Areas A through E of the undergraduate core curriculum make up the first 42 semester hours of the freshman and sophomore years of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program. These requirements are listed in the "University Degree Requirements and Graduation" chapter of this catalog as part of the description of the university's core curriculum. Courses in the core curriculum that are recommended by the Robinson College of Business faculty are given in that description. These suggestions reflect choices that will be particularly helpful in providing B.B.A. students with a strong foundation for Core Area F and the junior and senior years of the program.
The hours and course requirements for Core Area F, Business Foundation, and the junior and senior years are listed in this chapter. Please note the following information:
Refer to the "Business Residence Requirement" section, listed previously in this chapter, for information on the business credit hours that must be completed in residence at Georgia State University.
Students must have completed no fewer than 45 semester hours of college-level course work before taking 3000/4000-level courses in the Robinson College. Refer to the heading "Sequencing for All Students Enrolled in RCB Courses," listed previously in this chapter.
Consult the course descriptions section for prerequisites and descriptions of courses listed below.
Program Summary
| Semester Hours |
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| Lower-Division (Freshman/Sophomore) Years | |
| Core Areas A-E | 42 |
| Core Area F, Business Foundation | 18 |
| Subtotal | 60 |
| Upper-Division (Junior/Senior) Years | |
| Junior Business Core | 15 |
| Junior Communication Course | 3 |
| Major | 18 - 21 |
| Junior/Senior RCB Electives | 6 - 12 |
| Junior/Senior Electives Outside RCB | 9 - 12 |
| Business Policy | 3 |
| Subtotal | 60 |
Total Semester Hours Required for the B.B.A. Degree: 120
Core Areas A through E. For courses that satisfy these requirements, refer to "University Degree Requirements and Graduation" of this catalog. The Robinson College of Business requires Math 1070 and Math 1111 to satisfy degree requirements. It recommends that students take Math 1111 in Area A and Math 1070 in Area D. If not taken in Area A or Area D, they must be taken later in the program.
Core Area F: Business Foundation. (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in each course.)
Upper-Division (Junior/Senior) Years.
Junior Business Core (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in each course.)
Junior Communication Course. (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in this course.)
Major. (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in each course.) The following major requires 18 semester hours in this portion of the curriculum:
Finance***
The following majors require 21 semester hours in this portion of the curriculum:
Courses for each major should be selected after reviewing the appropriate school or department descriptions for each major that follow and, if needed, after consultation with a faculty adviser in the school or department that offers the major. The catalog describes each major and, if applicable, lists possible areas of specialization within the major. The required courses in each major, if any, are also listed in the school or department descriptions. The college reserves the right to amend this list of majors at the end of any semester.
Junior/Senior RCB Electives. (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in each course.)
Major requiring six semester hours of RCB electives: Actuarial Science, RMI 3750 and RMI 4350 must be taken as the RCB electives for actuarial science majors.
Major requiring nine semester hours of RCB electives: Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance,*** Hospitality Administration, Managerial Sciences, Marketing, Real Estate, Risk Management and Insurance.
These electives must be selected from 3000/4000-level courses in the Robinson College of Business that are outside the student's major and are not cross-listed with courses in the student's major. Majors other than economics may also select from the 3000/4000-level courses in the Department of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Refer to the online course listing at www.gosolar.gsu.edu/webforstudent.htm to determine the Georgia state college that teaches a course. Do not refer only to the course title. For example, course titles with the words "business," "management," or "administration" in them are not necessarily RCB courses.
A cross-listed course is indicated by the parenthetical statement "Same as . . ." after the title in the course descriptions.
Junior/Senior Electives Outside RCB. These electives must be selected from the 3000/4000-level courses taught by Georgia State colleges other than the Robinson College of Business. These electives enable the B.B.A. program to meet the breath requirement of the college's accrediting body and cannot be taken in the Robinson College. Economics majors may not choose any economics courses for these electives.
Exceptions to the requirement that non-RCB electives be 3000- or 4000-level courses: Math 1070, 1111, 2211, 2212, 2215, and 2420 may be taken to satisfy all or part of the non-RCB elective requirement if the student will still have a minimum of 39 upper-level semester hours to complete at Georgia State. This provision ensures that the student will meet the university's academic residence requirement.
