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School of Business
University of Houston-Victoria
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3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
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Email:  business@uhv.edu
 

Business Administration Major Concentrations in Accounting, Management, Marketing and General Business
Introduction

Mission

The mission of the School of Business Administration is to provide high-quality academic programs, particularly at the graduate level, primarily for non-traditional students living in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. Our mission is supported by hiring and retaining qualified faculty who ensure that our graduates possess the knowledge and skills necessary for successful careers in business and society.

We dedicate ourselves to continuous improvement in the following areas:

  • Curriculum: Providing adaptive programs, particularly at the graduate level, that prepare our graduates for successful business careers in a rapidly changing, global and technological environment.

  • Outreach: Offering educational opportunities to underserved constituencies through a variety of delivery modes (e.g., off-campus sites and Internet) and collaborative arrangements.

  • Intellectual Contributions:  Fostering intellectual contributions that emphasize the application of knowledge to improve management practices; with a lesser but equal emphasis placed on the discovery of new knowledge and the enhancement of knowledge related to instructional development.

  • Service: Providing a balanced array of services to the institution, profession and community, within the constraints of our primary focus on teaching and research.

Majors and Degrees Offered

The programs of the School of Business consist of the majors listed below. Students pursuing an undergraduate major can emphasize specific areas of business administration through elective courses.

Secondary Teacher Certification:

Students seeking secondary teacher certification in business basic or business composite should refer to the certification requirements listed in the School of Education section of this catalog.

 
MAJOR DEGREE  CONCENTRATIONS
Business Administration B.B.A. Accounting
    Management
    Marketing (pending approval)
    General Business
  B.A. Undifferentiated

 
Degree Requirements for the
Bachelor of Business Administration
(B.B.A.)

Business Administration – Accounting
Business Administration – Management
 Business Administration – Marketing (pending approval)
Business Administration - General Business

Students first entering college in fall 1999 or after should see section on “New Core Curriculum” under “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”  Business students first entering college in Fall 2001 or later must meet Field of Study requirements.
The following requirements apply to all candidates for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree with concentrations in accounting, management, marketing and general business
1. Satisfy all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree as found in the section, UNIVERSITY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, of this catalog.
2. Fifty percent of upper-level course work in all business concentrations must be taken from UHV.  Students can accumulate no more than two D’s in the business major.  Undergraduate credit earned more than seven years prior to admission to undergraduate study at UHV may not be counted unless approval is granted by the Dean.  It is the prerogative of the Dean to determine (1) whether the courses meet current standards of the discipline, and (2) whether students demonstrate sufficient retention of the content to apply it.
3. Lower Division:
a. A combined total of 6 semester hours in natural and/or formal sciences (3 of which must be in natural sciences).
b. 3 semester hours of mathematics in addition to university core requirement. Must complete MATH 1324 Finite Math, and MATH 1325 Elements of Calculus for Business.
c. 6 semester hours of economics (micro and macro).
d. 6 semester hours of principles of accounting.
e. 3 semester hours of business/professional speech.
4. Lower or Upper Division
a. 3 semester hours of principles of computing.
b. Free electives to complete 122 s.h. minimum degree requirement. Courses must be outside of business administration and not to exceed 11 hours.
5. Upper Division:  40 semester hours of a common business core (Professional Writing, Statistics for Business & Economics, Information Systems in Organizations, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Legal Environment of Business, Business Finance, Quantitative Decision Making, Financial Statement Analysis, Managerial Economics, Strategy and the Business Environment, Leadership, and Strategic Management. 
Accounting concentration: 21 semester hours composed of 9 semester hours of intermediate accounting, 3 semester hours of tax accounting, 3 semester hours of auditing, 3 semester hours of accounting systems, and 3 semester hours of advanced financial accounting.   The seven required courses are:

ACC 3312-Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 3313-Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 3314-Intermediate Accounting III
ACC 4311-Federal Income Tax I
ACC 4321-Auditing
ACC 4320-Accounting Systems
ACC 4331-Advanced Financial Accounting
Management concentration: 21 semester hours composed of 15 semester hours of required management courses and 6 semester hours of management electives. The five required courses are
MGT 4311-Human Resources Management
MGT 4316-International Management
 MGT 4325-Organizational Change
MGT 4303-Entrepreneurship
MGT 4320-Advanced Organizational Behavior
Electives- 6 semester hours selected from the following courses

MGT 4300-Selected Topics
 MGT 4304-Entrepreneurship Field Studies
 MGT 4312-Staffing
MGT 4313-Compensation
MGT 4315-Contemporary Issues in Management
 MGT 4318-Organizational Theory and Development
MGT 4335-Project Management
Any Marketing course (except MKT 3311) Courses in areas related to management or marketing (PSY 3310, HUM 4322, COM 3316)
No more than 3 semester hours may be selected outside of management.
Marketing concentration: (pending approval) 21 semester hours composed of 9 semester hours of required marketing courses and 12 semester hours of marketing electives.  The three required courses are

