The Robinson College of Business offers a special Business Learning Community (BLC) for students in the fall and spring semesters. The BLC builds on the successful model of the Freshman Learning Community, giving students an integrated business curriculum and providing them with an introduction to the many programs offered in the Robinson College of Business. (See the Freshman Learning Community heading in a later chapter of this catalog.) Enrollment in the BLC is on a first-come/first-serve basis and requires a minimum 3.00 Georgia State GPA.
Students who are not a declared major in the Robinson College may be interested in the BLC program as the basis for a business minor. For students who are undecided about their major but have an interest in business, the BLC is a good way to get exposure to some buiness disciplines with required courses in the B.B.A. program. One of the major benefits of the BLC program is that its structure allows students to take multiple classes with a group of classmates, providing opportunities to work and learn together. The classes in the learning community are limited to 40 students, providing opportunities for more interaction with professors.
The Business Learning Community consists of the following grouping of courses:
Fall Semester:
Econ 2105: Principles of Macroeconomics
Acct 2101: Principles of Accounting I
BusA 3000: Globalization and Business Practices
Plus two additional three-hour courses of the student's choice.
Spring Semester:
Econ 2106: Principles of Microeconomics
Acct 2102: Principles of Accounting II
BusA 2106: Legal Environment of Business
Plus two additional three-hour courses of the student's choice.
For questions, phone or e-mail Dr. Nancy R. Mansfield, BLC Faculty Adviser and Associate Professor of Legal Studies at 404/651-2717 or nmansfield@gsu.edu.
Accounting Tutorial Lab:
The school of Accountancy and Beta Alpha Psi sponsor tutorial assistance to students enrolled in Acct 2101 and Acct 2102. Student tutors are available at scheduled times during the semester to supplement and complement classroom instruction. The schedule is available each semester from the Acct 2101-2102 instructors and from the School of Accountancy. Beta Alpha Psi can be contacted at 404/659-1272.
Other tutorial facilities are available to students who may need assistance with writing or mathematics and are described in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this catalog.
Students seeking a degree in the Robinson College of Business are encouraged to become familiar with the academic regulations of the university that are given elsewhere in this catalog. The sections concerning transfer requirements and the university degree policies, including the residence requirement, the core curriculum, the constitutions and histories requirement, the Regents' Test, application for graduation, academic recognitions, withdrawal from classes, incomplete grades, and acholastic discipline, are of particular importance. (Consult the index for the page numbers of these sections.) The college regulations discussed below should also be read carefully.
1. Some majors require that transfer credit for upper-level major courses be no more than five years old at the time the student enrolls in the B.B.A. program. Contact the Office of Academic Assistance for further information.
2.Course credit transferred from two-year colleges shall apply only toward freshman- or sophomore-level credit.
3. No more than 27 semester credit hours of course work earned through correspondence or extension will be accepted toward the B.B.A. degree. Courses completed through correspondence or extension may not apply toward junior- or senior-level credit.
4. Reenrollment after Transferring Elsewhere: Undergraduate students who enroll at another institution as regular students (as opposed to transient- or visiting-student status) will be considered as having transferred to that institution. If such students later reenroll in the B.B.A. program, regardless of the length of the absence, they will be subject to the curricular degree requirements in effect at the time of their return. Such students are encouraged to discuss their transfer to the other institution with their academic counselor in the Office of Academic Assistance in advance if they intend to apply this work toward a degree of the Robinson College of Business. Students may not take courses for degree credit at another institution during the semester they expect to graduate from Georgia State University.
Students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher who have at least 18 semester hours of credit at Georgia State University and who are in their senior year may petition to take up to two graduate courses in the Robinson College of Business in lieu of undergraduate courses. Students interested in petitioning should contact the Office of Academic Assistance for a statement of restrictions and procedures pertaining to this policy.
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