General Studies: Business (BGS)
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Program Requirements
Have 27 hours of campus residency.
Complete a minimum of 10 hours in the emphasis after formal admission to the BGS program.
Thirty of the 120 hours must be 300-level or above courses.
The IS 110, MSB 360, and M Com 320 requirements must be filled with credit less than 15 years old.
All emphasis courses taken after admission to BGS must be BYU courses.
Students must earn a minimum 2.0 BYU grade point average, a minimum 2.25 emphasis grade point average, and a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average.
The program must be completed in eight years or less.
Requirement 1 — Complete 1 Course
Prerequisite course (must be completed before taking any other courses, includes preparing academic plan which must be approved before proceeding):
course - Essential College Skills 1.0
Requirement 2 — Complete 1 Course
Pre-core course:
course - Spreadsheets & Bus Analysis 1.0
Requirement 3 — Complete 3 Courses
Core 1 courses:
course - Principles of Accounting 3.0
course - Intro to Mgt Info Systems 3.0
course - Marketing Management 3.0
Requirement 4 — Complete 3 Courses
Core 2 courses:
course - Organizational Behavior 3.0
course - Commun in Organiztnl Settings 3.0
course - Professional Ethics 3.0
Requirement 5 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses
course - Principles of Finance 3.0
course - Financial Management 3.0
Requirement 6 — Complete 3 of 7 Courses
Elective courses: (BYU 300- and 400-level Marriott School courses completed before entering the BGS program may also be used to fill emphasis electives.)
course - Introduction to Accounting 2 3.0
course - Econ Principles & Problems 3.0
course - Money, Banking, & Business 3.0
course - Human Resource Mgt 3.0
course - Managerial Leadrshp Develpmnt 3.0
course - Intro International Business 3.0
course - Principles of Statistics 3.0
Requirement 7 — Complete 1 Course
Complete a capstone experience (last course to be completed):
course - BGS Capstone 2.0