DEGREE EVALUATION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree are outlined in the undergraduate catalog in effect at the time the student first enrolls at Texas A&M University, catalog.tamu.edu/. A student may change catalog assignment by written request through their academic advisor. DEGREE EVALUATION. Students are advised to run regular degree evaluations in order to 1) verify eligibility of courses counting for financial aid and veteran benefits; 2) review courses taken and their application toward degree requirements; and 3) evaluate progress to degree. To generate a degree evaluation, follow these steps: 1. Log on to your Howdy Portal 2. Locate My Record tab and then click the pulldown menu. Select “Degree Evaluation” 3. From the Degree Evaluation channel select “View Degree Evaluation” 4. Follow evaluation prompts and at desired display option, select “Detail Requirements” Speak with your academic advisor about any questions you have related to the degree evaluation.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS GPA. Except for the General Elective requirement, business students must take all coursework to satisfy BBA requirements for a letter grade (GR). You must satisfy three grade point average (GPA) requirements, as follows: 1. Complete with a 2.0 GPA or better, all undergraduate coursework attempted at Texas A&M. 2. Complete with a 2.0 GPA or better all courses included in the major field of study attempted at Texas A&M. 3. Complete with a 2.0 GPA or better all courses in the Core Business Knowledge (CBK)* attempted at Texas A&M. * For courses retaken, the highest grade earned at Texas A&M will be used in calculating this GPA. This applies only to CBK requirement. Grades transferred from other institutions are not used in the calculation of this average.
RESIDENCE. A minimum of 36 semester hours of 300- and/or 400-level coursework must be successfully completed in residence at Texas A&M to obtain a baccalaureate degree. A minimum of 12 of these 36 semester hours must be in the major. Mays Business School undergraduate students must take all 300- and 400-level business coursework in residence at Texas A&M University. FOREIGN LANGUAGE. The requirement can be satisfied by: ❖ Satisfactory completion in high school of two units of the same foreign language; or ❖ Satisfactory completion of one year of the same foreign language at the college level; or ❖ Demonstrating proficiency in a foreign language by examination. WRITING. Students must take two writing (W) courses in their major or one W course and one oral communication (C) course. These courses are major specific, and in BBA programs are part of the upper-level coursework. INTERNATIONAL & CULTURAL DIVERSITY and CULTURAL DISCOURSE (Revised: 2019). Students must complete the International and Cultural Diversity (ICD) and Cultural Discourse (CD) requirement. ❖ For ICD requirement (3 credit hours) students in BBA degree programs satisfy requirement by taking 3 credit hours of coursework from an approved list of BBA International Elective courses, pp. 31-32 that also simultaneously fulfill the ICD requirement. See an academic advisor for additional information. ❖ For CD requirement students must take one course (3 credit hours) from a list of approved courses. If a course approved as CD [KUCD attribute in Online Schedule of Classes] also satisfies a Core Curriculum requirement, it can be used to satisfy both requirements. See academic advisor for additional information.
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