Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

138 The University of Akron 2005-2006
College of
Business
Administration
James A. Barnett, B.B.A., Dean
James R. Emore, D.B.A., Associate Dean
Anne G. Jorgensen, M.M., Director, Undergraduate Programs
INTRODUCTION
The College of Business Administration (CBA) is a professional college of the
University that is dedicated to teaching, business research, and public service.
The college is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of
Business (AACSB) and offers accredited baccalaureate and master’s degree programs
during the day and evenings.
Mission Statement
The College of Business Administration promotes economic efficiency and the
free enterprise system by preparing competent and responsible business
leaders through comprehensive educational programs, relevant research, and
professional service.
In our free society, effective leaders are indispensable, and effective business
leaders are indispensable to the free enterprise system. The CBA educates a vital
component of the region’s business leaders and has prepared competent and
responsible business leaders working throughout the world.
Effective Instruction
The CBA emphasizes effective teaching as the primary means to produce future
business leaders. The faculty are strongly committed to being involved with CBA
students, and to being accessible to them. The CBA attempts to provide relatively
small class sections throughout the curriculum.
Effective teaching includes challenging our students through a variety of teaching
methods. The college relies heavily upon case method, seminar presentation,
skills performance methods (oral and written), discussion method, and experiential
learning in addition to traditional lectures. These methods are used to:
1) involve the students actively in their own education by requiring preparation
and performance; 2) instill in students the ability to educate themselves as a lifelong
habit; and 3) prepare students to more effectively and quickly bridge the gap
to competent business leadership.
In addition, the CBA must provide students with an education in solid management
skills (critical thinking, problem analysis and solving, oral and written communications,
computing and specific functional competencies), people skills
(compassion, self-confidence, tolerance), and ethical values (responsibility and the
ability to withstand the daily pressures of management without succumbing to
personal interest). Exposure to business practitioners—in and out of the classroom—assists
in achieving these goals. The CBA must introduce students to a
basic understanding of professionalism, public service responsibilities, and the
role of business in society. This requires that students develop a respect for learning
and a preference for solutions that advance the public good. Further, the CBA
emphasizes creativity, open-mindedness, and diverse cultural perspectives.
Since the college’s inception, the college curriculum has been designed with
equal emphasis on broad basic theoretical principles as well as immediate
applied practices. Classroom knowledge is consistently made more significant
by visits to businesses, the college’s excellent tradition of student organizations,
guest speaker programs, and other efforts to bring students and business
people closer together.
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for Admission
The College of Business Administration will admit students who have completed
at least 40 semester hours of credit, who meet the academic performance
requirements established by the faculty of the College, and who file an application
for transfer.
Academic Performance Requirements:
• Complete the following course work or equivalent as part of the 40-hour
requirement:
• 3450:145 College Algebra
• a behavioral science course
• 3250:200 Principles of Microeconomics or 3250:201 Principles of
Macroeconomics
• 6200:201 Accounting Principles I
• Earn at least a 2.50 overall grade-point average
• Earn at least a 2.00 grade-point average in business administration and economics
courses.
• Earn at least a 2.00 grade-point average in any business major courses.
Transfer Students
Transfer students and students using intercollege transfer from degree-granting
colleges must satisfy the following admission requirements:
• Complete at least 40 semester hours of credit
• Earn at least a 2.50 overall grade-point average
• Earn at least a 2.00 grade-point average in business administration and economics
courses.
• Earn at least a 2.00 grade-point average in any business major courses.
• All transfer courses must be at a grade of “C” or higher.
Refer to the transfer students section under Other Admissions below.
Other Admissions
Students accepted into the University Honors College as business majors are
automatically admitted to the College of Business Administration. Incoming freshman
with appropriate credentials may receive direct admission to the College
upon application (see University Admissions in Section Three) .
University of Akron students who meet all criteria for admission to the College of
Business Administration, except the 2.5 grade-point average, are encouraged to
apply for admission on an individual case basis. In these circumstances, an admission
committee will consider a number of factors for the student’s benefit, including:
grades in the most recent course work, grades received in pre-business
courses, ACT/SAT scores, and the difficulty of a previous major. Through the consideration
of these indicators, students with a good probability of success in the
College of Business Administration may be admitted. Application forms and procedures
may be obtained from the College Office of Undergraduate Advising,
located in Room 260 of the Business Administration Building. Telephone information
is available at (330) 972-7042.
Transfer students from other colleges and universities, including other degreegranting
colleges within The University of Akron system, must meet the same
grade-point average and credit-hour standards as University of Akron students.
Transfer students who have not completed the course work listed under the
Academic Performance Requirements will be conditionally admitted until the end
of the semester one calendar year from the date of entrance into the program.
Unconditional admission will be dependent upon successful completion of all
course work required for admission into the College of Business Administration.
In the event the student fails to complete all course work requirements within the
calendar year, the student will be suspended from the College of Business
Administration until all required course work has been successfully completed.