Graduation Requirements

Candidates qualifying for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must complete 124 credit hours. At least 42 credit hours must be earned in courses numbered 100 or above. At least 50 percent of required business credit hours must be completed in residence at Drake.

Credit for remedial courses of sub-collegiate level is not considered towards meeting the requirements for graduation. The final 30 hours of an undergraduate degree must be taken at Drake University, unless an alternative plan is approved by the Undergraduate Office of Students Affairs.

Candidates qualifying for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 (equivalent of "C") for all Drake University work attempted and a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 in all courses taken in the College that carry a number of 100 and above.

Required Curriculum

Business Courses

All business majors are required to complete the following courses:

Credit hours
Accounting 041 and 42 – Introduction to Accounting I and II

6
Business 195 – Business Strategy and Policy

3
Business Law 60 – Business Law I

3
Economics 1 and 2 – Principles of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics

6
Information Systems 101 – Information Systems in Organizations

3
Finance 101 – Corporate Finance

3
Management 110 – Management Process and Behavior

3
Management 120 – Management of Operations

3
Marketing 101 – Marketing Principles

3
Statistics 71 and 72* – Statistics I and II

6
Total

39

* Actuarial science majors take Statistics 131 — Introduction to Probability I and Statistics 141 — Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis I.

Non-Business Requirements

The non-business courses listed below are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Credit Hours
FYS 01-99 – First-Year Seminar or equivalent 3
Rhetoric 73 – Public Speaking 3
Math 28 or Math 50 – Business Calculus or Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 3-4
IS 44 or CS 65 – IT Applications for Business or Introduction to Computer Science I 3
Total 12-13

The courses listed above as required by the College of Business and Public Administration may be used to fulfill requirements of the Drake Curriculum. Please refer to the Drake Curriculum for additional information.

Typical First Year/Second Year Schedule

Below is a typical course schedule for business majors in the first two years, except for students who expect to follow a major course of study in actuarial science or information systems. The programs for these other majors appear on succeeding pages of this catalog.

First Year

First Semester

Credit hours
Accounting 41 — Introduction to Accounting I

3
Economics 1 — Principles of Macroeconomics

3
First Year Seminar

3
IS 44 — IT Applications for Business or Mathematics 28 — Business Calculus

3
Other non-business requirements

3-4
Total

15-16

Second Semester

Credit hours
Accounting 42 — Introduction to Accounting II

3
Economics 2 — Principles of Microeconomics

3
IS 44 – IT Applications for Business or Mathematics 28 — Business Calculus

3
Other non-business requirements

6-7
Total

15-16

Second Year

First Semester

Credit hours

SCS Rhetoric 73 — Public Speaking or Business Law 60 — Business Law I

3
Statistics 71 — Statistics I

3
Other non-business requirements

9-10
Total

15-16

Second Semester

Credit hours
Business Law 60 or SCS Rhetoric 73

3
Statistics 72 — Statistics II

3
Other non-business requirements

9-10
Total

15-16

Total hours completed

62

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