2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Barney School of Business
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Mission: To cultivate and inspire intellectually curious learners to be competent, confident, and connected.
Vision: To create an authentic learning experience that empowers learners to become effective business leaders.
The concepts and skills acquired by Barney students apply to all types of organizations, including large corporations, family-owned businesses, and civic organizations. Through its curricular and noncurricular activities, graduates become career ready. Barney graduates understand the global nature of today’s economy, acquire work experience through co-ops or internships, develop both written and oral communication skills and are able to use information technology effectively.
Business courses are taught in an interactive manner with cases and projects to give students hands-on learning. This teaching is enhanced through educational partnerships with regional business and governmental partners. Many of the faculty have business experience and regularly work with area businesses to solve problems. Students are also required to acquire business experience through an internship.
The global nature of business, together with the rapid pace of change in today’s world, necessitates the broad understanding that a liberal arts foundation brings. Coupled with knowledge of business concepts and tasks, Barney students are required to take a substantial number of their degree credits outside of business areas. They also take a common core of business courses, including accounting, economics, business analytics and technology, insurance, finance, management, marketing, and business law, and then develop a concentration in one area of specialization. Each concentration has a senior-level applied project to integrate the educational experiences of that concentration. Barney students may also pursue a minor in a second area of specialization by taking additional courses in that area.
Special Accreditation
The Barney School is accredited by AACSB International-the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. As a member of approximately 5% of accredited business programs around the world, the school is committed to providing high-quality business and management education.
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International-the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International. Students are invited to join based on high academic achievement.
Career-Ready Business Education
The Barney School equips students with the skills to be successful business leaders. We provide the knowledge, one-on-one faculty attention, and hands-on experience that enable students to pursue rewarding and successful careers. As individuals, Barney students develop an in-depth understanding of the global business world, gain work experience for their résumés, and have access to the resources necessary to secure a job in their chosen career paths.
Undergraduate Admission Requirements
General requirements and procedures for admission are given here.
For admission to the Barney School of Business, 16 units of secondary subjects are expected and should include the following as minimal:
| English |
4 units |
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| Social studies |
2 units |
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| Mathematics (including two units of algebra) |
3 units |
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| Science |
2 units |
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| Other academic subjects |
3 units |
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| Other elective subjects |
2 units |
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Advanced study in a foreign language is recommended for students to enhance their global awareness.
Specific Undergraduate Business Degree Requirements
To obtain an undergraduate degree from the Barney School, the student must
- successfully complete all degree and course requirements;
- earn a minimum of 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree;
- maintain at least a 2.0 overall grade point average (GPA), specifically:
- Students who do not have at least the minimum 2.0 GPA after their sophomore year (after 53 credits) will not be allowed to take additional Barney business or required major courses until their overall GPA rises to at least 2.0. Students may retake courses in Barney in order to increase their GPA.
- Students who do not have at least the minimum 2.0 GPA after their junior year (after 86 credits) will not be allowed to enroll in MGT 440P (Barney capstone course) until their overall GPA rises to at least 2.0.
- have an overall grade point average of at least 2.0 on a scale of 4.0;
- have at least a 2.0 grade point average in his/her major;
- earn no more than 3 credits in PE 110 /PE 111 courses; and
- take at least one more course outside the student’s major to enhance his/her global awareness.
M 114 - Everyday Statistics will not substitute for either QNT 230 or QNT 350 . Students who transfer into Barney having already taken M 114 will still be required to take both QNT 230 and QNT 350 . Students who complete EC 101 and then decide to transfer into Barney School of Business will substitute EC 101 for EC 110 and be required to complete EC 211 .
Specific Undergraduate Business Requirements on Pass/No Pass Status
- A student may take only unrestricted electives Pass/No Pass. No other degree requirements may be taken Pass/No Pass.
- A student may drop or add the Pass/No Pass status only up to the 10th week after classes begin.
- A student may take a maximum of 12 credits on a Pass/No Pass basis during his/her entire undergraduate career.
Program of Study
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program offers students the opportunity to develop majors in Accounting; Business Analytics and Managerial Economics; Finance; Entrepreneurial Studies; Management; Marketing; Risk Management and Insurance; Sports Management; and Supply Chain & Logistics Management.