For the following two specific majors, these required 2000-level mathematics courses may be used to satisfy part of the non-RCB elective requirement:
Actuarial Science: Mathematics 2211, Mathematics 2212, and Mathematics 2215 (grade of C- or higher required in Math 2215). These courses carry four semester hours of credit each. If the student's mathematics background permits beginning this calculus sequence in Core Area A or D (in place of college algebra and/or precalculus), three-semester-hour courses that meet the requirements for non-RCB electives will replace Mathematics 2211 and/or Mathematics 2212. Thus, this portion of the curriculum can range from 10 to 12 semester hours.
Business Policy. (Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in this course.)
BusA 4980 Strategic Management Policy . Minimum of grade of C- or higher is required in this course. Students must take BusA 4990 concurrently. Prerequisites for both BusA 4980 and BusA 4990 are completion of all of the following with a grade of C- or better: All courses in Core Area F: Business Foundations, the Junior Business Core as listed in this section above, BCom 3950, and three upper-level major courses.
BusA 4980 Strategic Management Policy
* Students who transfer from other institutions in the University System of Georgia and have taken other approved courses in the Core Area F for business will take CIS 2010 and/or BusA 2106, as appropriate, in the Junior/Senior RCB electives section.
** Finance majors must take Acct 4210 as one of the RCB electives. The finance major requires an additional three semester hours that are either an RCB elective or a 4000-level finance course.
Access Requirements: Because information technology is an integral part of business decision-making, courses in the Robinson College of Business frequently incorporate assignments that require computing skills. Consistent with university policy available at www.gsu.edu/ist/policies.html, the Robinson College requires students to be responsible for providing computer and Internet access for all RCB courses and programs.
Hardware and Software Requirements: Georgia State has standardized on the Microsoft Office Suite in the student computer labs. Students may consult the university's Office of Student Financial Aid for information about possible funding opportunities for computer and Internet access expenses.
Skill Requirements: Although students can expect to enhance their information technology skills as they work toward their degrees, the college expects all students to have certain basic skills before enrolling in any business course. These skills are defined as Basic Microcomputing Skills and are described below in the CSP 1 skills definition.
When courses require additional computing skills, these Computing Skill Prerequisites (CSP's) are listed by number in the catalog course description.
CSP 1. Basic Microcomputing Skills: Understand the PC and its components; turn on the PC; use command-oriented, windows-based, and LAN operating environments to accomplish tasks such as formatting floppy disks, creating and navigating through directories and subdirectories, creating and deleting files, copying and renaming files, using help screens, loading application software, exiting from application programs and operating environments in an orderly manner, and using appropriate measures to check for and prevent the spread of computer viruses.
CSP 2. Basic Microcomputing Spreadsheet Skills: Load the spreadsheet software; create, organize, and navigate through spreadsheets; format the spreadsheet or a block of cells; enter and edit formulas, values, and text; copy, move, and protect cells; insert and delete columns and rows; save and retrieve files; print spreadsheets; use financial, statistical, and mathematical functions such as totaling and averaging of rows and columns; create and print charts and graphs, create data tables, invoke existing macros, and use help screens.
CSP 3. Advanced Microcomputer Spreadsheet Skills: Use advanced spreadsheet features such as database commands and functions; create macros; create menu systems; and develop customized applications.
CSP 4. Basic Microcomputer Database Skills: Load database software, create databases; enter and edit data; add and delete records; list, query, and generate reports using the database; and use help screens.
CSP 5. Advanced Microcomputer Database Skills: Link databases through keys; create input screens; and develop customized applications.
CSP 6. Word Processing and Presentation Skills: For word processing: Load the word processing software; create, format, edit, and save documents; copy and move text; adjust margins, indents, and line space; adjust fonts and styles. For presentation graphics: Load the presentation graphics software; choose and modify templates; choose and modify slide layouts; insert slides; modify slide, handout, and note masters; change color schemes; apply effects, animation, and multimedia to slides; run a slide show. For both: Import tables, clip art, and graphs from other applications; use spell-checking; load additional toolbars; use help screens.
CSP 7. Basic Internet Usage: Send and receive Email messages including attachments of files; transfer files with FTP, compress and uncompress files with utility programs; use search engines to locate documents and find information on the web; navigate the web with a browser including copying/pasting/saving web information; download and set up web browser plug-in programs such as electronic document readers and audio/video players; use web-based clients such as library catalog systems to find specific information.
CSP 8. Advanced Internet Usage: Create formatted *.html pages with tags including links within and between pages; publish pages to a website; create image files and embed them in *.html pages.