Undergraduate Degrees, page 3
School of Business Administration

Lower Division Requirements

A total of 60 units of non-business course work is required for the B.S. degree in Business Administration. Students are expected to complete their prerequisites, general education requirements and BUAD 250ab before enrolling in upper division business classes (except for early admission students). See the sample programs on the following pages for scheduling suggestions. Transfer students may meet individual subject requirements with three semester units or four quarter units.

Successful completion of upper division courses for which lower division courses are prerequisites does not constitute a basis for waiving the lower division courses. For example, a student who passes BUAD 310 prior to taking MATH 218 will not be waived from the MATH 218 requirement.

In addition, international students working toward the business degree are expected to take and successfully complete ALI 262 Argumentation prior to enrolling in BUAD 302. Exceptions to this policy may be granted through the ALI waiver process.

General Education Requirements

The list of courses accepted for the areas of study requirement during the 1995-96 academic year is published in the General Education section of this catalogue. Revised lists are published each semester in the General Education Addendum.

Skill Level, Composition

Expository Writing 101 and 102 or 111 and 112 (for non-native speakers)

Areas of Study

Two Natural World courses (from any two of the three different areas: Physical, Earth and Life Sciences)

One Literature course

One Empirical Approaches course (The empirical approaches requirement is automatically satisfied when a student completes the required prerequisites ECON 203 or 205 or their equivalents.)

One Non-Western Cultures course

A total of two courses from two of the following five categories:
American Public Life
Western Culture I
Western Culture II
The Arts
Ethical Approaches

Additional Lower Division Requirements (Business Prerequisites)
MATH 117Introduction to Mathematics for Business
and Economics (MATH 108 may be substituted
or may be waived by placement examination)		4
MATH 118xFundamental Principles of the Calculus
(MATH 125 Calculus I may be substituted)		4
ECON 203Principles of Microeconomics4
ECON 205Principles of Macroeconomics4
PDP 101xIntroduction to Computers and Data
Processing		4
MATH 218Probability for Business4

It is recommended that the required accounting courses, BUAD 250ab or 305x, be completed before enrolling in upper division courses; however, they do not need to be completed for admission to the School of Business Administration.

All prerequisites for business and all business courses must be taken for a letter grade.

A maximum of 24 units of undergraduate course work may be taken pass/no pass and used toward the B.S. degree in Business Administration. Twelve of those 24 units may be applied to the general education requirements.

Sample Lower Division Program

The following sample program does not represent a required sequence of study; rather it serves as a guideline only.

First Year, First SemesterUnits
COMP 101Introduction to Expository Writing4
MATH 117Introduction to Mathematics for
Business and Economics		4
General education requirement4
General education requirement4
____
16

First Year, Second SemesterUnits
COMP 102Topics in Expository Writing4
MATH 118Fundamental Principles of the Calculus4
PDP 101xIntroduction to Computers and Data
Processing		4
General education requirement4
____
16

Second Year, First SemesterUnits
BUAD 250aCore Concepts of Accounting Information4
ECON 203*Principles of Microeconomics4
MATH 218Probability for Business4
General education requirement4
____
16

Second Year, Second SemesterUnits
BUAD 250bCore Concepts of Accounting Information4
ECON 205*Principles of Macroeconomics 4
General education requirement4
General education requirement4
____
16

*ECON 203 or ECON 205 satisfy the empirical approaches requirement.

To ensure that a student understands more fully the requirements in courses and course scheduling, incoming freshmen and new transfer students should contact the School of Business Administration, Undergraduate Student Affairs Office, Bridge Hall 104 (213) 740-0690 for mandatory advisement before enrolling in classes at USC.

Upper Division Requirements

In general, students will not be expected to enroll in any business subjects beyond the introductory accounting courses until the junior year. The program of required core courses is designed to provide the student with a solid foundation in the analytical tools and the organizational aspects of business in a private enterprise economy.

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