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Office of the University Registrar

2009-10 Undergraduate Catalog

Majors

Business Administration - General Business (Online)
College: School of Business
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Hours for the Degree: 120
Minor: No
Combined-Degree Program: No
Website: www.cba.ufl.edu/sb/programs/

The online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-General Business (BSBA-IBA) degree program is designed for students who live outside the Gainesville community or have work and/or family commitments that make traditional campus attendance impractical. The online BSBA-IBA program provides a broad academic background in a variety of business disciplines and prepares students for a wide array of business-related careers and for graduate studies in business.

Requirements for the Major

Admission to the online BSBA-IBA degree program is restricted to students who have earned at least 60 hours of college credit and a minimum preprofessional GPA of 2.50. To graduate, students must meet general education, CLAST and the writing and math requirements in addition to the upper-division business course requirements.

Once admitted to the online BSBA-IBA program, students take 60 credits, including:
  • Seven core business courses: BUL 4310, ECP 3703, FIN 3403, MAN 3025,
    MAN 4504, MAR 3023 and QMB 3250;
  • Five general business major courses: GEB 3113, MAN 3240, MAN 4301, MAR 3231 and REE 3043; and
  • Three professional development courses: GEB 3035, GEB 3219* and ISM 3004.


To remain in good academic standing and graduate, students must maintain a 2.0 core, major and UF GPA.

* GEB 3219 fulfills the college's professional communication requirement.

To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college and major requirements.

Recommended semester plan

Semester 1 (Fall)Credits
MAN 3025 Principles of Management4
QMB 3250 Statistics for Business Decisions4
Total 8
Semester 2 (Spring)Credits
BUL 4310 Legal Environment of Business4
GEB 3113 Principles of Entrepreneurship4
MAN 4301 Human Resource Management4
Total 12
Semester 3 (Summer)Credits
GEB 3035 Effective Career Management4
MAR 3023 Principles of Marketing4
Total 8
Semester 4 (Fall)Credits
FIN 3403 Business Finance4
MAN 3240 Organizations: Structure and Behavior4
REE 3043 Real Estate Analysis4
Total 12
Semester 5 (Spring)Credits
ECP 3703 Managerial Economics4
ISM 3004 Computing in the Business Environment4
Total 8
Semester 6 (Summer)Credits
GEB 3219 Writing and Speaking in Business (professional communication requirement)4
MAN 4504 Operations Management4
MAR 3231 Introduction to Retailing Systems4
Total 12