Comprehensive
Contact Information
Phone: 217-206-6780
Email: BUS@uis.edu
Website: www.uis.edu/bba/
Office Location: UHB 4054
The Bachelor’s Degree
The goal of the comprehensive B.B.A. option is to develop a broad-based education of the business enterprise through advanced study in the business functional areas such as finance, management, marketing, and operations management. Specific objectives of this option are to:
- build advanced competencies in critical and ethical thinking, analysis, and decision making related to the business enterprise and
- enable students to gain a broad comprehensive understanding of the functional areas of business.
Advising
New students must contact the department for initial advising to plan a program of study that satisfies degree requirements and reflects their interests. Students are also required to access the Degree Audit System throughout their college career to verify that degree requirements are being met.
The College of Business and Management and the University of Illinois Springfield have a team of advisors ready to assist students in achieving their academic and career preparation goals. Advising services are customized based on the level and location of the student. Refer to http://www.uis.edu/cbam/students/undergraduate-academic-advising/ for resources to help you succeed in achieving your academic goals. CBM strictly enforces prerequisites.
Grading Policy
This program has minimum grade requirements as noted and outlined below. For questions related to the grading policy, please contact your advisor.
Requirements
| Foundation requirements 1 | ||
| All majors in the College of Business and Management require foundation knowledge in accounting, economics, mathematics, and statistics. UIS courses that satisfy the foundation knowledge requirements include: | ||
| ACC 211 & ACC 212 |
Introduction to Financial Accounting and Introduction to Managerial Accounting |
6 |
| ECO 213 | Statistics for Business and Economics (or MAT 121 Applied Statistics) | 3 |
| MAT 113 | Business Calculus (or Mat 114 Finite Math, MAT 115 Calculus I, or MAT 116 Calculus II) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: 2 | 4-6 | |
| Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics |
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or ECO 315
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Economics for Administration | |
| Course work equivalent to the above may be accepted upon approval by the student’s advisor and the College of Business and Management by student petition form. | ||
| College Core 3 | ||
| The college core is required of all undergraduate College of Business and Management students. | ||
| BUS 302 | Principles of Financial Management | 3 |
| BUS 312 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 322 | Principles of Operations Management | 3 |
| BUS 331 | ECCE: Business, Ethics, and Society | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Managing Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 488 | Strategic Management: The Capstone 4 | 3 |
| MIS 352 | Principles of Management Information Systems | 3 |
| Comprehensive Concentration Requirements 5 | ||
| Upper Division Business (BUS) Course | 3 | |
| Upper Division Management (MGT) Course | 3 | |
| Upper Division Marketing (MKT) Course | 3 | |
| Upper Division College of Business & Management course work 6 | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 53-55 | |
| Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (EECE) 7 | 10 | |
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Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in ALL foundation courses and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 across all foundation courses. |
| 2 |
Junior or senior standing required to enroll in ECO 315 |
| 3 |
Students must earn a minimum of C- in ALL college core courses (EXCEPT MGT 488) and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 across all college core courses. A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required in MGT 488 (a grade of C- or lower will not be accepted). |
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Prerequisite: All college core courses, and within 12 hours of graduation or during the student’s last semester. |
| 5 |
College Core and ECCE courses may not be used to fulfill these requirements
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| 6 |
e.g., ACC, BUS, ECO (Except ECO 315), MGT, MIS, MKT, and SPM. |
| 7 |
The BBA:Comprehensive degree requires a minimum of three hours of internship course work consisting of an individualized field experience (IPL 300) or an individual project (IPL 301). Students are encouraged to complete six hours of Internship. Internship hours will be used to fulfill the Engagement Experience ECCE category. Students must complete course work in at least one of the other ECCE categories including U.S. Communities and Global Awareness. The one hour UNI 301 Speaker Series course fulfills the last hour of the ECCE requirement (10 Total ECCE hours required). Only in exceptional cases, using the Student Petition Form, with appropriate College of Business and Management approvals, students may request to waive the three-hour internship requirement and substitute an alternative ECCE course. Credit for Prior Learning (IPL 305) may not be used by College of Business and Management students to fulfill degree requirements. |
Transferring in College Core Courses
| BUS 302 | Principles of Financial Management | 3 |
| BUS 312 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 322 | Principles of Operations Management | 3 |
| BUS 331 | ECCE: Business, Ethics, and Society | 3 |
| MGT 310 | Managing Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MIS 352 | Principles of Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT 488 | Strategic Management: The Capstone | 3 |
The following requirements must be met in order for transfer credit to fulfill an upper division college core course requirement:
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The course must be an upper division course.
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The course must have been completed within six years prior to admission.
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A grade of C (2.0) or better must be earned in each course requested for transfer (grades of C- or lower will not be accepted).
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No more than three courses or nine hours of transfer credit may be used to fulfill CBM college core course work.
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MGT 488 Strategic Management: The Capstone must be completed at UIS.