1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

designated by a "W" in the LSP section of the Schedule of Courses. Students musthave completed English 2 before fulfilling the W requirement. The College of Businessand Economics offers two W courses: Economics 1 10 or 270 and Management 225.While the preceding constitute the general requirements of the bachelor degreesof the College of Business and Economics, course requirements, specific graderequirements, and related academic requirements must be satisfied in one of theseveral curricula of the College of Business and Economics.Undergraduate CurriculaThe College of Business and Economics offers two degrees—Bachelor of Sciencein Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in economics. Programs leadingto these degrees enable students to obtain a balanced selection of courses in liberalarts, a broad base of study in business and economics, and concentrated work inmajor areas of interest.Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationThe requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration areformulated in four parts: (1) 56 hours outside business and economics; (2) 8-12 hoursof unrestricted courses in or out of the College of Business and Economics; (3) 36hours in the common body of knowledge in business and economics; and (4) 24-28hours in an area of concentration (accounting, finance, business management, ormarketing) and in electives in business and economics with a career emphasis.Degree requirements are presented in chart form in subsequent sections.Since students interested in careers in business matriculate in the pre-businessand economics programs during their freshman and sophomore years, and since theytransfer and matriculate in the College of Business and Economics in their junior andsenior years, several vital dates and curricula requirements are cited below:(a) Relative to pass-fail courses and grading, University regulations limit full-timejunior and senior students with a 2.0 grade-point average to a maximum of four hourseach semester or each summer session. The courses taken for pass-fail grading mustbe free electives and cannot exceed a total of 18 hours of credit. The College ofBusiness and Economics permits pass-fail grading in business and economics coursesonly under these conditions:(1) Pass-fail grading will be permitted only in courses numbered 200 SpecialTopics other than in the student's major area, and(2) in "free" electives in business and economics and only where the student hasmet all requirements (including business and economics elective requirements) andonly where the course is not necessary to fulfill the various program and 128 creditdegree requirements.(b) Students majoring in any of the several areas of business must average a 2.0(C) or better from courses in their areas of concentration (excludes required or electivecourses in other disciplines in business or economics).(c) Students making application for initial admission to the College or reapplyingfor initial admission to the College must complete 58 or more credit hours, attain a 2.5or better cumulative grade-point average, and must complete each of the followingcourses with a grade of C or better: six hours of principles of economics; six hours ofaccounting principles; three hours of statistics; and three hours of Mathematics 28 orMathematics 14. In addition, a student must complete before entering the College:English 1 and 2 and Mathematics 128 or 15.(d) A maximum of three credit-hours earned as a result of proctoring a self-pacedundergraduate course, after entering the College of Business and Economics, may beapplied towards the 128 credit-hours required for the B.S.B.Ad. degree.(e) The mathematics requirement for all students seeking admission as a businessstudent to the College is the completion of Mathematics 28 Finite Mathematicswith a grade of C or better and the completion of Mathematics 128 \n\roduction toUndergraduate Requirements 151