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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BUAD) & Pre-BUSINESS (PBUA) Advising form for the 2013/2014 to 2014/2015 Catalog

STUDENT: ____________________________________________________

Student ID #: __________________________________________________

PBUA BUAD DATE: _______________________

Complete this form using your current Academic Requirements and bring both with you when you meet with your advisor.

The name of your advisor is displayed on the Student Center page of the Towson Online Services Web site: https://inside.towson.edu/psLogin/.

Transfer Evaluation: Final ________________ Preliminary ___________ Note: If Transfer Package is pending or courses are not included on the Evaluation of Transfer Credit form, it is the student's responsibility to inform the advisor of any changes to the evaluation.

KEY: Enr = Enrolled GRADE @ TU T(Grade) = Transfer (Grade) - Rep = Repeat

A. Lower-Level Required Courses (21-22 units)

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1. ACCT 201/211 Principles of Financial Accounting ______________2. ACCT 202/212 Principles of Managerial Accounting _____________

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Check course pre-requisites before registering http://towson.edu/cbe/documents/cbe_prerequisite_checking_guide.pdf

Core Curriculum Requirements Transfer Package:

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B. Upper-Level Business Courses (30 units)

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MKTG 341 Principles of Marketing _______________________MNGT 361 Leadership & Management ___________________

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Open to PBUA & BUAD Majors

BUSX 301 Business Communications _____________________

FIN 331 Principles of Financial Mngt _____________________

Open to Admitted BUAD Majors Only

14. BUSX 460 Professional Experience* ___________________* Internship required concurrent with course enrollment

15. EBTM 365 Principles of Operations Mngt __________________16. MNGT 481 Strategic Management ___________________17. MNGT 482 Business Ethics and Sustainability _______________

Initials: Please review this form carefully). Keep this form with your important academic records. You will need it for your next advising appointment.

Granted: Complete Core requirements for Package ________

None: Complete the following Core requirements:Category I: FUNDAMENTALS (12-13 units) Taken during the first year of college study

_________ I. Towson Seminar TSEM 102

_________ 2. English Composition ENGL 102/190

_________ 3. Mathematics ___________________________________

_________ 4. Creativity and Creative Development _______________

Category II: WAYS OF KNOWING (13-14 units)

_________ 5. Arts and Humanities ___________________________ The course satisfying Core 5 is in a different discipline from the course statisfying the Core 4, requirement.

_________ 6. Social and Behavioral Sciences ___________________ (ECON 201/203 or ECON 202/204 recommended )

Select either two courses from different scientific disciplines or two sequenced courses within one discipline. _________ 7. Biological and Physical Sciences (4) _______________

(with laboratory – 4 units) _________ 8. Biological and Physical Sciences (3/4) _____________

(with or without laboratory – 3 or 4 units)

Category III: WRITING IN A CHOSEN FIELD (3 units)

_________ 9. Advanced Writing Seminar

Category IV: PERSPECTIVES (15 units) One course under Perspectives must be taken in a discipline in the arts

and humanities, different from the discipline in requirement 5. One course under Perspectives must be taken in a discipline in the social

and behavioral sciences, different from the discipline in requirement 6.

_________ 10. Metropolitan Perspectives ______________________

_________ 11. The United States as a Nation ___________________

_________ 12. Global Perspectives ___________________________

_________ 13. Diversity and Difference _______________________

_________ 14. Ethical Issues and Perspectives _________________

(MNGT 482 recommended)

C. Concentration/Track (21-24 units)

____Economics (ECON) ____Entrepreneurship (ENTR) ____Finance (FIN) ____Human Resource Management (HRM) ____Project Management. & Business Analysis (PMBA) Courses:

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Graduation – Earned Units Required:

Minimum of 120 units: Earned ________ Enrolled ________ Need ______

____International Business (INBU)____Legal Studies (CBEI)____Management (MNGT)____Marketing (MKTG)

3. ECON 201/203 Microeconomic Principles4. ECON 202/204 Macroeconomic Principles5. LEGL 225 Legal Environment of Business6. ECON 205 or MATH 231/233 Statistics7. MATH 211 or 273 Calculus (3/4)

Admission to the BUAD Major Requirements: (See Side B for details)

_______ GPA of 2.0 or higher. TU GPA ______________ _______ Grade of “C” or higher in each lower-level (L/L) BUAD Required Course. _______ Average GPA of 2.7 or higher for ALL (L/L) BUAD Required Courses.

_ _ _PBUA GPA: ____ ____ = Total Gpts. ____ ____ / Units: _____ _____

Submit Petition to Evaluate the Equivalency of a Transfer Course:_____________________________________________________________________

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Courses for Fall/Spring Term:

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Ineligible for Admission:

To Do:

Repeat Policy: No more than two lower–level courses may be

repeated, of which no more than one course may be repeated twice. 1.2.

