Dean George Gau of the Red McCombs School of Business has filed with the secretary
of the Faculty Council the following changes to the Business Honors Program degree
requirements in the
Undergraduate Catalog, 2006-2008. The faculty of
the school approved the proposed changes on April 29, 2005. The dean approved
the proposed changes on May 4, 2005, and submitted the changes to the secretary
on May 6, 2005. The secretary has classified this proposal as legislation of
exclusive application and primary interest to a single college or school.
The edited proposal was received from the Office of Official Publications on
October 13, 2005, and was sent to the Committee on Undergraduate Degree Program
Review from the Office of the General Faculty on October 13, 2005. The committee
forwarded the proposed changes to the Office of the General Faculty on November
2, 2005, recommending approval. The authority to grant final approval on behalf
of the General Faculty resides with the Faculty Council.
If no objection is filed with the Office of the General Faculty by
the date specified below, the legislation will be held to have been
approved by the Faculty Council. If objection is filed within the prescribed
period, the legislation will be presented to the Faculty Council at
its next meeting. The objection, with reasons, must be signed by a
member of the Faculty Council.
To be counted, a protest must be received in the Office of the General
Faculty by noon on November 11, 2005.
<
signed>
Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The Faculty Council
This legislation was posted on the Faculty Council Web site (
http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/)
on November 3, 2005. Paper copies are available on request from the Office of
the General Faculty, WMB 2.102, F9500.
| On page 55,in the section PROGRAM DEGREE
REQUIREMENTS, under the DEGREES headingin
the Red McCombs School of Business chapter of the Undergraduate
Catalog, 2004-2006, make the following changes: |
BUSINESS HONORS PROGRAM
{No changes to introduction sections on admission, continuance, graduation}
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Business Honors Program students may choose a general program of study, one of
the major subject degree plans, or both. Requirements for the Bachelor of Business
Administration with a general program of study are
| 1. |
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree requirements on pages
49-50. [Business honors students must also complete Business Administration
102H.]
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| 2. |
Completion of the following core courses and other business courses
in special Honors Program sections: Accounting 311H, 312H, Business Administration
324H, 151H, FIN 357H, Legal Environment of Business 323H, Management 335H,
336H and 374H, Management Science 371H, Marketing 337H, and Statistics
309H.
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| 3. |
Nine semester hours of upper-division business electives.
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| 4. |
Additional elective coursework, if necessary, to provide a total of at least
[122] 121 semester hours.
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RATIONALE:
Experience has shown that the material covered in BA 101H, BA 102H, and BA 151H
can be covered effectively in BA101H and BA 151H. BA 102H is to be eliminated
rather than BA 151H because the latter will help integrate students admitted
into the program as sophomores.