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College of Business Administration

Articulation Agreement

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

The College of Business Administration offers a comprehensive range of academic majors, a strong curriculum, excellent teaching, and special programs that give our students the real-world perspective they need to meet the challenges of today’s business environment. We have worked hard to cultivate a program that encourages innovation, embraces change, and embodies our deep commitment to providing a personal educational experience for each and every one of our students. For more information, please feel free to contact us directly.
                      
Mitchell Muehsam, Dean

Mailing Address: College of Business Administration Sam Houston State University Huntsville , Texas 77341-2056	Shipping Address: College of Business Administration 1821 Avenue I Huntsville , Texas 77340
Telephone:    (936) 294-1254	Fax:    (936) 294-3612

The College of Business Administration offers undergraduate students the opportunity to obtain a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. Students have the option of selecting from ten majors (currently Entrepreneurship is in the process of being approved as COBA’s eleventh major) and twelve minors:

1. Business and Agricultural Business Majors only
2. Non-Business Majors only

Benefits
Students enrolled in the College of Business Administration at Sam Houston State University have the opportunity to profit from:

• Small classes.
• Highly qualified faculty.
• Easy access to the faculty, departmental Chairs, and Deans.
• Technology enhanced classrooms.
• Executive-in-residence program.
• Business Career Fairs.
• Internship programs.
• Professional organizations.
• AACSB International Accreditation.

Degree Requirements
The degree requirements for the freshman and sophomore years are essentially the same for all of the majors available with the BBA degree. Following is a listing of the first two years of the BBA program. The courses are given in terms of the common course numbers and the SHSU course number. The SHSU course numbers changed in 2011—both new (four diget) and old numbers (three digit) are listed with the latter included in parenthesis.  Please contact the department Chair if you have any questions about a specific program. A list of contact information is provided at the COBA web site.

First and Second Years - All BBA Majors

SHSU Course Titles	SHSU New Course (Old Course)	Credit	Common Course
First Year
Composition I	ENGL1301 (ENG 164)	3	ENGL 1301
Composition II	ENGL1302 (ENG 165)	3	ENGL 1302
US History to 1876	HIST1301 (HIS 163)	3	HIST 1301
US History since 1876	HIST1302 (HIS 164)	3	HIST 1302
Mathematics for Managerial Decision Making	MATH1324 (MTH 199)	3	MATH 1324
Computer Literacy1	BUAD1305 or CSTE1330 (GBA180 or CS 133)	3	COSC 1301 1
Lab Science		8
Visual & Performing Arts2		3
Cultural Studies Elective3		3
Kinesiology	KINE2115 (KIN 215)	1	KINE 1100 or activity
Total Hours		33
Second Year
English Literature  or Philosophy	ENGL2331, 2342 (ENG265, 266) OR PHIL2361, 2306 (PHL261, 263)	3	ENGL 2332 ENGL 2333 ENGL 2322 ENGL 2323 ENGL 2327 ENGL 2328 PHIL 1301 PHIL 2306
Speech for Business* (*not required for Banking or Finance Majors)	COMS2382 (SCM 282) or BUAD2321	3	SPCH 1321
Principles of Microeconomics	ECON2302 (ECO 233)	3	ECON 2302
Principles of Macroeconomics	ECON2301 (ECO 234)	3	ECON 2301
Prin. of American Govt - National and State	POLS2301 (POL 261)	3	GOVT 2301 or GOVT 2306
American Public Policy	POLS2302 (POL 285)	3	GOVT 2302 or GOVT 2305
Principles of Financial Accounting	ACCT2301 (ACC 231)	3	ACCT 2301 or ACCT 2401
Principles of Managerial Accounting	ACCT2302 (ACC 232)	3	ACCT 2302 or ACCT 2402
Business Analysis4	BANA2372 (BAN 232)	3	BUSI 2372
Elective5	see footnote 5
Business Legal Environment	BUAD2301 (GBA 281)	3	BUSI 2301
Total Hours		33

All students must satisfy the following requirements before being allowed to enroll in upper-division (3000- and 4000-level) business courses:

• Complete at least 50 semester hours
• Earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 on all college level work attempted

A maximum of 66 credit hours (excluding kinesiology) may be transferred from a community college to Sam Houston State University. Students should carefully select courses to complete the associate degree while minimizing the number of hours that might exceed the 66 hour cap for transfer credit. Applications for admission to SHSU may be obtained on line at https://www.applytexas.org/ or by calling Undergraduate Admissions at (936) 294-1828. Extensive information is also available on the SHSU web site at http://www.shsu.edu/. Evaluations are based on each institutions catalogs. The respective catalogs selected for graduation are the final word if a discrepancy appears between this listing and a catalog.

1. Other acceptable courses are COSC 1401, BCIS 1301, ITSC 1401, BCIS 1305.
2. AGRI2399, ARTS 1301, ARTS 1311, ARTS 1316, ARTS 1303, DANC 2303, DANC 1301, MUSI 1308, MUSI 1301, MUSI 1310, MUSI 1306, DRAM 1330, DRAM 1351, DRAM 1310, DRAM 1341, DRAM 2336
3. Select from foreign languages 2311, 2312, GEOG 1303, (SHSU course numbers: GEOG2355 or 2356), HIST 2311, HIST 2312, SOCI 2319
4. Use MATH 1342 and MATH 1325 if the equivalent for BANA2372 (BAN 232) is not available at your community college.
5. This elective may be used for prerequisite math classes for MATH1324 if needed.

