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Business Administration, Business Information Technology concentration (B.A.S.B.A./B.I.T.)

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 1
ENGL 101 : ~COMPOSITION 1	3	*
CS 101 : INTRO TO PC APPLICATIONS	4	*
GBUS 101 : INTRO TO BUSINESS	3	** COLL 101 EMBEDDED
BTEC 116 : INTERMEDIATE KEYBOARDING	3
: MATH 120 — QUANTITATIVE LITERACY OR HIGHER	3	*
TOTAL:	16
Semester 2
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
ENGL 102 : ~COMPOSITION 2	3	*
BTEC 275 : ADVANCED BUSINESS APPLICATIONS	3	**
BTEC 235 : MICROSOFT WORD/WINDOWS	3
: BUSINESS ELECTIVE	2	*
COMM 111 : ~FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH	3	*
TOTAL:	14
Semester 3
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
GBUS 117 : FINANCIAL BUSINESS APPLICATIONS	3	**
ECON 202 : MACROECONOMICS	3	*
ACCT 201 : PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 1	3	**
BTEC 265 : MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS	3
: BUSINESS ELECTIVE	2
TOTAL:	14
Semester 4
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
BTEC 270 : INTRODUCTION TO WEB PAGE DESIGN	3
ECON 201 : MICROECONOMICS	3	*
: HUMAN INQUIRY AND THE PAST GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE	3	* SEE ATTACHED
GBUS 202 : BUSINESS COMMUNICATION	3	**
BTEC 295 : PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR	3
TOTAL:	15
Semester 5
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
MGMT 220 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT	3	**
GBUS 304 : ADVANCED EXCEL	3
MATH 211 : STATISTICS	3	*
ACCT 202 : PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 2	3	**
: *THE ARTS & CREATIVITY GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE	3	* SEE ATTACHED
TOTAL:	15
Semester 6
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
: NATURAL SCIENCE WITH LAB GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE	4	* SEE ATTACHED
: UPPER-DIVISION BUSINESS ELECTIVE	3
GBUS 306 : ADVANCED ACCESS	3
ACCT 310 : ACCT INFORMATION SYSTEMS	3
MKTG 230 : PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	3	**
TOTAL:	16
Semester 7
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
FIN 340 : PRIN OF BUSINESS FINANCE	3	**
GBUS 310 : BUSINESS LAW 1	3	**
GBUS 405 : GLOBAL BUSINESS	3	**
GBUS 300 : MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS	3
: UPPER-DIVISION BUSINESS ELECTIVE	3
TOTAL:	15
Semester 8
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
GBUS 440 : BUSINESS POLICY CAPSTONE	3	**
: UPPER LEVEL BUSINESS ELECTIVE	3
: UPPER LEVEL BUSINESS ELECTIVE	3
: UPPER LEVEL BUSINESS ELECTIVE	3
GBUS 415 : MANAGERIAL BUSINESS ETHICS	3	**
TOTAL:	15

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Information Technology (BASBA BIT)gives students a strong background in business technology skills and competencies. Graduates will be prepared to manage an office in a variety of business environments.

MILESTONE COURSE:

These courses are the keys to graduation. Courses should be taken in the recommended semesters to stay on time for completion.

CAREER PLANNING:

During the fourth semester of the BTEC degree, students interested in the BAS should apply for the program in their final semester of the AAS program.

CAPSTONE COURSE: The capstone is a semester-long capstone project that prepares you for the workforce by perfecting your resume, assessing student learning outcomes, and preparing a portfolio of student work.

ELECTIVES: Business electives may be chosen from courses with the following pre-fixes: ACCT, BTEC, ECON, ENT, FIN, GBUS, MGMT, or MKTG. Upper-division courses are those that are numbered 300 or higher. For assistance in choosing electives, please see your academic advisor.

GPA REQUIREMENTS
*- GEN ED 2.00
**- -COMMON PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT 2.25
BEYOND 2.50

Students should average 15 credit hours per semester, or 30 per year, to graduate on time.

TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS:
120

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

Complete an Associate of Applied Science degree prior to application for graduation with the BASBA.
Complete 120 credit hours in course outlined for the Bachelor of Applied Science with a major in Business Administration in any of the following concentrations: Accounting and Financial Management (AFM), or Management/Marketing (MM), Business Information Technology see BTEC, AAS and BIT degree.
Maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all General Education Foundation courses required for the degree.
Maintain minimum grade point average of 2.25 overall in all courses included in the Common Professional Component (CPC) Business Core (designed with *).
Maintain minimum grade point average of 2.5 in all courses included in area of concentration (designated with **).
Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours at WVU Parkersburg, 24 of which must be upper division (numbered 300 and above) business courses.
Students pursuing both the BASA and the BSBA degrees must complete all course requirements for each degree to be eligible to earn a second bachelor’s degree.
Complete and file the graduation application in OLSIS within the stated deadlines

To ensure breadth and depth as students meet these broad education goals, the curriculum focuses on six academic “strands.”

Aesthetics, Creativity, and Appreciation	Human Communication and Interaction	People and Their Worlds	Quantitative Reasoning	Scientific Inquiry	Writing and Rhetoric
ART-101 ART-111 ENGL-131 ENGL-132 ENGL-221 ENGL-222 ENGL-241 ENGL-242 ENGL-257 ENGL-261 ENGL-262 ENGL-285 MUSI-170 THEA-101	COMM-105 COMM-111 COMM-112 COMM-202	ECON-201 ECON-202 GEOG-102 HIST-101 HIST-102 HIST-152 HIST-153 HIST-250 PHIL-111 PHIL-150 PHIL-231 POLS-101 POLS-102 PSYC-101 PSYC-241 SOC-101 SOC-107 SOC-221	MATH-120 MATH-125 MATH-126 MATH-211	ASTR-106 BIOL-101 BIOL-102 BIOL-103 BIOL-104 BIOL-107 BIOL-108 BIOL-109 BIOL-115 BIOL-117 BIOL-171 CHEM-111 CHEM-115 CHEM-116 GEOL-101 GEOL-102 GEOL-103 GEOL-104 GEOL-105 PSCI-101 PSCI-111 PSCI-112 PHYS-101 PHYS-102 PHYS-111	ENGL-101 ENGL-102 ENGL-107

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