  Developing Business Plan Workshop 0
 BUSS249  Strategic Management 3
 Business Elective  For Concentration Students: Business Elective from the  area of concentration

 For Generic Students: Any Business Elective

3
 Business Elective  For Concentration Students: Business Elective from the  area of concentration

 For Generic Students: Any Business Elective

3
 Humanities or Science Elective  Any Non-Business Elective 3
 CVSP 203, 204, 206, or 208  Civilization Sequence 3
    Total 15

It is important to note the following:

  • Philosophy and Economics BACC II majors must take Math 203 and Math 204. Math and Science BACC II majors must take only Math 204 and an additional non-business elective to substitute for Math 203 as per the minimum non-business credit hour requirements for degree completion. International Baccalaureate Diploma holders who have completed either a) the Math Higher Level examination with a grade of 6 or above or b) the Further Math Subsidiary Level examination with a grade of 6 or above or c) the Math Methods Subsidiary Level with Further Calculus examination with a grade of 6 or above, are also exempted from MATH 203. They must take only MATH 204 and an additional non-business elective to substitute for MATH 203 as per the minimum non-business credit hour requirements for degree completion.

  • In order to complete the CVSP (Civilization Sequence Program) requirement, students must take two CVSP courses, one from Sequence I and one from Sequence II. For Sequence I, students who elect to take CVSP 201 or CVSP 202 for credit may not enroll in CVSP 205. For Sequence II, students who elect to take CVSP 203 or CVSP 204 for credit may not enroll in CVSP 206. For more information on CVSP courses, refer to the FAS section of the Undergraduate AUB Academic Catalogue.

  • The 3 credits in Humanities, other than BUSS 215, must be taken from the list of humanities courses adopted by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. For more information, refer to the FAS section of the Undergraduate AUB Academic Catalogue.

  • The Business Communication Skills Workshop, the Strategic Career Planning Workshop and the Developing Business Plans Workshop are graded on a P/F basis.

  • ECON 213 , EDUC 219, EDUC 227, ENMG 500 and AGSC 212, STAT 201, STAT 210, as well as any other course that significantly overlap with OSB core courses, cannot be given equivalence to OSB required courses. These courses cannot be counted for credit as business or non-business free electives.

  • Courses that may significantly overlap with business elective courses, such as SOAN 231, SOAN 234, SOAN 235, and SOAN 243, any be taken as free non business electives. However, students will not receive credit for any of these courses if they have taken the respective equivalent business elective.

  • Students who are exempted from any required courses such as MATH 203, ENGL 203 and Arabic have to meet the 90 credit-hour graduation requirement by taking additional free non-business electives from other AUB faculties.

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