MKT 4311-Buyer Behavior
MKT 4313-Marketing Research
MKT 4340-Marketing Management
Electives-12 semester hours selected from the following courses:

MKT 3321-Selling and Sales Management
MKT 4312-Promotion Management
MKT 4315-Business-to-Business Marketing
MKT 4316-Electronic Marketing
MKT 4317-Services Marketing
MKT 4321-Retailing Management
MKT 4325-International Marketing
General Business concentration:  21 semester hours of business courses (beyond the core requirements) from at least three of the following areas: Accounting, Finance, International Business, Management or Marketing. No more than 9 hours may be taken in any one area. All 21 semester hours must be designated as upper-division courses.  
153-Hour Accounting Program-Joint BBA-Accounting/MBA: This program is a 153-hour track leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree. This program is designed to meet the Texas CPA requirements effective September 1, 1997. In addition, completion of this program can enhance both starting salaries and career advancement.
The degree requirements for the BBA-Accounting apply to this program except that QMS 3321 Quantitative Decision Making and MGT 4340 Strategic Management are not required. Students should apply and be accepted to the graduate component of the program during the first semester of their senior year. Admission requires the following:
--Minimum g.p.a of 2.50 overall and in accounting AND
 --Minimum 400 GMAT score or 800 GRE score (verbal & quantitative only) OR
 --Minimum admission index of (1) 1400 [GRE score + 200 x (g.p.a. on last 60 hours)] or (2) 1400 [GMAT score x 2 + 200 x (g.p.a. on last 60 hours)]
Admitted students will combine undergraduate and graduate courses during the final semester of their undergraduate work. 
The above information is summarized in the following table:
 
Business Administration major Concentrations in
Accounting, Management, Marketing and General Business
  LD LD/UD UD Total
I. University Core Requirements
  A. General        
      English  composition 6     6
      Literature 3     3
      Political Science 6     6
U.S. History 6 6
      Finite Math or higher 6     6
      Social/behavioral science (psychology) 3     3
      Visual/performing arts(art, drama, or music) 3     3
      Speech (Business/Professional) 3     3
      Computer literacy (Principles of Computing) 3     3
II. Major Requirements        
  A. Business Core        
      Elements of Calculus For Business1 3     3
    ENG 3430 Professional Writing     4 4
      Economics (Macro/Micro) 6     6
      Accounting (Principles) 6-8     6
    ACC 3332 Financial Statement Analysis     3 3
    ECO 3315 Managerial Economics     3 3
    FIN 3311 Business Finance     3 3
    ISC 3325 Information Systems in Organizations     3 3
    QMS 3311 Statistics for Bus/Eco     3 3
    QMS 3321 Quantitative Decision Making     3 3
    MGT 3311 Principles of Management     3 3
    MGT 3312 Legal Environment of Business     3 3
    MGT 4314 Leadership     3 3
    MGT 4322 Strategy and the Business Environment     3 3
    MKT 3311 Principles of Marketing     3 3
    MGT 4340 Strategic Management (all core courses, one of which may be taken concurrently)3     3 3
  B. Academic Concentration (one of the following)        
      Accounting3     21 21
      General Business     21 21
      Marketing     21 21
      Management     21 21
III. Electives        
    Free Electives Outside the School of Business
As needed only to satisfy 122 s.h. minimum		        
*Minimum of 122 s.h. TOTALS 57-60 2-5 61 *123
 
Degree Requirements for the Master of
Business Administration
 
The mission of the UHV MBA program is to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully manage organizations in a dynamic environment by offering an integrated curriculum that blends theoretical concepts with practical applications.  Specifically, the MBA program seeks to develop in each graduate the capacity to:
· Understand and adapt to the changing business, political and social environments;
·  Evaluate and respond to emerging threats and opportunities;
· Interact with and effectively lead diverse groups;
· Analyze and evaluate business operations and processes; and
·   Synthesize and apply cross-functional approaches to organizational issues.
 
The following courses are required for attaining the Master of Business Administration degree.
  Requirement Hours Undergraduate Course(s) for Waiver
ACC 6311 Accounting Concepts for Managers 3 Accounting Principles (two courses)
ECO 6311 Principles of Economic Analysis 3 Principles of Economics
(Macro/Micro) (2 courses)
FIN 6311 Managerial Finance 3 Business or Corporation Finance (UD)
MGT 6311 Seminar in Organizational Behavior 3 Management Principles (UD)
MKT 6311 Introduction to Marketing 3 Marketing Principles  (UD)
QMS 6311 Business Statistics 3 Descriptive & Inferential Statistics (UD)
 
LEVEL II:  REQUIRED SPECIFIC BUSINESS COURSES (24 HOURS)
  Requirement (Prerequisite)
ACC 6315 Managerial Accounting (ACC 6311)
ECO 6315 Managerial Economics (ECO 6311 and MATH 1324)
FIN 6315 Financial Policy (FIN 6311)
MGT 6320 Organizational Behavior (MGT 6311)
MKT 6321 Marketing Management (MKT 6311)
MGT 6316 Management Information Systems (Computer literacy and MGT 6311)
QMS 6322 Production and Logistics Management (QMS 6311 and MGT 6311)
MGT 6331 Seminar in Strategic Management (All graduate Level II courses, one of which may be taken concurrently.)
*Students should refer to individual course descriptions for additional information on course prerequisites.
 
