To complete a degree, a minimum of 120 credits is required, with no more than four of those credits in physical education, and no more than another four credits from INFO 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168 and 169. The foundation program specifies course work required during the freshman and sophomore years. Students who successfully complete a minimum of 54 credits in the foundation program — including UNIV 111 and 112 (with a minimum of C grade in UNIV 112), UNIV 200, ECON 210-211, MGMT 171 and 212 and ACCT 203-204 — and meet the course and GPA requirements are eligible for admission into a major in the School of Business.

The advanced program details the course requirements for students admitted to a major in the school. Candidates for the bachelor’s degrees offered in business must complete the 120 credits outlined in the combination of the foundation and advanced programs. At least 30 hours of the required business courses for the Bachelor of Science must be taken at VCU.

Foundation program

Credits

1. General education requirements

21*

ECON 210-211 Principles of Economics

MGMT 171 Mathematical Applications for Business

MGMT 212 Differential Calculus and Optimization for Business

MATH 211 Mathematical Structures (required only of information systems majors*)

UNIV 111 and 112 Focused Inquiry I and II

UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric

* Information systems majors must take a total of 24 credits.

2. General education electives

a. Science
One course from the list of approved natural/physical sciences courses in Tier II of the Core Curriculum

b. Social sciences

One course from the list of approved social/behavioral sciences courses in Tier II of the Core Curriculum

c. Humanities

One course from the approved list of humanities/fine arts courses in Tier II of the Core Curriculum

d. Additional general education electives
Select remainder of 21 credits from any of the other courses listed above in (a) through (c) or from the following list. Accounting majors must take one political science course if they did not take political science to satisfy the social science requirement (b) above.

Any 200-level ENGL literature course

Any foreign language course

Any honors module

Any HIST, INTL*, PHIL, POLI or RELS course

Any ANTH, PSYC or SOCY course except PSYC 214 Applications of Statistics, which business majors cannot take for degree credit

Any ARTH, DANC, MHIS, or THEA course open to non-arts majors

CHEM 101-102 General Chemistry

GEOG/ENVS 105 Physical Geography

PHYS 101 Foundations of Physics

PHYS 107 Wonders of Technology

PHYS 201-202 General Physics

*Except INTL 493 International Studies Internship

3. Non-School of Business electives

12*

(Students are strongly encouraged to take SPCH 121 Effective Speech or SPCH 321 Speech for Business and the Professions. MGMT 302 Business Statistics and a maximum of four credits from the INFO 160 series can be used as nonbusiness electives.)

* Information systems majors take only 9 credits.

4. School of Business foundation core

ACCT 203-204 Introduction to Accounting

5. Business and/or nonbusiness electives

Finance majors must take MGMT 302 Business Statistics. All School of Business students entering junior-level business and economics courses are expected to have competency in computer-based word processing and spreadsheet skills.

Foundation total

Advanced program

	Credits
1. School of Business advanced core	30
ECON 303 Managerial Economics
FIRE 311 Financial Management
INFO 360 Business Information Systems
MGMT 301 Business Statistics
MGMT 319 Organizational Behavior
MGMT 320 Production/Operations Management
MGMT 323 Legal Environment of Business*
MGMT 325 Organizational Communication
MGMT 434 Strategic Management
MKTG 301 Introduction to Marketing

*Accounting majors must take ACCT/MGMT 481 Law for Accountants I in place of MGMT 323


2. Major requirements listed under the major requirement section of each department	27

Advanced program total	57

Baccalaureate programs total credits	120