Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Degree Requirements

Lincoln Program General Education Requirements

* Courses that require a grade of C or higher.

First Semester Transition

• FST 101*

Foundation Courses (5 required)

• ENG 101*
• ENG 102*
• ACS 101*
• RA 101
• QR 101

Breadth Area Courses (6 required)

• ECON 111* (meets Breadth Social Science (BSS) major requirement)
• Breadth Humanities (BHUM) course
• Breadth Fine and Performing Arts (BFPA) course
• MATH 120* (meets Breadth Physical Science (BPS) major requirement)
• Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) course
• CMIS 108* (meets Breadth Information and Communication in Society (BICS) major requirement)

Experiences Requirements

• Experience Laboratory (EL) (MS 251, major requirement, will meet one EL science requirement)
• Global Cultures, Race, and Equity Education (EREG) or U.S. Race, Gender, and Equity (ERGU) (GBA 383, major requirements, will meet either EREG or ERGU but not both)
• Health Experience (EH)

Additional General Education Requirements

• Interdisciplinary Studies (met by GBA 383, major requirement)

Bachelor of Science Requirements

To complete a Bachelor of Science at SIUE, students must have a total of at least eight courses in the sciences (life, physical or social) including, as part of those eight courses, two courses designated as labs (EL). The courses listed below are included as a part of the required courses for the major or as a part of the Breadth Area requirements.

1. Social, Physical, or Life Science Course (students must choose a course with a lab, EL, to fulfill this requirement)
2. ECON 111* (required for all business majors, also used for Breadth Area Course, see above)
3. ECON 112* (required for all business majors, see above)
4. MATH 120* (required for all business majors, also used for Breadth Area Course, see above)
5. MS 250* (required for all business majors, see below)
6. MS 251* (required for all business majors, see below)
7. GBA 383 (required for all business majors, see above)
8. Breadth Life Science Course (see Breadth Area Life Sciences course above)

Students should consult with an academic advisor to ensure proper completion of Lincoln Program general education requirements.

Business Administration Major Requirements

• ACCT 200*, 210*, CMIS 108*, 342, ECON 111*, 112*, ENG 101*, 102*, FIN 320, GBA 301, 383, 402, MATH 120*^, MGMT 330, 331, 441*, MS 250*^, 251*, MKTG 300, SCM 315, ACS 101*

Specialization Courses (see below)

*Courses that require a grade of C or better
^Students may substitute MATH 150 (with a grade of C or higher) for both MATH 120 & MS 250

Computer Information Systems

(Nine courses required)

2.5 GPA in all CMIS courses required. Students must be declared into this specialization to register for 300- and 400-level CMIS courses.

• CMIS 130*
• CMIS 232 or 234
• CMIS 270*, 310, 350, 470
• Three CIS Electives taken from focus areas below or across focus areas to suit student interests. Three focus areas are available to CIS specialization students:
  • Students interested in the development track should choose from CMIS 232 or 234^, 260, 300, 430, 435, 488.
  • Students interested in the infrastructure and administration track should choose from CMIS 462, 468, 472, 488.
  • Students interested in the business analysis track should choose from CMIS 455, 495 (project management topic), 495 (business process and IS topic), 488
• ^Students are required to take either CMIS 232 or 234 for the specialization. The other course can be taken as a CIS elective. 

Cybersecurity

(Nine courses required)

2.5 GPA in all CMIS courses required. Students must be declared into this specialization to register for 300- and 400-level CMIS courses. Students will not be able to double-specialize. They will need to choose either the CIS specialization or the Cybersecurity specialization.

• CMIS 130, CMIS 270*, 310, 422, 468,  470
• Three electives taken from: CMIS 424, 426, 427, 488, 490, 495, or CJ 490

Data Analytics

(Six courses required)

2.5 GPA in all specialization courses required.  Students must be declared into this specialization to register for 300- and 400-level courses.

• CMIS 130, 351, 451
• One elective taken from the following: ECON 315, MGMT 377, MKTG 377
• Two electives taken from the following: ACCT 441, CMIS 352, CMIS 427, ECON 416, ECON 417, FIN 451, or one internship (CMIS 488, ECON 488, FIN 488, MGMT 488, MKTG 488, SCM 488 -- must be in Data Analytics field)

Economics

(Six courses required; 2.25 GPA in all economics courses required)

• ECON 301, 302, 315
• Three ECON Electives
• Students may choose from the following ECON electives:  ECON 300, 321, 327, 341, 343, 345, 346, 411, 415, 416, 417, 428, 429, 431, 439, 461. 