The following courses will ONLY be applied to majors in CBE

EBTM 306 Fund Proj Mngt ______________________________ (Replaced with EBTM 350 as of Fall 2017, EBTM 251 is the prerequisite.)EBTM 337 Enterprise Information Systems__________________ EBTM 311 Waived after 1/1/2016 _______________________

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY EXAM (CPE)* or EBTM 250 _______________ CPE was retired in May 2016 and replaced with EBTM 250 PASS / NEED *

Rev 5-2017

After being accepted to the BUAD major, complete the upper-level Business Courses with a grade of "C" or higher (2.00). You will also complete the courses required for your chosen concentration or track (see below). Each concentration requires 24 units and each track requires 21 units.Concentrations/Tracks (21 – 24 units)

ECONOMICS track (ECON) - (21 units)ECON 309 ECON 310 ECON 313 Four ECON upper-level electives: (ECON 409 recommended) NOTE: ECON 497 cannot count as an elective.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP concentration (ENTR) – (24 units) ENTR 345, 355, 402, 410, 498, EBTM 343*, MKTG 451, MNGT 375

FINANCE concentration (FIN) - (24 units) FIN 333, 350, 351, 423, 430, 433, 436, and 439

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT concentration (HRM) - (24 units)

MNGT 381, 433, 452, 483 Select four (4) courses from the following: ECON 341, MNGT 375, 395**, 425, 438, 453, 463, 470, 491, 495.

INT’L BUSINESS concentration (INBU) - (24 units) MNGT 375, MNGT 438, FIN 435, MKTG 445 Select four (4) courses from the following with the approval of your advisor: Foreign Language (a maximum of 12 Intermediate or 200+ level or above units) OR ANTH 368; ECON 305; MKTG/MNGT 494 (if include travel or study abroad)

LEGAL STUDIES concentration (CBEI) - (24 units) LEGL 226 Select five (5) courses from: LEGL 325, 326, 328, 470 Select two (2) courses from: FMST 380, MCOM 350, HCMN 441, PHIL 101, 103, 111, POSC 384, 418

MANAGEMENT concentration (MNGT) - (24 units)MNGT 375, 381, 395**, EBTM 343* Select four (4) courses from: any two non-BUAD required EBTM courses: ENTR 355, MNGT 425, 433, 438, 452, 453, 463, 470, 491, 494, 495, 497 and 498. NOTE: Only 3 units of the MNGT 497 or 498 can be used.

MARKETING concentration (MKTG) - (24 units) MKTG 411, 425, 441, 445, 485 Select one (1) course from: MKTG 451 or MKTG 431 Select two (2) additional course from the following: MKTG 345, 347, 349, 355, 357, 361, 470, 497. NOTE: One (1) elective can be from this approved list: COMM 131, COSC 109, MKTG 491, 494, 495, PSYC 101/102 or THEA 101/102.. If both MKTG 451 & 431 are taken, one additional elective is required.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS ANALYSIS concentration (PMBA) - (24 units)

EBTM 343*, 446, 450, 454, 462 Select three (3) courses from the following: ACCT 341, 442, EBTM 419, 425, 475-479, 492, 496, 498, ENGL 318, MNGT 463, MKTG 349

Business Administration Major (BUAD) Requirements:

REQUIREMENTS for ADMISSION to the Business Administration (BUAD) MAJOR:

A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher for all coursework.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.70 for ALLseven lower-level BUAD prerequisites, with a minimumgrade of 2.00 or higher in each of the lower-level BUAD prerequisites.

Successfully complete the Computer Proficiency Exam(CPE) OR EBTM 250 with a passing grade

Lower-Level BUAD Required Prerequisites:

Course Gpts X Units = Total Gpts

ACCT 201/211 X =

ACCT 202 /212 X =

ECON 201/203 X =

ECON 202/204 X =

ECON 205 or MATH 231/233

X =

LEGL 225 X =

MATH 211/273 X =

Sum = =

Computer Proficiency Exam (> 70%)

Total Gpts / Units: = GPA

Grade Points Scale:

A = 4.00 A- = 3.67 B+ = 3.33

B = 3.00 B- = 2.67 C+ = 2.33

C = 2.00

Admission Procedure: At the start of each semester and before registration, the CBE Student Academic and Career Services office will notify PBUA students of their admission status by e-mail to their Towson e-mail address. Students who have met the requirements in effectfor their catalog year will be automatically admitted to the major andwill be eligible to take upper-level “majors-only” CBE courses.

Students who take upper-level “majors-only” CBE courses before being admitted to the Business Administration major do so at their own risk.

By Maryland law, once you have earned 45 credits of course work, all students must have an academic plan that lists the courses needed to complete your degree for each semester leading to graduation. Transfer students must have a plan in the first semester at Towson. You will work with your academic advisor to create your academic plan. We have created a website with all the information needed to assist you with the creation of your academic plan at http://towson.edu/cbe/resources/advising/academicplan.html

Creating Your Degree Completion Plan (DCP)

Registration Tip: Prerequisites are checked online as you register. A pre-business (PBUA) student who is not accepted to the BUAD major and enrolls in an upper-level CBE (BUSX, EBTM, ECON, ENTR, FIN, FPLN, LEGL, MKTG, or MNGT) course will be disenrolled from the course.

Term Codes

Term codes are used for registration in PeopleSoft (My TU).

Minimester 1 + Last 2 digits of year (ex: 15 for 2015) + 1 = 1151Spring 1 + Last 2 digits of year (ex: 15 for 2015) + 2 = 1152 Summer 1 + Last 2 digits of year (ex: 15 for 2015) + 3 = 1153 Fall 1 + Last 2 digits of year (ex: 15 for 2015) + 4 = 1154

* EBTM 343 formerly EBTM 443** MNGT 395 formerly MNGT 421