College of Business and Public Administration - Undergraduate Studies

Ellen Foster-Curtis, Dean

The College of Business and Public Administration’s primary mission is to offer a demonstrably excellent education that meets the demands of our region and state for informed and skilled professionals in business and public administration, and that is accessible to a diverse and intellectually stimulating community of learners.

Students will graduate with a firm liberal arts foundation with critical professional knowledge, skills, competencies, values, and initiative for effective initial employment, career progression, and individual enterprise in business, industry, nonprofit, and government organizations.

We encourage and assist our students in creating opportunities for lifelong advancement through lifelong learning. We recognize scholarship, research, and creative endeavors as inherently valuable and enriching activities; we encourage our faculty and students to engage in these activities.

We encourage and support our faculty, students, and staff to make meaningful contributions as citizens, professionals, and scholars to the university community, the region and the state, and to their respective disciplines.

In support of its mission, it is the goal of the College of Business and Public Administration to meet the diverse educational needs of students and society by providing:

• Flexible instructional and scheduling alternatives;
• Contemporary business and educational technologies and instruction which imparts current practice;
• Content which is consistent with the needs and standards of business, industry, government, and community organizations which employ our graduates;
• Strong theoretical foundations in knowledge of the field, with development and application of practical skills, supported by liberal learning;
• Instruction which is challenging, engaging, and rewarding; and
• Valuable knowledge obtained through research and scholarship.

The College of Business and Public Administration has designed its undergraduate majors to prepare students for careers in business, government, and industry. Because all the functions of a complex business or government organization are interrelated, students are required to be familiar with the functional areas of administration.

The majors are designed with the understanding that students enrolled in the college are pursuing management degrees for careers in the public or private sector. Accordingly, the college offers rigorous programs of study which challenge students and provide them with the preparation to assume positions of leadership and responsibility. To this end, the college emphasizes clearly defined instructional methods and curricula that reflect the growing sophistication of modern management techniques.

All of the college’s business programs are fully accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

“IAI” course designations refer to the statewide Illinois Articulation Initiative discussed on page 16 of this catalog and found at website www.itransfer.org.

Undergraduate Programs

Accounting (B.S.)

Business Administration (B.A.)

Finance
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Operations Management
Public Administration - Admission Suspended

Business and Applied Science (B.A.)

Management Information Systems (B.S.) (Admission Suspended)

Inclusive Information Systems (IIS)
Information Security (INS)
Internet Commerce (INC)
Network Management (NMG)

Minors

Accounting
Business Administration
Finance
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Public Administration

Announcements

Students are responsible for checking the college bulletin boards located in the college entrance hall and elsewhere for announcements concerning scheduling, policies, job and financial aid opportunities, and collegial activities.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

The university degree requirements for undergraduate programs are listed in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements section of this catalog.

The university and the college acknowledge the transferability of the statewide Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum. In addition, certain courses required to meet specific collegial degree requirements may be recognized as transferable from two-year and other colleges under the IAI. To determine the transferability of specific courses, students should consult their transfer advisor, the College of Business and Public Administration Academic Advising Office, or the IAI transfer website www.itransfer.org.

In addition to university degree requirements, the College of Business and Public Administration has the following collegial degree requirements for its bachelor’s degree programs:

1.            All students must have a signed study plan completed in the CBPA Academic Advising Office during the first trimester of enrollment in the degree program.

2.            A minimum of 30 credit-hours must be completed in course work at Governors State University.

3.            Only credits earned with a grade of “C” or better in transfer course work can be applied toward degree requirements.

4.           The total number of credits applied toward degree requirements earned in independent studies, internships, and practica cannot exceed six hours, unless approved by the dean.

5.            A student who has enrolled in the same course three times without receiving a passing grade must receive permission from the dean to register for that class a fourth time.

6.           Students in the College of Business and Public Administration must complete each of their concen­tration courses (or accounting core/selectives) with a grade of “C” or better to be eligible for graduation.

7.           All electives which may be applied to a degree must be approved by the dean or designee.

8.            A maximum of six credit-hours of graduate course work earned in the last trimester of an undergraduate program, and before official acceptance in the graduate program, may be applied toward graduate requirements, with permission of the division chairperson and the dean.

9.            Students in business degree programs may be required to take a standardized assessment test in business during the final trimester of their program.

Requirements for specific degree programs follow.