Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree

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Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Business must meet university, college, and departmental requirements. Degree candidates for the B.S. degree in the College of Business also must have a minimum 2.500 cumulative University of Wyoming (UW) grade point average and a 2.500 grade point average in College of Business courses at the time of graduation. In addition, economics majors also must hold a minimum 2.500 grade point average for all economics courses.

College of Business degree candidates must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours depending on major including:

University Studies Requirements:

All first year students who enter the University of Wyoming (UW) and students who enter a Wyoming Community College (CC) are required to meet the USP 2015 requirements for graduation. Wyoming CC students transferring to UW with an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree will have course work evaluated per the General Education Articulation Agreement between the University of Wyoming and Wyoming Community Colleges. Non-resident transfer students and Wyoming CC transfer students without an associate’s degree will have course work evaluated on a course-by-course basis, based on all approved USP courses.

Academic advisers will help students select the appropriate courses to satisfy university studies requirements. Some College of Business requirements also meet university studies requirements.

Students may not take courses for S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) credit to satisfy university studies or college requirements, course requirements in the major, or courses outside the college required by the major department curriculum.

Basic skills (USP 2015)

First-year seminar (FYS) Choose from list of approved courses Credits: 3
Writing
1. USP Communication 1 course Credits: 3
2. USP Communication 2 course - Mid-level communication or 2000-4000-level communication intensive course-Choose from list of approved courses Credits: 3
3. USP Communication 3 course - Upper-level communication or 3000-4000-level communication intensive course Credits: 3
Physical and Natural World (PN) (Two courses required-choose from list of approved courses) Credits: 6
Human Culture (H) (Two courses required-choose from list of approved courses) Credits: 6
U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions (V) Credits:3
Quantitative Reasoning (Q) Credits: 3

Electives

The number of hours of elective credit and upper-division (3000-/4000-level) credit varies by department. Economics majors will take 51 hours of free electives. A maximum of 6 credit hours each at the freshman/sophomore and junior/senior-level military science courses may be applied to degrees in the College of Business.

Non-Business Electives: 3-9 Hours

May include

MATH 1400 - College Algebra Credits: 3

Free Electives: 18-24 Hours

Free electives from any college. May require upper-division (3000/4000-level) courses Credits: 18-24

Advanced Business Standing:

(excludes Economics majors)

College of Business majors must satisfy the following advanced business prerequisites prior to enrolling in most upper-division (3000-/4000- level) College of Business courses:

Achieve junior standing by completing a minimum of 60 earned semester hours;
Achieve a cumulative UW institution grade point average or transfer grade point average of at least 2.500.
Note: Transfer grades are not counted in the UW GPA (see UW Catalog http://www.uwyo.edu/registrar/university_catalog/grade.html for additional information). Transfer students who have not attended the University of Wyoming, and therefore do not have an established UW institutional/cumulative GPA, and who have completed the required ten (10) courses with a C or better, have 60 earned credit hours, and have a 2.500 cumulative TRANSFER GPA will be awarded ABS.
Complete 10 specific courses with a grade of C (not C-) or better in each. These ten courses are:

ECON 1010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
USP Communication 1 and 2 courses
ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
IMGT 1400 - Introduction to Business Analytics Credits: 3
MATH 2200 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 2205 - Calculus II Credits: 4
OR
MATH 2350 - Business Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 2355 - Mathematical Applications for Business Credits: 4
STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics Credits: 4
OR
STAT 2070 - Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences Credits: 4

Common Body of Knowledge:

(excludes Economics majors)

Grades of C (not C-) or above required.

College of Business majors take a common set of courses that expose them to the basic concepts, processes and technical skills necessary to complete a well-rounded high quality business education. The common body of knowledge includes

FIN 3250 - Corporate Finance Credits: 3
MGT 1040 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
DSCI 3210 - Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management Credits: 3
IMGT 1400 - Introduction to Business Analytics Credits: 3
MGT 3210 - Management and Organization Credits: 3
MGT 4800 - Business Strategy and Policy Credits: 3
MKT 3210 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3
ECON 1010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3

Minimum Requirements:

Achieve a cumulative College of Business and UW institution grade point average of at least 2.500. Complete 50% of the business credit hours from UW. Earn grades of C (not C-) or above in common body of knowledge and major specific core courses. Earn a passing score on the Senior Exit Exam required for all College of Business majors.