Mays Business School
Curriculum in Business Honors
A Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in business honors is a degree available only to students admitted to Mays Business Honors program. The business honors major is designed for students whose academic excellence is matched by strong character, leadership skills and teamwork. The business honors major prepares students to begin careers in all fields of business or to continue on to a graduate program or professional school.
Students pursuing a B.B.A. in business honors must maintain a cumulative GPR of 3.5. Students are required to complete an internship plus a total of 30 hours of honors course work. Six of these hours are to be chosen from non-business honors courses offered by the university; the other 24 hours are selected from honors courses offered by Mays Business School.
Business honors majors work closely with an academic advisor to identify a set of courses to meet their academic goals. They may pursue a business double major, but not an undergraduate double degree.
Selection through a separate application process is required to participate in Business Honors. Students apply to Mays Business Honors as incoming freshmen through a competitive selection process or during the spring semester of their freshmen year.
Complete information on business honors can be found at the Mays Business Honors website.
NOTE: Business Honors students must add BUSN 125 Business Learning Community I to the freshman year curriculum in Business (lower-level) for a total of 33 credits in the freshman year.
(See Freshman and Sophomore Years)
JUNIOR YEAR*
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINC 341 Business Finance** | (3-0) | 3 | INFO 364 Operations Management** | (3-0) | 3 | |
| INFO 303 Statistical Methods** | (3-0) | 3 | MGMT 363 The Management Process** | (3-0) | 3 | |
| MKTG 321 Marketing** | (3-0) | 3 | Upper-Division Business Elective*** | 3 | ||
| General elective7 | 3 | Upper-Division Business Elective*** | 3 | |||
| International elective 8 | 3 | General elective 7 | 3 | |||
| 15 | 15 |
SENIOR YEAR*
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSN 485 Directed Studies | 3 | BUSN 467 Ethics in Business | (1-0) | 1 | ||
| Upper-Division Business Elective*** | 3 | MGMT 466 Strategic Management**** | (3-0) | 3 | ||
| Upper-Division Business Elective*** | 3 | Upper-Division Business Elective*** | 3 | |||
| General elective7 | 3 | General elective7 | 3 | |||
| General elective7 | 1 | International elective8 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 13 |
* See Upper-Level Entry into accounting, business honors, finance, information and operations management, management, and marketing (B.B.A.).
**Six of the following nine CBK classes (ACCT 229, 230; FINC 341; INFO 210, 303, 364; MGMT 211, 363; MKTG 321) must be taken as honors.
***Any 300- or 400- level business elective selected in consultation with an Academic Advisor. At least one of these courses must be designated as writing intensive (W).
****MGMT 466 must be taken as honors.
See footnotes.