All students must meet the Degree and University Requirements.

All students must meet the Catamount Core Curriculum Requirements.

All students must meet the College Requirements.

Major Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration has Interdisciplinary Themes of:

• Entrepreneurship
• Global Business
• Sustainable Business

And Business Concentrations of:

• Accounting
• Business Analytics
• Finance
• Marketing.

Basic Business Core Requirements

Thirty-six to thirty-seven credits (twelve courses). The Basic Business Core courses should be completed by the end of the second year as they provide the prerequisite knowledge for upper-level Business Field, Interdisciplinary Theme, and Business Concentration requirements. All Basic Business Core courses must be completed with a grade-point average of at least 2.25 and no single course grade lower than C-.

Requirement Description		Credits
BUS 1110	The Business Enterprise I	3
BUS 1120	The Business Enterprise II	3
BUS 1130	Business Communications	3
BUS 1140	Information Technology	3
BUS 1610	Financial Accounting	3
BUS 2130	Decision Analysis	3
BUS 2150	Sustainable Bus Strategies	3
BUS 2620	Managerial Accounting	3
ECON 1400	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 1450	Principles of Microeconomics	3
MATH 1212	Fundamentals of Calculus I	3-4
or MATH 1234	Calculus I
STAT 1410	Basic Statistical Methods 1	3

Twelve credits (four courses). In general, students must successfully complete the Basic Business Core requirements before enrolling in Business Field courses. The Business Field courses must be completed with an overall grade-point average of at least a 2.00. At least two of the four Business Field courses must be completed at UVM.

Requirement Description		Credits
BUS 2300	Leadership & Org Behavior	3
BUS 2500	Marketing Management	3
BUS 2700	Operations Management	3
BUS 2800	Managerial Finance	3

All students must complete six credits (two courses) within a selected Interdisciplinary Theme. These courses are organized as two experiences, Experience 1 and Experience 2, as defined within each theme. Students must earn a minimum overall grade-point average of 2.00 across the two theme courses. Both theme courses must be taken at UVM. For the Global Business theme, Experience 1 may be satisfied by a relevant approved transfer course taken through a UVM-approved study abroad program. Students are encouraged to declare an Interdisciplinary Theme by the end of their second year. Courses that are counted toward a Theme may not count toward other business major requirements (e.g., concentration or business elective courses).

Entrepreneurship Interdisciplinary Theme

The Entrepreneurship Theme consists of two courses (six credits). Experience 1 is a single required 3 credit foundational course. Experience 2 is selected from an approved list of applied courses that build on the concepts introduced in Experience 1. It is recommended that students complete Experience 1 prior to enrolling in Experience 2.

Requirement Description		Credits
Experience 1 (Required)
BUS 2990	Special Topics (As Approved)	1-18
Experience 2 (Select One):
BUS 2330	Entrepreneurial Leadership
BUS 3330	Tech, Entr & Commercialization
BUS 3350	Entrepreneurial Family Firms
BUS 3360	Integrated Product Dev
BUS 3990	Special Topics (As Approved)
BUS 4990	Special Topics

Global Business Interdisciplinary Theme

The Global Business Theme consists of two courses (six credits). Experience 1 is selected from an approved list of courses and may be satisfied by a relevant transfer course taken through a UVM-approved study abroad program. Experience 2 consists of a required capstone course. It is recommended that Experience 1 be completed before Experience 2.

Requirement Description		Credits
Experience 1 (Select one):
BUS 3442	International Management
BUS 3580	Intn'l Market Analysis
BUS 3830	International Finance Mgmt
BUS 3990	Special Topics
BUS 4990	Special Topics
Experience 2 (Required):		9
BUS 4920	Global Business Strategic Cap	3

Sustainable Business Interdisciplinary Theme

The Sustainable Business Theme consists of two courses (six credits) selected from an approved list of sustainability-focused courses. All courses are designated as fulfilling either Experience 1 or Experience 2 requirements.