All parties to this agreement are accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The BBA degree requires a minimum of 120 hours with 42 advanced hours (3000 and 4000 level courses).  Additional hours are sometimes added with double majors and/or minors.  However, the BBA does not require a minor.  All students are required to complete at least six writing enhanced courses accumulating a minimum, of 18 semester hours towards degree completion.  Six of the hours must come from the student’s major field of study.  SHSU students MUST complete ENGL1301 (ENG 164), ENGL1302 (ENG 165), Core Composite Area 2 (MATH requirement), and one-half of Composite Area 3 (4 hours of laboratory science) prior to enrollment in any upper-level class.  Prior to enrolling in core classes, students are encouraged to review specific degree requirements for their major.  Selection of major specified core courses may reduce the total number of hours required for graduation.

Updated Jan 20 2012

Component Area 3 Natural Science
Common Course #	SHSU Course	Credit
Select two courses with Labs		8
BIOL 1308 & 1108	BIOL 1308 & 1108
BIOL 2306 & 2106 or 2406	BIOL 1301 & 1101
BIOL 1311 & 1111	BIOL 1311 & 1111
BIOL 1313 & 1113	BIOL 1313 & 1113
BIOL 2401	BIOL 2401
CHEM 1305 & 1105	CHEM 1306 & 1106
CHEM 1307 & 1107	CHEM 1307 & 1107
CHEM 1311 & 1111	CHEM 1311 & 1111
CHEM 1312 & 1112	CHEM 1312 & 1112
GEOL 1305 & 1105	GEOL 1305 & 1105
GEOL 1303 & 1103	GEOL 1303 & 1103
GEOL 1304 & 1104	GEOL 1304 & 1104
GEOG 1301	GEOG 1301 & Lab 1101 (lab required @ SHSU)
PHYS 1311 & 1111	PHYS 1311 & 1111
PHYS 1312 & 1112	PHYS 1312 & 1112 - subject to THECB approval
PHYS 1305 & 1105	PHYS 1305 & 1105
PHYS 1301 & 1101	PHYS 1301 & 1101
PHYS 1302 & 1102	PHYS 1302 & 1102
PHYS 2425	PHYS 1411

Component Area 4 Humanities & Visual & Performing Arts
Common Course #	SHSU Course	Credit
Select 3 hrs from visual and performing arts:		9
ARTS 1301	AGRI 2399
ARTS 1301	ARTS 1301
ARTS 1311	ARTS 1311
ARTS 1316	ARTS 1316
ARTS 1303	ARTS 1303
DANC 2303	DANC 1372
DANC 1301	DANC 1301
MUSI 1308	MUSI 2348
MUSI 1301	MUSI 1301
MUSI 1310	MUSI 2364
MUSI 1306	MUSI 1306
DRAM 1330	THEA 1330
DRAM 1351	THEA 1364
DRAM 1310	THEA 1366
DRAM 1341	THEA 2330
DRAM 2336	THEA 2336
Select 3 hours from Literature or Philosophy:
ENGL 2331 or 2332	ENGL 2331
ENGL 2342	ENGL 2342
PHIL 1301	PHIL 2361
PHIL 2306	PHIL 2306
Select 3 hours from Cultural Studies:
NO TCCN	BESL 2301
FREN, GERM, SPAN 2311/2312 (Sign and other languages may be substituted)	FOLG 2312- FREN, GERM, SPAN 2312
GEOG 1303	GEOG 2355
GEOG 1303	GEOG 2356
HIST 2311	HIST 2311
HIST 2312	HIST 2312
SOCI 2319	SOCI 2319

Component Area 5 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Common Course #	SHSU Course		Credit
			15
			3
HIST 1301	HIST 1301	3
HIST 1302	HIST 1302	3
GOVT 2301 or 2306	POLS 2301	3
GOVT 2302 or 2305	POLS 2302	3
Select 3 hours from:
SOCI 1301	AGRI 2360	3
ECON 1301	ECON 2300
ECON 2302	ECON 2302
ECON 2301	ECON 2301
GEOG 1300	GEOG 1321
PHIL 2303	PHIL 2303
PSYC 2301	PSYC 1301
PSYC 2315	PSYC 2315
SOCI 1301	SOCI 1301
SOCI 1306	SOCI 1306
NO TCCN Local Political Systems	POLS 2331
NO TCCN State Political Systems	POLS 2332
NO TCCN Politics of Ethnic Minorities and Gender	POLS 2335
NO TCCN Comparative Survey of World Political Systems	POLS 2365
NO TCCN Introduction to Public Administration	POLS 2366
NO TCCN American Foreign Policy	POLS 2381

Component Area 6 Institutionally Designated Option
Common Course #	SHSU Course	Credit
Select 1 hour from:
PHED 1164	KIN 215

B.A. Foreign Language Component
language 1411	FOLG 1411
language 1412	FOLG 1412
language 2311	FOLG 2311
language 2312	FOLG 2312

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