School of Business

To graduate from the School of Business, undergraduate students must complete specific requirements for their major, and general education program. For the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25 on a 4.0 scale. Students must also maintain an overall 2.25 GPA in all Business coursework. (Students completing the Business Administration degree with a specialization in MIS must have a 2.500 in their MIS courses and students completing the Economics specialization must have a 2.25 in their Economics courses.) Students seeking a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy must maintain a cumulative 2.50 GPA as well as a 2.25 GPA in their Business coursework and a 2.50 in their accounting core. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Management and Information Systems Majors must maintain a 2.25 cumulative GPA as well as a 2.25 GPA in their Business coursework and a 2.50 in the CMIS core. Students completing the Bachelor of Science in Business Economics and Finance must maintain a 2.25 cumulative GPA as well as a 2.25 in their Business coursework and their Economics and Finance courses. Please see the chart below.

Students must attend the first day of classes in order to ensure that they receive the full educational benefit of the course. Instructors actually begin teaching on the first day of classes and cover important administrative and academic material. Attendance at all sessions of a class is expected. Non-attendance at the first session could result in your place in class being given to another student.

When courses in the School of Business fill to the limit determined by the department, waitlists are activated in CougarNet. School of Business waitlists are reviewed weekly and students are moved into the vacant seats manually. Please note the following procedures which are being used regarding business courses with waitlists: When moving students from the waitlist into vacant seats, students who are not already enrolled in the course are given priority; students who have "holds" are skipped; students who are already enrolled in another section of the same course are skipped; students who are already at the maximum number of hours for the term are skipped; students who are moved in are notified by SIUE e-mail. We encourage students on waitlists to check their SIUE e-mail and their CougarNet schedule regularly to see if their registration has changed. If students do not become registered for a course or section for which they are waitlisted before the first day of classes, they may go to the first day of class to find out if the instructor will allow additional students into the course. If students have questions regarding waitlisting procedures or practices, they should contact their academic advisor.

Business students must practice professional standards in writing. To this end, all written assignments must meet minimal presentation standards to be acceptable. These standards address spelling, punctuation, format and basic grammar. The term Fatal Errors refers to technical English errors of form. Specifically they include the following:

• Each different word misspelled
• Each sentence fragment
• Each run-on sentence or comma splice
• Each mistake in capitalization
• Each serious error in punctuation that obscures meaning
• Each error in verb tense or subject/verb agreement
• Lack of conformity with assignment format
• Each improper citation, or lack of citation where one is needed

Papers with more than three fatal errors marked by an instructor on any one page, or more than a number specified by the instructor for the entire document, will be returned to the student and subject to a grading penalty as prescribed by the instructor. Instructors will determine the number of resubmissions allowed and the penalty attached to each resubmission. Penalties for final course papers (where there is no time for a resubmission) will be determined by the instructor and will be based on the relative importance of the assignment to the determination of the final course grade. This policy applies to all 200-level and above business courses.

Since the nature of written assignments will vary from course to course, please discuss writing expectations and other details on the application of this policy with each of your instructors.

The Undergraduate Student Request Form should be used to make any special requests including, but not limited to course substitutions, courses taken out of sequence or without prerequisites, transferred courses, permission to continue under probationary status, etc. Any applicable documentation should be attached to the completed form and returned to Business Student Services in Founders Hall, room 3301.

Students who are pursuing the Business Administration major are strongly encouraged to choose a specialization to complement their educational goals. Students who do not complete one of the available specializations and only wish to receive a broad business program will be required to complete four approved courses for what is called the General Business Administration specialization. Only students who intend to pursue the General Business Specialization should use this form to seek approval for their program of study. The form, after it is fully completed, should be returned to Business Student Services in Founders Hall, room 3301.

Students who wish to enroll in an independent study should use this form to gain the approval of the faculty sponsor and chairperson of the department. Once the form is complete with appropriate signatures, students should return the form to their academic advisor for registration.

Visiting students who intend to take business courses at SIUE to transfer back to their home institution must complete the Visiting Student Request form, have their advisor or program director’s consent and process the completed form through the Service Center in Rendleman Hall, room 1309.