Mar 29, 2024  
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

General Requirements for Undergraduate Programs


The College’s five business major programs focus on interrelations among business enterprise, the economy, and society. Students develop skills in the use of quantitative data and theoretical tools in analyzing problems related to business and the economy. They are also assisted in developing the skills and intellectual capacities which foster mature and competent judgment.

Students enrolled as business majors complete a common program of study during the first two years. This lower-division program emphasizes a general education background with courses in the humanities, mathematics, and both social and natural sciences. The objective of this approach is to provide a foundation of work in those academic areas necessary for the appropriate combination of descriptive and analytical skill development to the study of business.
 

Requirements


Each business student is required to complete a sequence of courses called the Core Business Requirements. In addition, each student must complete the UMass Dartmouth general education requirements. Students take 60 credits of their graduation requirements from outside the College of Business. The remaining 60 credits are in courses from within the college, making up the Core Business Requirements as well as the student’s major requirements.

The majors in the College of Business meet the general education requirements in the following manner:

  • In addition, students in the Charlton College of Business will take six credits of social sciences (distribution requirement).

Tier 1 Information and Computer Literacy; Writing Skills


I Information & Computer Literacy (Tier II)


  • GBA 101

W Writing Intensive (Tier II)


O Oral Skills


C Cultural and Artistic Literacy


  • 9 credits from Gen Ed list

S Natural Science and Technology


  • 6 credits from Gen Ed list

G Global Awareness


 3 credits, from either:

D Diversity


  •  3 credits from Gen Ed list

Dual Major Requirements for the College of Business


All students who select a dual major within the College of Business must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours for the second business major. This will bring the graduation requirement to at least 144 credit hours for dual majors.

Courses offered outside the Business Curriculum


  • Cultural and Artistic Literacy - 9 credits
  • Diversity course - 3 credits
  • Natural Science/Technology - 6 credits
  • Social science electives - 6 credits
  • Non-business electives - 15 credits