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New Pre-Business Core
All Walton College students must complete the pre-business requirements with the required grades and grade point average prior to enrollment in junior or senior level business courses in the Walton College. To be eligible to enroll in upper division business courses in the Walton College of Business a student must;
  1. Have at least a 2.50 overall grade point average.
  2. Have at least a 2.50 pre-business grade point average.
  3. No grades of "D" in pre-business courses.
Students must also meet these requirements for graduation. The pre-business core courses are as follows:

To view detailed descriptions of the following Walton College
courses, visit the Course Descriptions page.
ENGL 1013 Composition I
ENGL 1023 Composition II
MATH 2053 Finite Math
ECON 2013 Macroeconomics
ECON 2023 Microeconomics
MATH 2043 Survey of Calculus
COMM 1313 Communications
WCOB 1120 Computer Competency Requirement
WCOB 1111 Business Connections
WCOB 1023 Business Foundations
WCOB 1012 Legal Environments of Business
WCOB 1033 Data Analysis & Interpretation
WCOB 2013 Markets & Consumers
WCOB 2023 Production & Delivery of Goods & Services
WCOB 2033 Acquiring & Managing Human Resources
WCOB 2043 Acquiring & Managing Financial Resources
 
Old Pre-Business Core
To be eligible to enroll in upper-division business courses in Walton College, a student must obtain at least a "C" (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) overall grade-point average (GPA) in addition to completing the 36 credit hours listed below of pre-business core courses (or their equivalents), also with at least a 2.0 GPA. Further, a student may not have more than six hours of the grade "D" in the courses offered to meet this requirement or the requirement for graduation. The pre-business core courses are as follows:

To view detailed descriptions of the following Walton College
courses, visit the Course Descriptions page.
ACCT 2013 Introduction to Accounting I
ACCT 2023 Introduction to Accounting II
BLAW 2013 Legal Environment of Business
ISYS 1121L Introduction to Information Systems
ISYS 2232 Business Information Systems
ISYS 2013 Business Statistics
COMM 1313 Communications
ECON 2013 Macroeconomics
ECON 2023 Microeconomics
ENGL 1013 Composition I
ENGL 1023 Composition II
MATH 2043 Survey of Calculus
MATH 2053 Finite Math
 
Junior/Senior Level Courses
Walton College students must complete the pre-business requirement prior to enrollment in junior or senior-level courses in Walton College.

Non-degree seeking students and students enrolled in other colleges are subject to the same course prerequisites as students within the Walton College. Specific exceptions to this policy must be addressed to the Undergraduate Advising Programs advising staff, Business Building 328 or by calling (479) 575-6308.

* Note: A student's grade point average (GPA) is based only on grades received at/through the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Transfer courses (grades) are not calculated into a students' University of Arkansas GPA.
 
 
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