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Office of the University Registrar

2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog

Course Descriptions

Business Administration – General
Warrington College of Business Administration

Students should carefully note course prerequisites as they are strictly enforced. A current/revised listing of course prerequisites is available from the Undergraduate Programs Office, Stuzin Hall, Room 267.

GEB 2931 Business Seminar
Credits: 1 to 3††; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. For BA and AC students below senior standing.
Seminars on subjects related to business as approved by the college.

GEB 2951 Special Projects
Credits: 1 to 3††; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Projects related to business as approved by the college.

GEB 3035 Effective Career Management in Business
Credits: 4.
Systematically designed course based on the cognitive information processing theory for career problem solving and decision-making. The course is delivered via modularized multi-media instructional materials. The course is designed to inform students about career planning and management interventions and to accommodate students at different levels of decidedness about their career aspirations.

GEB 3213 Professional Writing in Business
Credits: 3.
Designed to teach business students fundamental written communication skills focusing on those areas central to professional writing in business. (WR)

GEB 4905 Individual Work
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Reading and/or research in business administration.

GEB 4906 Independent Study
Credits: 1 to 4††; can be repeated with a change in content up to 4 credits.
Reading and research in business administration.

GEB 4930 Special Topics
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with a change in content up to 4 credits. Prereq: permission of department
Variable content course providing an opportunity for in-depth study of topics not offered in other courses and topics of special current significance.

GEB 4932 Professional Development Module
Credits: 2; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
This course presents techniques for outstanding presentation and public speaking skills. The course includes a significant service learning component whereby students apply presentation techniques developed in the classroom via business-oriented instruction in the K-12 school system.

GEB 4941 Internship in Business Administration
Credits: 1 to 3††; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: consent of the director for undergraduate programs.
Applied work in business administration. Requires several papers and reports.

GEB 4956 International Studies in Business
Credits: 1 to 6; can be repeated with a change in content up to 12 credits; Prereq: admission to an approved study abroad program and permission of the director for undergraduate programs.
This course provides a way to record course work on the transcript, when that work is taken at a foreign university as part of an approved study abroad program. Such work counts toward UF graduation.

GEB 4970 Honors Thesis
Credits: 1††; Prereq: senior standing; 3.6 UF GPA.
A thesis is required for the awarding of the magna cum laude or summa cum laude designation. To qualify for the thesis option, students will normally have completed 90 semester hours of course work (exceptions may be made by the honors coordinator of the student's major department) and must have at least the grade point average (3.6) required for magna cum laude designation at the time they enroll. The thesis will be reviewed by at least one faculty member chosen by the honors coordinator from the student's major department.
Career Development Program
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

IDS 2949 Co-op Education Experience
Credits: 1††.

IDS 4949 Co-op Work Experience
Credits: 1††.
This course is designed for students who participate in a multiple-semester career-related co-op work experience with a company. All co-op students are required to set up a file in the Career Resource Center.

SLS 2301 Career Planning
Credits: 1.
Presents "theoretical models" and practical activities in career development and planning, including understanding the world of work, choosing a career and academic major. Enrollment is restricted to freshmen and sophomores only.

SLS 2302 Job Strategies
Credits: 1.
Interactive course covering all aspects of a successful job search, long term career planning and success in the professional environment. Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors only.



General Education Categories

  • Composition (C)
  • Mathematical Sciences (M)
  • Humanities (H)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
  • Physical (P) and Biological (B) Sciences
  • International and Diversity focus (I)

Symbols Used in Course Descriptions

  • (WR) indicates the course satisfies the writing requirement.
    The Schedule of Courses lists the amount of writing credit per course section.
  • (MR) indicates the course satisfies the math requirement.
  • †† indicates the course may be taken on an S-U basis.