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Undergraduate Record 2008-2009 
    
Undergraduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Degree Requirements - School of Commerce


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Admission Prerequisites



Prior to enrolling in the McIntire School, a student must complete the following courses:

Commerce


Non-Commerce


Note: Requirements as defined in the Record, College of Arts and Sciences chapter, area requirements section. Three humanities credits are required prior to enrollment. Three additional humanities credits (which may include additional ENWR), along with three credits of social, natural/physical sciences, will be required before graduation and may be taken either before or after entering the McIntire School.

  • Humanities/Fine Arts Credits: 3-6
    Suggested Year: 1st or 2nd
  • Foreign Language Credits: 0-14
    Suggested Year: 1st or 2nd
  • Social, Natural/Physical Sciences Credits: 0-3
    Suggested Year: 1st or 2nd

Third-Year Core Curriculum


During the third year a student must complete the following core curriculum in sequence during the fall and spring semesters:

Spring Semester


Concentrations


Students must declare a concentration and complete the following courses:

Accounting


Finance


Third Year


Recommended in third year, may be completed fourth year.

Fourth Year


  • COMM 473- Advanced Investments Credits: 3
    or
  • COMM 478- Advanced Corporate Finance Credits: 3 
    and

Information Technology


Third or Fourth Year


Recommended in third year, may be taken fourth year.

Fourth Year


  • Two 400-level Information Technology courses or
  • One 400-level Information Technology course and

One Management course from the following list:

International Business


Students are encouraged to study abroad in a chosen country or region.

First or Second Year


  • Area Studies Credits: 6
    Six credits of area studies courses that focus on other countries or regions of the world or foreign language courses above the 202 level.

Management


Fourth Year


  • COMM 4__  Three 400- level management courses Credits: 9
    • COMM 453 can count as a management elective, but it cannot count for both management and marketing

Marketing


Fourth Year


  • COMM 4__  Two 400- level marketing courses Credits: 6

Commerce Electives


Students are required to earn 3-6 credits in Commerce electives from among 300- and 400-level courses after enrollment in McIntire. For students not concentrating in accounting, three credits must be in areas outside the primary concentration.

Non-Commerce Electives


After enrollment, students may take any courses necessary to complete the 51-credit requirement.

Credit Requirements


Students must earn 120 credits for the Bachelor of Science in Commerce. Of these:

  1. 54 credits must be in Commerce courses and ECON 201 and 202;
  2. 51 credits must be in non-Commerce courses (excluding ECON 201 and ECON 202);
  3. 15 credits may be in either Commerce or non-Commerce courses.

Students must earn the following minimum credits after enrollment at McIntire:

  1. 57 total credits;
  2. 39 credits in Commerce, including:
    1. 24 credits of core courses;
    2. 9-12 credits of courses in a concentration;
    3. 3-6 elective credits (3 must be outside the primary concentration except for students concentrating in accounting).

Grade Requirements


Students must achieve at least a 2.000 grade point average for:

  1. all course work completed;
  2. all Commerce courses and ECON 201 and 202;
  3. course work taken during the semester immediately preceding graduation. This semester must be completed in good academic standing (see Probation).

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