Tips for Completing the B.S. Degree

1. Before taking upper-division courses in your general education, liberal studies, or your major, it is important for you to complete your required writing courses to enhance your writing skills. Many upper-division courses are writing-intensive.
   
   
2. College algebra is an important prerequisite for many College of Management foundation courses. Take your math assessment, if required, to find out if you are prepared for college algebra, or if you need a preparatory course.

   Currently, Metropolitan State offers college algebra as an independent study course. However, the independent study course is only recommended to students who are highly disciplined, organized, and have strong math skills. You may take an online college algebra course or prerequisites through a Partner Institution or an other college that offers college algebra.
   

3. All courses taken at a community college are considered lower-division, even if the equivalent courses are considered upper-division at Metropolitan State. You must have at least 41 upper-division credits for the B.S. degree. If you take all lower-division general education courses and all the major courses that are offered at a community college, you may not have enough upper-divison credits to graduate. Please be careful when choosing where to take courses and make certain you have completed at least 41 upper-division credits at Metropolitan State.
   
   
4. You do not need to complete all of your general education and liberal studies (GELS) requirements before you start taking courses in your major. In fact, it is helpful to save some GELS courses to take later in your major. You can then use GELS courses to fill out your course load during semesters when your major courses are not offered online.
   
   
5. Refer to the marketing course sequence for a list of specific courses you may use for your marketing electives. You can choose electives for your business administration or management major from several areas in the College of Management. Choose elective courses in areas that interest you or in areas where you would like to focus. Here is a list of areas to choose from for your electives.
   
   Accounting (Acct)
   Business Law (BLaw)
   Decision Sciences (DSci)
   Economics (Econ)
   Finance (Fin)
   Human Resource Management (HRM)
   International Business (IBus)
   Management (Mgmt)
   Management Information Systems (MIS)
   Marketing (Mktg)
   Nonprofit Management (NpM)
   Philosophy 320 only: Business Ethics (Phil)
   Public Administration (PAdm)
   
   Only a limited number of courses are available online.
   
6. Plan to take Mgmt 499: Case Studies in Strategic Management during your last semester. This capstone course requires that you apply knowledge gained from previous course work.

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