Business Administration, B.S.

Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business
843-953-5056 www.citadel.edu/finishmyba

Todd Drew, Ed.D.
Undergraduate Completion Program Director
843-953-2411, tdrew1@citadel.edu

Brian Tucker, M.F.A.
Undergraduate Completion Advisor
843-953-5257, btucker2@citadel.edu

Mission Statement

The mission of the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business is to educate and develop leaders of principle to serve a global community.

Program Description

The Citadel’s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration is a degree completion program offering business and elective courses online. During summer semester, additional general education courses may be available.

Students may begin taking Citadel courses at any time as long as 30 college credit hours have been transferred to The Citadel and prerequisite courses have been met, most of which should be General Education courses, including courses in college algebra and statistics. Students planning on enrolling at The Citadel with the minimum credit hours are encouraged to complete six hours of English Composition, six hours of Math including College Algebra, Probability and Statistics, Micro and Macro Economics, and Financial and Managerial Accounting as these courses are not regularly taught in the evening or online at The Citadel.

Transfer Articulation from South Carolina Technical Colleges

Please note that the following information is only an advising tool with a suggested sequence of courses for students who are beginning their college coursework within the South Carolina Technical College System with the intent to transfer to The Citadel. The Citadel’s degree completion programs offer significant flexibility with course selection and transfer credits that provides additional choices as noted in the official degree completion program of study.

Students planning to enroll at The Citadel with the minimum credit must complete the following courses as part of their transfer credit: English Composition I and II; College Algebra and an additional math course, and Probability and Statistics; Micro and Macroeconomics; and Financial Accounting, and Managerial Accounting. These courses are not taught in the evening or online program and must be completed elsewhere prior to beginning the program.

Program of Study

Courses Taken at a SC Technical College (or Equivalent): 71 Credit Hours

Writing/English Composition (6 Hours)

ENG 101 - English Composition I Credit Hours: 3
Additional Composition or English Course Credit Hours: 3

Humanities/Foreign Language (6 Hours)

Any Two Humanities or Foreign Language Courses

Mathematics (6 Hours)

MAT 109 - College Algebra with Modeling Credit Hours: 3 OR MAT 110 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
Additional Math course: 3

History (6 Hours)

Any Two History Courses Credit Hours: 6

Physical Science (8 hours)

Courses must have lab and need not be sequential

Any Two Lab Science Courses Credit Hours: 8

Social Science (6 Hours)

ECO 210 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECO 211 - Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Business Courses (9 Hours)

ACC 101 - Accounting Principles I Credit Hours: 3
ACC 102 - Accounting Principles II Credit Hours: 3
STAT 120 - Probability & Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Electives Taken at a SC Technical College or Another Institution (27 Hours)

Courses Taken at The Citadel: 49 Credit Hours

EUGS 101 - Introduction to The Citadel Experience Credit Hours: 1 (Must be taken in first semester at The Citadel)

Business Major Requirements: (27 Credit Hours)

BANA 101 - Principles of Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
COMM 216 - Professional Communications Credit Hours: 3
BLAW 301 - Legal & Ethical Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 303 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 305 - Business Leadership Credit Hours: 3
FINC 301 - Principles of Finance Credit Hours: 3
SCMT 301 - Principles of Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 449 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3

Business Electives (12 Hours)

Upper Level Courses in:

Accounting
Business
Construction Management
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Hospitality Management
Human Resource Management
Logistics
Management
Marketing
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management

Upper Level General Electives (9 Hours)

Any 300- or 400-level courses offered through the online or evening programs at The Citadel. Students must meet any prerequisites required to register for each respective course.

Total Credit Hours: 120

Computation of Major GPA

All undergraduate courses taken at The Citadel with a subject prefix of ACCT, BANA, BLAW, ECON, ENTR, FINC, MGMT, MKTG, and SCMT will count towards the major GPA.

Minimum Grade Requirement

All Business Administration students must complete a set of core business courses in addition to the general education curriculum. In order to continue in their major, students must achieve a grade of “C” or higher in each of the following core business courses:

ACCT 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
BANA 101 - Principles of Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
BLAW 301 - Legal & Ethical Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
FINC 301 - Principles of Finance Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 303 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 305 - Business Leadership Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 449 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
SCMT 301 - Principles of Operations Management Credit Hours: 3