General Business

Program Description

The Associate of Arts, AA at JCCC is a general transfer degree and partners well with the first two years of most bachelor degree programs. Students pursuing the AA may select courses that satisfy both the AA degree requirements and lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree at four-year institutions. The elective hours within the AA allow students to complete additional general education and lower division courses required for specific majors. The AA degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. Meeting with a JCCC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses.

Admission:

• Student must apply to the University of Arkansas, Office of Admissions for consideration and indicate their interest in the online program on the admissions application. Students are required to submit an application for admission, official transcripts, and a $40 application fee.

Requirements for the Online Program:

• Walton College Policy for On-Campus Students Taking Online Courses: Any student pursuing an on-campus (face to face) undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas may take up to 35 percent of the total credit hours of regular online (semester/summer) and self-paced online (correspondence) courses for degree credit. On-campus students will be restricted to 2 courses (8 hours) of online classes within their first 30 hours. BUSI 11101 Freshman Business Connection, however, cannot be taken online. Thereafter, students can take up to 12 hours of online classes per academic year. For students who have transferred academic credits from other institutions, the percentage of total credit hours obtained at the University of Arkansas through regular online (semester/summer) and self-paced online (correspondence) courses for degree credit cannot exceed 35 percent of the total remaining hours needed to complete the degree after transfer credits are accounted for. In addition, on-campus students cannot enroll in online courses unless they have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 (after their first 15 hours of undergraduate coursework) and they have no more than one outstanding incomplete in a previous online course.
• Walton College Policy for Online Students Taking On-Campus Courses: Online students will be restricted to 8 hours of on-campus classes within their first 30 hours. Thereafter, students can take up to 12 hours of on-campus classes per academic year, but no more than 35 percent of their total credit hours on campus may be used in total toward their degree. Ordinarily, no more than 60 hours of coursework can be transferred from the online degree program into an on-campus degree program. Transfer credits for students who transfer into the online degree program will be evaluated the same as transfer credits for the on-campus program. For students who have transferred academic credits from other institutions, the percentage of total credit hours obtained at the University of Arkansas through regular online (semester/summer) and self-paced online (correspondence) courses for degree credit cannot exceed 35 percent of the total remaining hours needed to complete the degree after transfer credits are accounted for.
• Online students will have priority registration for online courses.
• Students pursuing a degree in Walton College are classified as pre-business with an intended major until all pre-business requirements are fulfilled. To enroll in upper-division courses, a student must obtain at least a 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) overall grade-point average in addition to the completion of all pre-business core courses (or equivalents), also with a minimum 2.50 GPA. Further, a student must earn a grade of “C” or better in each pre-business core course for admission into the major or for the graduation requirement.
• A total of 9 hours of general education electives are required for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.). General education electives should be non-business courses but may include up to six total hours of business courses and no more than three hours of PEAC or DEAC courses. Students may utilize general education electives to complete a minor outside the Walton College. In addition, these electives may fulfill requirements for Social Issues, Multicultural Environment, and Demographic Diversity if not otherwise completed in the University Core. • Each student must have a 2.00 cumulative grade-point average in each of the following areas: all work completed at this university, all courses specifically designated for the major, and all required Walton College core and economics courses. Student must earn a grade of “C” or better in each of the pre-business core courses.
• A minimum of 120 credit hours are required for an undergraduate bachelor’s degree in the College of Business.
• In addition to the General Business major, Walton College offers work in the following majors for the B.S.B.A. degree, Accounting, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management. Some majors have concentrations to allow additional specialization.