Total Credits Required for Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: 120
Distribution Requirements
- Specific general education requirements [12]
- Humanities [9]
- Social science [6]
- Natural science [3]
- Non-Barney electives [6]
- Global Requirement [3]
- Unrestricted electives [12]
- Business core [47]
- Major concentration [21]
University Interdisciplinary Studies (UIS) Requirements
Students are required to take four courses from the University Interdisciplinary Studies (UIS), one course from each of the following categories: UISA, UISC, UISS, and UIST. One of the four must have a “D” for diversity designation. UISS 155 does not fulfill the UIS requirement for Barney students; this course is used by transfer students to take the place of BAR 110P . Barney students who have received credit for BAR 110P may not take UISS 155 as part of their program of study. Students transferring to the Barney School from another institution may be exempted from one or more UIS classes depending on the number of approved transfer courses. For every 15 credits transferred, students can waive one UIS class. All students transferring less than 60 credits must take a UIS course with a D designation. UIS courses may count towards distribution requirements (for example, UIST will also fulfill the Natural Science requirement.)
Winterterm
Enrollment in Winterterm classes is restricted for undergraduates in good academic standing to two classes each Winterterm session. For students who are not in good academic standing, enrollment is restricted to one class each Winterterm session. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved in writing by the appropriate faculty advisor or dean’s representative and forwarded to the appropriate person in the Office of Academic Services for student files.
Honors Program
For an overview of the University-wide Honors program and specific program requirements for Barney School students, see Special Academic Opportunities .
Awards and Scholarships
The Barney School of Business offers awards and scholarships to its students. For further information, contact the Academic Services office at the Barney School, Auerbach Hall, room 227.
Minors
Students enrolled in the Barney School may elect to pursue minor programs of study in accounting, actuarial science, business analytics and managerial economics, finance, entrepreneurial studies, management, marketing, and risk management and insurance.
Students must declare their intent to obtain a minor within Self Service using the electronic “Declare a Minor” process, and must maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average in courses within the minor, with the exception of actuarial science, in which a 3.0 GPA is required.
Courses in the minor may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Students are not permitted to transfer classes from other universities as part of their minor requirements.
Non-Barney Students Interested in Business Majors, Minors or Individual Courses
Students outside of the Barney School who wish to complete a program in the field of business may elect a minor in general business, accounting, actuarial science, entrepreneurial studies, management, marketing, or risk management and insurance. Students matriculated in other colleges who also wish to have a major in business must complete both the business core of 48 credits plus an additional 21 credits of specialization for a total of 69 credits.
Courses taken as part of any minor programs in the Barney School must be taken for a letter grade. Any course taken as a prerequisite for a course in a minor program of study must be taken for a letter grade. Students are not permitted to transfer classes from other universities as part of their minor requirements.
Students taking any Barney course must satisfy the course prerequisites. Students who do not have at least the minimum 2.0 GPA after their sophomore year (after 53 credits) will not be allowed to take additional Barney business or minor courses until their overall GPA rises to at least 2.0. Students may retake courses in Barney in order to increase their GPA.
Prerequisites for All Minors for Non-Barney Students
Required credits: 6
R. C. Knox Center for Insurance Studies
As part of the Barney School’s graduate and undergraduate degree programs, the R. C. Knox Center for Insurance Studies and Risk Management provides information and advice to all students interested in careers in the field of insurance. Special programs are also sponsored by the R. C. Knox Center, dealing with important current issues in insurance.
Barney students with such interests take the standard core courses in accounting, marketing, economics and finance, mathematics and management. They also have access to many elective courses in the College of Arts and Sciences and other colleges of the University.
International Studies
All segments of business are becoming increasingly international as the interdependence of the global economy grows. The international dimensions of business are included in courses in the core curriculum. The Barney School also offers a variety of specialized international business courses, and many faculty have significant international expertise and experience. In addition, many international students are enrolled at the Barney School, and a cross-cultural environment can be found in many upper-level courses. The Barney School also has exchange agreements with educational institutions around the world.
ProgramsRequirementsMinor(s)CoursesSchool-wide Courses
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