Entrepreneurship

(Four courses required)

• MGMT 430
• MGMT 475
• MGMT 476

Plus one of the following:

• MGMT 431, 432, 433, 451, 461, 485

Finance

(Nine courses required; C or higher required in FIN 320)

• FIN 344, 420, 421, 430, 431, 440
• Three 300-400 level FIN Electives

General Business Administration, No Specialization

(Four courses required)
Four approved 300- and/or 400-level business or non-business courses. Students are required to propose courses and rationale for request. Students should create their plan in consultation with their academic advisor. 

Human Resource Management

(Five courses required)

• MGMT 430
• MGMT 431
• MGMT 432
• MGMT 433

Plus one of the following:

• MGMT 451, 485, ECON 331, PSYC 320, 473, SOC 304, 338, 431, 444, ACS 300, 403

International Business

Students must complete foreign language/study abroad options described below and complete four business courses focused on international business.

• Option A: FL 111X, FL 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, one 300- or 400-level FL elective and one full semester of study abroad totaling 12-15 hours

OR

• Option B: FL 111X, FL 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, and two 300- or 400-level FL electives and three hours of study abroad

All international business students must complete four of the following:

• ECON 361
• ECON 461
• FIN 450
• MKTG 476
• MGMT 461

Management

(Six courses required)

• MGMT 377
• MGMT 425
• MGMT 430

Plus any three of the following courses:

Supply Chain Management Focused Courses: SCM 435, SCM 440

Organizational Behavior Focused Courses: MGMT 445, MGMT 451, MGMT 470

Additional Management Courses: MGMT 461, MGMT 475, MGMT 488

Marketing

(Five courses required)

• MKTG 377 *
• MKTG 480

Plus three of the following:

• MKTG 465, 466, 467, 468, 470, 471, 472, 474, 475, 476, 479, 488

Supply Chain Management

(Six courses required)

• SCM 435
• SCM 440
• MGMT 377
• IE 488

One of the following:

• MGMT 445
• MGMT 470

And one of the following:

• SCM 470
• SCM 488
• GBA 489 (with SCM focus)

Retention

Once declared into the business administration program, students must achieve and maintain at least a 2.25 cumulative GPA. Students who fail to maintain at least a 2.25 cumulative GPA at SIUE will be placed on program probation. Students will be notified when they are not meeting the cumulative GPA retention standard and will be informed of the timeframe allowed to improve their GPA. Students who do not meet retention requirements for two consecutive terms will be separated from the business administration major and will be removed from the School of Business.

Re-entry to School of Business Programs

Former students who have not attended SIUE for three or more terms must meet program requirements in effect at the time of re-entry, including any retention or program-specific course or grade point average requirements.

Repeat Policy

Students may repeat undergraduate business courses (ACCT, CMIS, ECON, FIN, GBA, MS, MGMT, MKTG, PROD and SCM) at SIUE under the following conditions and restrictions: When a course is repeated, only the grade earned in the final attempt will be used in computing the grade point average. All grades will appear on the transcript.

Credits earned for any course will be applied only once toward degree requirements, no matter how often the course is repeated.

• 100-level courses may not be repeated more than three times.
• 200-level courses may not be repeated more than two times.
• 300- and 400-level courses may not be repeated more than one time.

The School of Business is not obligated to offer a course to provide students an opportunity to repeat a previously attempted course. If a student does not pass a 300- or 400-level course after the second graded attempt, one of the following options must be chosen:

1. Appeal to take the course a third time. If the student does not pass the course on the third attempt, the student must choose a major outside the School of Business. OR
2. Take the required course at another AACSB accredited institution. (A 300- or 400-level course may only be taken at an approved four-year college or university.) St. Louis University, Washington University and University of Missouri St. Louis are the only AACSB accredited institutions in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Other institutions outside the metropolitan area may be approved if they are AACSB accredited and an equivalent or appropriate substitute course is offered at that institution.

Attendance

Because there is high demand for business courses, failure to attend the first class session may result in the student being dropped from the course.