PCB&E General Education Requirements

To earn a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in any business discipline, students must complete the following requirements:

GE business courses (15-21 credit hours, required for all majors).
Core business courses (36 credit hours, required for all majors).
Required major courses (credit hours vary by major).
Elective major courses (credit hours vary by major; courses are selected from among a list of courses available in the major*).

* Listed courses may require prerequisites outside of major. Click on course to view required prerequisites.

Requirements

To earn a degree in a business discipline, students must complete, with a grade of C or better, 15-21 credit hours of coursework towards the general education requirements.

GE-SocSci

6 credit hours from the following options:

ECON 23020 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECON 23030 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit Hour(s)

GE-Comm

3 credit hours from the following options:

COM 10200 - Public Debate 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 10500 - Group Dynamics and Effective Speaking 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 11000 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 23000 - Business Communications 3 Credit Hour(s)
SW 20000 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credit Hour(s)

GE-Math I (BA & BS)

Select either of the following (GE-Math) courses:

MTH 14100 - Basic Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 24100 - Statistics for Natural Science 3 Credit Hour(s)

GE-Math II (BA & BS)

For a Bachelor of Arts within the Plaster College of Business and Entrepreneurship, students must select one of the following seven (GE-Math) courses:

MTH 15100 - College Algebra 3 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 15110 - College Algebra with Support 5 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 15200 - Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions 3 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 17300 - Survey of Calculus 4 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 17500 - Business Calculus and Applications 4 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 27100 - Calculus I 5 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 27200 - Calculus II 5 Credit Hour(s)

GE-Math III (BS only)

In addition to the Bachelor of Arts requirements, students pursuing a Bachelor of Science must complete a third math course and can select from the following (GE-Math) courses:

MTH 17500 - Business Calculus and Applications 4 Credit Hour(s)
MTH 27100 - Calculus I 5 Credit Hour(s)

Notes:

Bachelor of Science Health Management students may take an additional natural science course without a lab (GE-NatSci) which should be at least 3 credit hours in place of MTH 17300 or MTH 27100 .

Refer to the general education requirements section of this catalog to view complete list of required University GE courses.