Bachelor of Business Administration

Total 120 semester credit hours

Objectives

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) prepares students for positions as executives, managers, and specialists in businesses and other organizations. Such an education provides an opportunity to:

1. understand contemporary business culture;
2. appreciate the historical evolution of business, and develop an awareness of the social and economic influences in the global community;
3. encourage social responsibility and community service;
4. understand major functional areas of business, their relationships, and develop some degree of specialization and application; and
5. prepare for graduate study.

Students are encouraged to establish a firm base of humanities, arts, and sciences; to develop analytical capability; to investigate major functional areas of business; and to recognize that the role of leadership in the modern business system is vitally important for community progress and economic development.

Admission to the Bachelor of Business Administration Programs

Transfer and freshmen students who are admitted to UT Tyler and interested in pursuing a BBA degree will initially be admitted as Pre-Business students (PBUS). Prior to admission to the BBA program students must request to be formally admitted and must meet with a business advisor to complete an initial career guide and degree plan. Students will be officially admitted to the Bachelor of Business Administration program only after they have satisfactorily completed 30 hours with a 2.0 GPA and the Pre-Business Core requirements. Students must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 and receive a "C" or higher in each of the Pre-Business Core Business Field of Study classes listed below to be admitted to the BBA program.

Accounting Principles - Financial Accounting. Managerial Accounting

Computer Literacy*

Economic Principles - Microeconomics, Macroeconomics

Mathematics**

Speech***

Statistics

*Computer applications adapted to the solution of business problems (equivalent to TECH 2323).

**Content to be at the level of calculus or above and include exponents and radicals, linear systems, matrices, linear algebra, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, probability, differential and integral calculus.

***Public speaking with an emphasis on the preparation and presentation of professional speeches, using computer technology when appropriate.

Transfer of Credit

Only grades of “C” and above may apply towards degree requirements.