Main Office
Business Leadership Building, Room 213

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #311160
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2110
Fax: 940-565-4640

Web site: www.cob.unt.edu

O. Finley Graves, Dean
Marilyn Wiley, Senior Associate Dean
Cengiz Capan, Associate Dean of Operations
Tracy Dietz, Academic Associate Dean for Assessment

Mission

To prepare tomorrow’s business leaders in an intellectually stimulating and collegial community through high-quality teaching, research and service.

Vision

To be a premier comprehensive undergraduate business school with a national and international reputation for excellence in research and graduate education.

Academic advising

Information concerning academic matters is available in the Academic Advising Office of the College of Business. For undecided majors, freshmen, transfer students and those who have not completed the pre-business requirements, academic advising is available throughout the year in the Business Leadership Building, Room 110.

Advisors in the Academic Advising Office help students select programs and courses, prepare degree plans, obtain advising clearance forms, change majors, and understand policies and procedures. They also apply transfer credit and monitor graduation requirements.

Undergraduate faculty advisors in the departments must be consulted concerning any changes in the professional or supporting fields requirements.

Programs of study

The college offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) or Bachelor of Science (BS). A minimum of 50 percent of the business credit hours required for any undergraduate business degree must be completed at UNT. BBA and BS degree programs are offered through the following departments:

College of Business

• BBA — General Business
• Business Foundations Minor
• International Business Certificate

Department of Accounting

• BBA — Accounting
• BS — Accounting (BS/MS — combined degree programs)
• BS — Accounting Control Systems (UNT Dallas only)

Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences

• BBA — Decision Sciences
• BS — Business Computer Information Systems

Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

• BBA — Economics
• BBA — Finance
• BBA — Risk Insurance and Financial Services
• BBA — Real Estate
• BBA — Real Estate with a concentration in residential property management

Department of Management

• BBA — Entrepreneurship
• BBA — Operations and Supply Chain Management
• BBA — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Department of Marketing and Logistics

• BBA — Marketing
• BS — Aviation Logistics
• BS — Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Accreditation

The college is accredited by the AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (777 South Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 750, Tampa, FL 33602; 813-769-6500) at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Degree requirements and the University Core Curriculum

Occasionally a course required for a degree may also satisfy a requirement of the University Core Curriculum. In addition to taking the required course, a student may elect to take a different course from among those available to fulfill that core requirement; doing so, however, may add to the total number of hours required for the degree. Students who have questions regarding degree requirements and core requirements should consult an academic advisor.

College of Business tiered academic progression plan and academic standards

Undergraduate tiered academic progression plan and admission policy

The College of Business undergraduate program consists of a tiered academic progression plan for all students entering the College of Business, whether for a BBA or a BS degree. The plan consists of the following three tiers:

• Tier One: Pre-business (PBUS)
• Tier Two: Business Undergraduate (BUND)
• Tier Three: Declared major (professional field) within business

In order to progress through the business degree program (BBA or BS), students must advance through the tiered academic progression plan as follows:

Tier One: Pre-business (PBUS)

1. All students entering the College of Business, whether for a BBA or BS degree, are admitted under pre-businesss (PBUS), including new, transfer and continuing students. PBUS students must meet the following continuation requirements each semester: (a) meet with an advisor in CoB Undergraduate advising (CoBUA) and, (b) participate in at least two developmental activities as directed by CoBUA, such as enrollment in BUSI 1340 , career development or learning workshops, learning communities, etc.
2. In order to progress to Tier Two (BUND), PBUS students must have a 2.7 UNT cumulative GPA and complete three of the following pre-business prerequisite courses: college-level math (3 hours), ACCT 2010 , ACCT 2020 , ECON 1100 , ECON 1110 , DSCI 2710 .
3. Once the above eligibility requirements are met, students can apply online or meet with an academic advisor for admission into Tier Two (BUND). First semester transfer students who have completed three of the above pre-business courses (or equivalent) and have a 2.7 cumulative transfer GPA can apply for BUND status with CoBUA at the time of new student orientation, or within their first semester at UNT.
4. PBUS students are restricted to lower-level (1000/2000) business courses.

Tier Two: Business Undergraduate (BUND)

1. Tier Two students who have met the requirements of Tier One and have applied to Tier Two status (BUND) must have a 2.7 UNT cumulative GPA and complete the following:  (a) at least 45 semester hours, and (b) the following pre-business courses (or equivalents) with a grade of C or higher: ENGL 1310 ; ENGL 1320  or TECM 2700  (TECM 2700  required for BS/MS accounting); MATH 1190  or MATH 1710 ; ECON 1100  and ECON 1110 ; ACCT 2010  and ACCT 2020 ; BCIS 2610 ; and DSCI 2710 .
2. Once above eligibility requirements are met, BUND students must meet with an advisor to file for an official degree plan and move to Tier Three.
3. Tier Two (BUND) students are restricted to lower-level (1000/2000) business courses.

