Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011All programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of BusinessInternational (AACSB International).Individual Program of StudyAt William & Mary, our Undergraduate Business Program offers an experiential andindividualized approach to business education. Each student designs an Individual Program ofStudy (IPS) that is unique to their particular goals and strengths. Our introductory foundationsemester includes a week-long interdisciplinary simulation with an emphasis on team dynamics.To promote breadth of study in business disciplines, our curricula include a primary major with aconcentration in another business discipline.The Mason School of Business strongly encourages study abroad. Our curriculum has beendesigned to allow students to study abroad in the spring of their second or third year. Studentsinterested in studying abroad should contact the Undergraduate Business Program and the GlobalEducation Office in the Reves Center for International Studies for more information.Undergraduate Business Program AdmissionAll students who wish to major in Business (whether as a primary or secondary major) must applyfor competitive admission to the Mason School of Business. Prerequisites for admission to theMason School of Business include the following: junior standing (54 academic credit hours) with aminimum attained Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 and the following pre-requisite courses:Specific Pre-requisite Courses: Introductory Microeconomics (ECON 101 or 151) Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON 102 or 152) Introductory Calculus (MATH 108, 111, 112, 131 or 132) Introductory Statistics (BUAD 231, ECON 307, PSYC 301, MATH 106, MATH 351,SOCL 353 or KINE 394) Principles of Accounting (BUAD 203)The Undergraduate Business curriculum is designed so that most students will begin the programin the fall semester of their junior year. Thus, students normally apply for admission to the MasonSchool of Business during the spring semester of their sophomore year for admission in thefollowing fall semester. To accommodate special circumstances such as study abroad, transferringstudents, and students who have met all the entrance requirements, the Mason School of Businessalso accepts applications in the fall semester for admission in the following spring semester.Admission is competitive and the entering class is selected except as specified below on the basisof the applicant’s overall William and Mary GPA at the time of application. Transfer students whohave completed twelve or more semester hours at William and Mary prior to the time ofapplication will be evaluated on their attained William and Mary GPA. Transfer students who areeligible to apply to the Majors Program who have completed fewer than twelve semester hours atWilliam and at the time of application will be evaluated on their attained GPA for all previousuniversity work. Because the competitive admission process depends upon the number ofqualified applicants and the number of positions available within the Business School, theminimum GPA of admitted students is not a fixed number.The deadlines for enrolled William and Mary students to apply to the Majors Program areFebruary 15 for fall admission and October 1 for spring admission. Applications from enrolledWilliam and Mary students received after the application deadline will be considered only if the82