GRADUATE BUSINESS ELECTIVES (12 HOURS SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING)
ACC 6300, 6313, 6320, 6321, 6322, 6331;
ECO 6300; FIN 6313, 6317;
MGT 6300, 6317, 6318, 6324, 6326, 6328, 6330, 6334, 6335, 6336, 6337, 6341; MKT 6300, 6315, 6316, 6317, 6318, 6323, 6325, 6327;
QMS 6300 or 6324
Students pursuing the 153-hour joint BBA-Accounting/MBA program must take ACC 6320, 6321, 6322 and 6331 as graduate business electives.
 
TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
 
REQUIRED BROAD BUSINESS CONCEPTS   (LEVEL I) 18 hours
REQUIRED SPECIFIC BUSINESS COURSES   (LEVEL II) 24 hours
GRADUATE BUSINESS ELECTIVES 12 hours
Total 54 hours
 

General Requirements

1.     Computer literacy and basic competence in algebra and calculus such as those found in finite math are prerequisite to all courses. Students who have not had prior course work in these areas are required to take specified courses. Students who have studied these topics in prior course work may waive without substitution or apply to take an examination to waive these courses. The examinations are administered prior to matriculation in the program. Interested students should contact the School of Business.

2.    Students with prior business education who have received a grade of C or better in equivalent undergraduate courses or a B or better in the equivalent graduate course at a regionally accredited institution within the past five years may petition for waiver of an M.B.A. Level I course, without examination.

3.    Students with course work which has not been judged acceptable for a direct waiver may petition for a waiver examination.

4.     Courses in the M.B.A., Level I, may be waived up to a maximum of 18 semester hours. However, all students must complete a minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate-level course work leading to the M.B.A. degree.

5.    Students may, with the approval of their UH-Victoria academic advisor, transfer in not more than 9 equivalent graduate semester hours of Level II and III course work attained at an accredited institution after acceptance into the program and within the time frame specified below.

6.    Students who, in compliance with 5. above, continue their graduate course work at another accredited institution (not to exceed nine semester hours) must be in good standing at UH-Victoria and maintain proficiency standards in effect upon entry into the program in order to be awarded the M.B.A. degree from UH-Victoria.

7.    A minimum of 27 semester hours must be completed at UH-Victoria with a grade average of at least a B.

8.    All requirements for the M.B.A. degree must be completed within a seven-year period preceding graduation.

9.     In addition to these requirements, the candidate must meet all additional applicable requirements as specified in this catalog for the masters degree.

 
The Fourth-Year Bridge Program
The Fourth-Year Bridge Program is an academic program designed to meet the needs of international students whose baccalaureate degrees were completed in three years (the equivalent of fewer than 120 semester credit hours) rather than four years. Students in the Fourth-Year Bridge Program are required to meet all University Admission requirements as well as the School of Business Administration MBA general requirements. Bridge students will not be allowed to enroll in MBA core and elective courses until they have satisfactorily completed the Fourth-Year Bridge. The only exception to this rule will be that a student with a satisfactory GPA (as described in general requirements) may file a mixed petition to complete the final hours for the Bridge and begin the regular MBA courses simultaneously.
 
The following courses are required for completing the Fourth-Year Bridge Program (students should refer to individual course descriptions for information on course prerequisites):
 
FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE REQUIREMENTS (30 HOURS)
ACC 6311 Accounting Concepts for Managers
ECO 6311 Principles of Economic Analysis
FIN 6311 Managerial Finance
MGT 6311 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
MKT 6311 Introduction to Marketing
QMS 6311 Business Statistics
ENG 3430 Professional Writing
HUM 4322 Ethics
MGT 3312 Legal Environment of Business
Elective UD-select from COM, HUM, LIT, HIS or PSY
 
CORE REQUIREMENTS (24 HOURS)
ACC 6315 Managerial Accounting
ECO 6315 Managerial Economics
FIN 6315 Financial Policy
MGT 6320 Organizational Behavior
MKT 6321 Marketing Management
MGT 6316 Management Information Systems
QMS 6322 Production and Logistics Management
MGT 6331 Seminar in Strategic Management
 
ELECTIVES (12 HOURS SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING)
ACC 6300, 6313, 6320, 6321, 6322, 6331;
ECO 6300;
FIN 6313, 6317;
MGT 6300, 6317, 6318, 6324, 6326, 6328, 6330, 6334, 6335, 6336, 6337,6341;
MKT 6300, 6315, 6316, 6317, 6318, 6323, 6325, 6327;
QMS 6300 or 6324
 
TOTAL FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE REQUIREMENTS 31 hours
CORE REQUIREMENTS 24 hours
GRADUATE BUSINESS ELECTIVES 12 hours
Total 67 hours
revised 4.28.03

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