Tier Three: Official BBA/BS declared major with professional field

1. Students at Tier Three receive clearance into upper level (3000/4000) business courses (business foundation and professional field) after meeting with an advisor to file for the official degree plan (BBA or BS with declared professional field). First semester transfer students who have completed all of the pre-business prerequisites (or equivalents) and have a 2.7 cumulative transfer GPA are eligible to apply for Tier Three status.
2. Students in Tier Three are strongly encouraged to meet with their departmental advisor when possible. Tier Three students must meet degree and graduation requirements as outlined under College of Business Academic Standards.
3. Tier Three students must apply for graduation by the deadline posted in the Academic Calendar .

College of Business academic standards

1. Students must complete the tiered academic progression plan as outlined above.
2. A grade of C or above must be earned in each business foundation course and each professional field or supporting field course completed in residence or transferred to UNT.
3. Academic requirements for graduation with a BBA or BS from the College of Business include:
   • a minimum of 2.7 GPA in the professional and supporting field courses
   • a minimum of 2.7 UNT cumulative GPA (all courses completed at UNT)
   • a minimum 2.0 overall GPA (combined UNT and transfer GPA)
4. Individual departments may have higher graduation and/or entrance standards (see departmental sections of catalog).

Course listings

Individual courses of instruction are subject to change or withdrawal at any time and may not be offered each term/semester or every year. Any course may be withdrawn from current offerings if the number of registrants is too small to justify conducting it.

Enrollment in advanced courses requires successful completion of the pre-business requirements.

WARNING: It is the student’s responsibility to meet all course prerequisites listed in the current catalog prior to enrollment in any course.

Graduate course descriptions are found in the Graduate Catalog.

Courses numbered 4900-4910 are offered under limited circumstances to advanced undergraduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. These courses require approval by the department chair. A project is chosen by the student and instructor, developed through conferences and approved activities under the direction of the instructor, and may require a term paper. These courses are not open to graduate students.

Courses are offered on an availability basis as service courses to non-business majors who meet the individual course prerequisites.

All Courses of Instruction are located in Course descriptions .

Beta Gamma Sigma

This national honorary society of business administration students was founded in 1913. The UNT chapter was established in 1962. The primary objective of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor high academic achievement by students of business and management through chapters in all American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business accredited schools. Membership is a signal honor and is limited to outstanding students who show promise of success in the field of business and who rank in the upper 10 percent of their junior, senior or graduate class.

College of Business Information and Learning Technologies Center

Cengiz Capan, Associate Dean

The Information and Learning Technologies Center of the College of Business is housed in the newly opened Business Leadership Building and comprises the Associate Dean for Technology and Operations, an IT manager, a lab manager, four IT specialists and an administrative coordinator. A technical support team of part-time student assistants aids the full-time staff in installations, troubleshooting, web development, and working with faculty and staff when problems or questions arise concerning software and/or hardware. More than 300 Dell Core 2 Quad desktop systems in the Business Leadership Building are networked together with a multi-node, high-availability cluster using multi-core dual Xeon blade servers. Each node has at least 4 gigabytes of memory and 4.5 terabytes of available storage in an external storage area network (SAN) disk array. Each of the desktop systems is configured with 2.66 GHz Core 2 Quad CPU, 250 gigabyte hard drive, 4 gigabyte memory, 22-inch widescreen flat-panel LCD monitor, DVD-RW drive, USB 2.0 connections, and gigabit network interfaces.

The College of Business provides half of the above systems in student computer labs conveniently located on Level 1 of the Business Leadership Building. They are open over 100 hours per week and staffed by 24 student lab monitors. These labs are divided into two major areas. The General Access Lab consists of more than 60 computers and is designed for the general business student who is required to use computers but may also be used by all UNT students. As an extension of the General Access Lab, a number of public access kiosks are provided on Level 0 of the Business Leadership Building for walk-up e-mail access and general web browsing. The Business Lab consists of more than 68 desktop computers and is designed for and limited to students taking College of Business courses. This lab includes course-related software for such courses as Introduction to Database Applications; Distributed Systems and Teleprocessing; Data Communications and Networking; Information Resource Management; Decision Support Systems; Visual Display; and Fundamentals of Information Technology Security. For team and group work, students can use their own notebook computers or check out mobile thin clients to take to the Biz Café adjacent to the labs, 15 study rooms available by reservation or informal seating areas around the Business Leadership Building to access the college’s “Virtual Lab.” This virtual desktop environment provides remote access to all major College of Business applications. There are also several “Virtual Classrooms” utilizing this same virtual desktop environment for hands-on instruction when needed.