General Education Business Requirements

9-15 credit hours

Requirements

To earn a degree in a business discipline, students must complete, with a grade of C or better, nine credit hours of coursework towards the general education requirements.

General Education Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Business

Requirement

Course

Enrollment Eligibility Requirements

Complete the following (GE-SocSci) course:

ECON 23020

N/A

Select either of the following (GE-Math) courses:

MTH 14100 or MTH 24100

MTH 14100: General Education Math Placement Exam; MTH 24100: Precalculus Placement Exam

Select one of the following (GE-Math) courses: (*MTH 14200 will not prepare students for higher level calculus courses if the student changes to a BS program. Students must have C or better in MTH 15100 or higher or have passed the appropriate placement exams to enroll in MTH 17500 or higher.) 

MTH 14200*

General Education Math Placement Exam

MTH 15100

College Algebra Placement Exam

MTH 15200, MTH 17300 (4), MTH 17500 (4)

Precalculus Placement Exam

MTH 27100 (5), MTH 27200 (5)

Calculus Placement Exam

General Education Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Business

Requirement

Course

Enrollment Eligibility Requirements

Complete the following (GE-SocSci) course:

ECON 23020

N/A

Select either of the following (GE-Math) courses:

MTH 14100 or MTH 24100

MTH 14100: General Education Math Placement Exam; MTH 24100: Precalculus Placement Exam

Select one of the following six (GE-Math) courses:

(*MTH 14200 will not prepare students for higher level calculus courses.)

MTH 14200*

General Education Math Placement

MTH 15100

College Algebra Placement Exam

MTH 15200, MTH 17300 (4), MTH 17500 (4)

Precalculus Placement Exam

MTH 27100 (5)

Calculus Placement Exam

Select one of the following two (GE-Math) courses:

(Must have C or better in MTH 151 or higher or have passed the appropriate placement exams to enroll in MTH 17500 or higher.) 

MTH 17500 (4)

Precalculus Placement Exam or C or better Math 151

MTH 27100 (5)

Calculus Placement Exam or C or better in Math 152

 

The following guidelines describe the courses and placement exams required for completion of the MTH component of the general education requirements for a business degree.

  1. All incoming business students will take the General Education Math Placement Exam upon arrival. Students with passing scores may enroll directly in MTH 14100 Basic Statistics, a required course for all business students. 
  2. To fulfill additional general education requirements, students seeking a BS will need to take one or more additional placement exams. Students seeking placement into MTH 15100 College Algebra should enroll in MTH 14100 during their first term and take the College Algebra Placement Exam during that term to determine eligibility for placement in MTH 15100 College Algebra. 
  3. Students seeking placement into MTH 15200 Precalculus, MTH 17300 Survey of Calculus, MTH 17500 Business Calculus, or MTH 24100 Statistics for Natural Sciences must pass the Precalculus Placement Exam; students seeking placement into MTH 27100 Calculus I must pass the Calculus Placement Exam. (Note that MTH 17500 has MTH 15100 College Algebra as a prerequisite. Placing into MTH 17500 without College Algebra credit is only possible for those students who had calculus in high school. Such students should take the Precalculus Placement Exam to determine eligibility for MTH 17500 Business Calculus and Applications.)
  4. The PSBE recommends that students enroll in MTH 27100 Calculus I if they pass the Calculus Placement Exam, in MTH 17500 Business Calculus and Applications if they pass the Precalculus Placement Exam, and in MTH 15100 College Algebra if they pass the College Algebra Placement Exam.

Note: In addition to the MTH courses listed above, business students must complete the following University general education requirements: (1) for a BA, two cross cultural GE courses or (2) for a BS, two natural science GE courses, one of which must include a lab and three math courses. Refer to the general education  Business requirements section of this catalog for more information.