For admission to accounting and business majors:

For admission to the computer science and information systems major:

For admission to the economics major:

GPA of 2.50 in CBE 100, ACCT 231, 232; ECON 201,202; CSIS 215; ECON 205 or MATH 156 or MATH 166; ECON 226 or MATH 226; CSTA 116 or ENGL 266.

GPA of 2.50 in CBE 100, CSIS 161, 162, and 235 for the CS Option; GPA of 2.50 in CBE 100, CSIS 161, 162 and 215 for the IS Option.

GPA of 2.50 in CBE 100, ECON 201, 202, 205; ENGL 100, 200.

Degree Requirements

To obtain a degree in the College of Business and Economics students must acquire a minimum of 120 semester hours. In order to complete a degree in four years, students need to take approximately 15 appropriate credits per semester. Students are encouraged to use advanced placement credits and transfer credits to provide flexibility in their programs and to expand their educational backgrounds. The Admissions Office, the College of Business and Economics student advisor, and faculty advisers will assist students to maximize their educational opportunities in an efficient manner.

The College of Business and Economics degree consists of the following components:

General Education Requirements

Major:
All students earning a major within the College of Business and Economics must complete at least half of their 120 credits required for graduation outside the college. In addition, they must complete at least 50 percent of the business credits in the College of Business and Economics at UW-River Falls.

Students majoring in Economics have the choice of graduating from the College of Business and Economics or from the College of Arts and Sciences. Students who graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences must meet that college’s requirements.

Minor:
In addition to the standard minors listed (Option A), College of Business and Economics students can design their own minors to meet their individual educational and career goals (Option B). An Option B minor is a special program of studies arranged around the particular academic and professional needs of the student. It consists of a core of courses from a major along with a grouping of other courses to meet the particular need. The program has a minimum of 60 credits with a minimum of 36 credits designated as the major and 24 as a minor. The program of study is designed by the student in consultation with the adviser and must be approved by the adviser and Dean of the College of Business and Economics.

The curriculum for each major including options and minors is included under the listing below for that major or minor.

University Requirements:
All students are required to take an American cultural diversity course and a global perspectives course. The American cultural diversity and global perspective requirements can fulfill another requirement in a student's major/minor program, if appropriate. These two university requirements need to be completed in any degree program and are not general education requirements.

Electives:
As required to reach a minimum total of 120 credits.

Language Recommendation:
Students entering with foreign language skills are encouraged to test into the 200/300 level language classes and continue to maintain their language skill.

Internships:
Internships are an important part of the programs in the College of Business and Economics. They provide an important opportunity for students to blend their academic experience with a supervised work experience. Internships can be taken for 3 credits in the major; internships cannot be included in a minor. Students work with the college’s internship offices to build a work experience that best meets the academic needs and interests of the student. Interns regularly report on their activities to the college’s internship supervisors.

Independent Study and Directed Readings:
In accordance with university policy, the College of Arts and Sciences offers independent study through most departments. Additionally, most departments offer courses in directed readings. Independent Study (numbered 499) is defined as an individually designed topic or course of study or unstructured research to meet the needs of a student. Directed Readings (numbered 490) is a course that is generally prescribed as to its content, materials and activities; it may be used to instruct students in the materials of a given course when that course is taken out of sequence or individually, but under the direction of an instructor.
Students will be limited to nine credit hours of independent study course work and nine credit hours of directed readings but with a combined maximum of 12 credit hours within the 120-credit degree program. Individual departmental courses of study may allow fewer such credits than this maximum for their majors or minors. From one to three credits may be taken in each of these courses in a given semester, depending upon departmental requirements and availability. Students should plan for such courses with their major adviser. Application for independent study or directed readings must be processed through the department chairperson for approval of the course proposal and assignment of a faculty adviser.

College Interdepartmental Offerings:
Interdepartmental courses are typically identified by and listed in the departments which offer them, such as, BIOL/CHEM 343 - Microtechniques and Electron Microscopy or ENGL/GEOG/HIST 385 - Interdisciplinary Seminar on the American Frontier.

Majors

Options/Emphases

Minors

Accounting Broad Area

Business Administration
(requires a minor or double major)

Business Administration Broad Area (includes Finance, Management or Marketing options)

• Finance Option
• Management Option
• Marketing Option
  

• Business Administration

Computer Science and Information Systems

• Computer Science
• Information Systems

• Computer Science and Information Systems - Computer Science Option and Information Systems Option

Economics

• Option A: College of Arts and Sciences (Liberal Arts)
  
• Option B: College of Business and Economics

• Economics

• Military Science and Leadership