2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Jul 05, 2025  
2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Catalog

General Business (Completion Program), B.S.B.A.


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The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A) in General Business is an online degree completion program that provides a flexible degree option that primarily serves two student groups: (1) AA/AS degree holders who transfer to CCU; and (2) returning learners with earned college credit without degree completion. In addition to completing all required business courses, students in the B.S.B.A. - General Business program self-select the focus of their studies by completing at least 18 credits in business at the 300-400 level. The program offers returning students the flexibility to meet their varied interests, online availability of courses, and the ability to concurrently manage school, work, and family commitments.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate competence in the core subjects of business administration: accounting, finance, management, marketing, economics, legal and social business issues, and quantitative analysis.
  2. Demonstrate competence in solving complex problems by identifying and analyzing an issue, gathering, analyzing, and interpreting relevant information, and proposing solutions or evaluating impacts
  3. Effectively express knowledge and ideas through written communication.

Admissions Requirements

This online degree completion program seeks to serve two audiences: (1) AA/AS degree holders; and (2) learners with earned college credit without degree completion (e.g., some college, no degree or SC-ND). AA/AS degree holders qualify for a waiver of the university core curriculum. Furthermore, many SC-ND students have completed some (or most) their university core curriculum but are unable to return to in-person classes on our Conway campus. We wish to welcome such students back to the university and to provide them with a clear path to their degrees via an online degree completion program.

The targeted admission criteria for the online degree completion program are listed below:

  • Minimum 2.0 GPA (on a scale of 4.0)
  • Completion of the CCU Core Curriculum or equivalent; transfer students often satisfy this requirement with an earned Associate of Science (AS), an Associate of Arts (AA), a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree from a regionally accredited college/university – More about Transfer Admission Requirements.
    • NOTE: Applicants who have earned an Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree do NOT qualify for the Core Curriculum waiver.
  • Veterans/Active-Duty Military and Returning Learners are exempt from the requirement of having the Core Curriculum completed prior to enrollment and may apply to the program with 40 credit hours of college-level coursework as long as they meet all other admission requirements.  Returning Learners are defined as being inactive for 4 major semesters where the student has taken no college courses at any institution. 

Curriculum


There are 120 credit hours required for this degree.  The path to degree can be broken down into four categories:

  1. The CCU Core Curriculum and Graduation Requirements are approximately 39-46 credits. However, applicants with earned Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) degrees qualify for a waiver of the Core Curriculum. 
  2. All business students will complete 45-57 credit hours of business foundation and business core courses.
  3. All General Business majors will complete 18 credit hours in business at the 300-400 level with courses selected from the following prefixes: ACCT; CBAD; ECON; FIN; HRTM; MGMT; and MKTG.
  4. All students will complete 0-10 credits hours of free electives to ensure a total of 120 credit hours to qualify for graduation.

Degree Requirements (120 Credits)


Core Curriculum Requirements


Core Curriculum (36-40 Total Credit Hours)   

Graduation Requirements


Graduation Requirements (3-6+ Credits) *   

Foundation Courses (6-12 Credits) *


Minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in all foundation courses.

Business Core Requirements (39-45 Credits) *


Minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in all business core courses.

Major Requirements (18 Credits)


Complete an additional 18 credit hours in business at the 300-400 level with courses selected from the following prefixes: ACCT, CBAD, ECON, FIN, HRTM, MGMT, and MKTG.

Minimum grade of “C” is required in major requirements.

Electives (0-10 Credits)


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