College of Business Administration
Articulation Agreement for 2006 and 2008 Catalogue Years
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 nine majors and eleven minors:
| Majors |
Minors |
- Accounting
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Economics
- Finance
- General Business Administration
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
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- Accounting
- Banking1
- Business Education
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business Administration2
- International Business
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
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Business and Agricultural Buisness Majors only
- 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. 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 |
Credit |
Common Course |
| First Year |
Composition I
|
ENG 164
|
3 |
ENGL 1301 |
| Composition II |
ENG 165 |
3 |
ENGL 1302 |
| US History to 1876 |
HIS 163 |
3 |
HIST 1301 |
| US History since 1876 |
HIS 164 |
3 |
HIST 1302 |
| Mathematics for Managerial Decision Making |
MTH 199 |
3 |
MATH 1324 |
| Computer Literacy1 |
CS 133 |
3 |
COSC 1301 1 |
| Lab Science |
|
8 |
|
| Art, Dance, Music, or Theater2 |
|
3 |
|
| Cultural Studies Elective3 |
|
3 |
|
| Kinesiology |
KIN 215 |
1 |
KINE 1100 or activity |
| Total Hours |
|
33 |
|
| Second Year |
Readings of Literature of the Western World
or
Readings in the Literary
Genres
or
Literature and Ideas |
ENG 265
ENG 266
ENG 267 |
3 |
ENGL 2332
ENGL 2333
ENGL 2322
ENGL 2323
ENGL 2327
ENGL 2328 |
| Speech for Business |
SCM 282 |
3 |
SPCH 1321 |
| Principles of Microeconomics |
ECO 233 |
3 |
ECON 2302 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics |
ECO 234 |
3 |
ECON 2301 |
| Prin. of American Govt - National and State |
POL 261 |
3 |
GOVT 2301 or GOVT 2306 |
| American Public Policy |
POL 285 |
3 |
GOVT 2302 or GOVT 2305 |
| Principles of Financial Accounting |
ACC 231 |
3 |
ACCT 2301 or ACCT 2401 |
| Principles of Managerial Accounting |
ACC 232 |
3 |
ACCT 2302 or ACCT 2402 |
| Business Analysis4 |
BAN 232 |
3 |
BUSI 2372 |
| Elective3 |
see footnote 3 |
|
|
| Business Legal Environment |
GBA 281 |
3 |
BUSI 2301 |
| Total Hours |
|
33 |
|
Effective Fall 2006, first time college/university students must satisfy the following requirements before being allowed to enroll in upper-division (300- and 400-level) business courses:
- Complete the following courses with at least a 2.0 GPA:
- Accounting (ACC) 231 and 232 (ACCT 2401 and 2402)
- Business Analysis (BAN) 232 (BUSI 2372)
- Economics (ECO) 233 and 234 (ECON 2302 and 2301)
- Math (MTH) 199 (MATH 1324)
- 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 catalogues. The respective catalogues selected for graduation are the final word if a discrepancy appears between this pamphlet and a catalogue.
- Other acceptable courses are COSC 1401, BCIS 1301, ITSC 1401, BCIS 1305.
- 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
- Select from foreign languages 2311, 2312, GEOG 1303, HIST 2311, HIST 2312, SOCI 1319
- Use MATH 1342 and MATH 1325 if the equivalent for BAN 232 is not available at your community college.
Enrollment in ACC 365 (Intermediate Accounting) requires the completion of ACC 231 and ACC 232 with a minimum grade of C in each.
All parties to this agreement are accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

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