2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
The online business 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 business program provides a broad academic background in a variety of business disciplines and prepares students for a wide array of business-related careers as well as for graduate studies in business.
Admission to this major is restricted to juniors who have earned at least 60 hours of college credit and a minimum preprofessional GPA of 2.25. 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 program, students take:
| Business Administration - General Business Online |
| College: Warrington College of Business Administration |
| Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration |
| Hours for the Degree: 120 |
| Minor: No |
| Combined-Degree Program: No |
| Website: www.cba.ufl.edu/upb/programs |
The online business 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 business program provides a broad academic background in a variety of business disciplines and prepares students for a wide array of business-related careers as well as for graduate studies in business.
Requirements for the Major
Admission to this major is restricted to juniors who have earned at least 60 hours of college credit and a minimum preprofessional GPA of 2.25. 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 program, students take:
- Seven core business courses (BUL 4310, ECP 3703, FIN 3403, MAN 3025, MAN 4504, MAR 3023 and QMB 3250),
- Five general business major courses (ECO 4504, GEB 3113, MAN 4301, MAR 3231 and REE 3043) and
- Three professional development courses (GEB 3035, GEB 3213 and ISM 30004).
- To remain in good academic standing and graduate, students must maintain a 2.0 core, major and UF GPA.
Suggested semester-by-semester plan
| Semester 1 (Fall) | Credits |
| MAN 3025 Principles of Management | 4 |
| ECP 3703 Managerial Economics | 4 |
| Total | 8 |
| Semester 2 (Spring) | Credits |
| GEB 3113 Principles of Entrepreneurship | 4 |
| QMB 3250 Statistics for Business Decisions | 4 |
| Total | 8 |
| Semester 3 (Summer) | Credits |
| MAR 3023 Principles of Marketing | 4 |
| GEB 3035 Effective Career Management | 4 |
| Total | 8 |
| Semester 4 (Fall) | Credits |
| MAN 4504 Operations Management | 4 |
| REE 3043 Real Estate Analysis | 4 |
| GEB 3213 Professional Writing | 4 |
| Total | 12 |
| Semester 5 (Spring) | Credits |
| BUL 4310 Legal Environment of Business | 4 |
| MAN 4301 Human Resource Management | 4 |
| ISM 3004 Business Computing | 4 |
| Total | 12 |
| Semester 6 (Summer) | Credits |
| FIN 3403 Business Finance | 4 |
| MAR 3231 Introduction to Retailing Systems | 4 |
| ECO 4504 Public Economics | 4 |
| Total | 12 |