Requirement Description		Credits
Experience 1 and Experience 2 (Select two):
BUS 2990	Special Topics
BUS 3643	Taxation of Social Enterprises
BUS 3990	Special Topics (As Approved)
BUS 4930	Sustainable Bus Strategic Cap
BUS 4990	Special Topics

Fifteen credits (five courses) for Accounting, Business Analytics, and Marketing concentrations; sixteen credits (six courses) for Finance concentration. A student is required to earn an overall grade-point average of at least a 2.00 in the concentration courses. One course can count toward an Interdisciplinary Theme and the Business Concentration. A student who selects a second Business Concentration can count one applicable course toward both concentrations. At least three of the five (3-credit) courses in each Business Concentration must be completed at UVM. A student selects one of the following Business concentrations by the end of the second year:

Accounting Concentration

Requirement Description		Credits
Required:
BUS 3610	Corporate Financial Reporting1	3
BUS 3611	Corporate Financial Reporting2	3
Select three courses from the following list (5000-level courses require Dean's office or faculty approval):		9
BUS 2370	Business Law I
or BUS 2380	Business Law II
BUS 2990	Special Topics (As Approved)
BUS 3615	Financial Statement Analysis
BUS 3620	Adv Topics in Management Acctg
BUS 3640	Individual Taxation
BUS 3643	Taxation of Social Enterprises
BUS 3660	Accounting Information Systems
BUS 3990	Special Topics (As Approved)
BUS 5615	Advanced Accounting
BUS 5630	Auditing
BUS 5635	Fraud Examination
BUS 5641	Corporation Taxation
BUS 5650	Governmental Accounting

GSB students are required to complete at least 42 credits in the Catamount Core Curriculum Requirements.

Students need to take at least 40 credits outside of GSB. 

Optional Undergraduate Minor, Co-major, or Undergraduate Certificate

A student may complete an undergraduate minor or co-major in a discipline outside GSB or an undergraduate certificate outside GSB to help fulfill the required 40 outside credits. The requirements for each undergraduate minor, co-major, or certificate are specified by the department or program supervising those programs. Up to two minor courses, two co-major courses, or two certificate courses may apply to Basic Business Core/Business Field/Interdisciplinary Theme/Business Concentration requirements. Please consult with an advisor in GSB's Center for Student Success to select an appropriate undergraduate minor, co-major, or certificate.

A student should contact the appropriate department to obtain more specific information. To declare a minor, a student submits a major-minor request online through the myUVM portal. Some minors are not available to declare as they require an application and permission from the supervising department. The following minors through Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) are not permitted for Business majors: Consumer and Advertising, Consumer Affairs, Community Entrepreneurship, and Public Communications.

The minors in Business Administration and Accounting are only open to majors outside of GSB. However, Business majors are permitted to minor in Sports Management. 

In addition to the requirements for the Business Major, all undergraduate students must successfully complete Degree and University Requirements.

Electives

Students often need elective credits to bridge the gap between the required courses and the 120 total credit hours needed to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Restrictions on Electives

1. Up to three credits of PEAC (physical education activity courses) can apply as elective credit towards the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. This includes PEAC courses and credit granted for intramural, club, and varsity sports.
2. No more than six credits of internship can apply to the degree. This includes all internship related course offerings from any UVM School or College.
3. No credit will be granted for a course that substantially duplicates material in courses offered by GSB or in other previously completed courses. 
   • Students cannot receive credit for a course that is prerequisite knowledge for a course already completed, for example FREN 1100 after FREN 1200.
   • Students cannot earn credit for both EC 170 and STAT 1410.
   • Students cannot earn credit for both CDAE 2680 and BUS 2500.
   • Students cannot earn credit for both CDAE 2270 and BUS 3530.
   • Students cannot earn credit for both  CDAE 2280 and BUS 3555.
   • Students cannot earn credit for both CDAE 2670 and BUS 2800.
   • Students cannot earn credit for CDAE 3660.