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Bauer Undergraduate Program Concentration Prerequisites

To take 3000-4000 level business courses students must have a 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA at UH, and meet specific prerequisites for courses as listed below.
Non-business majors may not take 3000-4000 level business courses except for INTB 3351, 3352, and 3353; and ENTR 3310 and 3312 (courses for the Global Business minor), unless they have officially declared a minor in business or are in a specialty program, and are taking courses specifically required for that minor or specialty program. All business minors require a 2.75 GPA on the last 60 hours of coursework including transfer work and all attempted hours except for the Global Business minor and the International Area Studies minor.
Prebusiness majors can take up to FIVE 3000-level business courses.
Current Bauer College guidelines do not permit Post Baccalaureate students to take undergraduate business courses or pursue a second undergraduate degree in the Bauer College of Business.
Enrollment in 4000-level business courses is limited to students who are declared business majors (business majors with degree plans on file ) and to students officially admitted into business-related programs (such as business minors, and students in the computer science-business option, the professional selling program, and exchange programs) who are taking these courses to meet specified requirements for these business-related programs.
A prerequisite course must be completed with a passing grade (D- or higher, unless a specific grade is noted) prior to the start of the course.
Concurrent enrollment means to take course and required course in the same semester.
No 3000-4000 level business course may be repeated more than 3 times (including W's, I's, F's and passing grades).
Prebusiness majors can take up to five 3000-level business courses including all courses attempted (with W's, I's, F's, and passing grades) and courses transferred. Prebusiness majors may take 3000-level business courses while participating in a mixed program, (i.e. a one-semester transition in which students that are in all remaining courses to file a degree plan while simultaneously enrolled in 3000-level business courses). The Bauer College of Business has specified filing periods.
Prerequisites not on the UH mainframe computer record must be evaluated and automated on the College of Business prerequisite checking computer program before the beginning of the courses for which the prerequisites are required (for example: international transfer evaluations). Contact the Office of Undergraduate Business Programs, 262 Melcher Hall, (713) 743-4900 for information.
Courses listed below with * indicate courses specifically required for majors of that department. Students seeking an undergraduate degree should complete Freshman-Sophomore courses by their junior year and file for a degree plan & a specific area of concentration.

Accountancy & Taxation
Decision and Information Science
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Management
Marketing
General Business
International Business

Accountancy & Taxation (ACCT)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
	2331 Acct I-Financial	No Prerequisite
	2332 Acct II-Managerial	Acct 2331
*	3337 Mgt Acct	Acct 2332
*	3367 Intermed I	Acct 2332
*	3368 Intermed II	Acct 3367 w/at least C
*	3371 Acct Inform Systems	Acct 2332, Disc 2373
	4330 Adv Acct Problems	Acct 3368 w/at least C
*	4331 Tax I-Individual	Junior Standing
	4332 Tax II-Corporate	Acct 4331
	4334 Adv Acct Inform Systems	Acct 3371 & Acct 4335
*	4335 Auditing	Acct 3367 w/at least C & Acct 3371
	4337 Add Cost Accounting	Acct 3337 & Acct 4330
	4340 SEC Reporting & Corp Discloser	Acct 4330 & Acct 4335
	4341 Accounting Internship	Jr. Standing & written approval (Forms available in 262 Melcher Hall)
	4344 Financial Statement Analysis	Acct 3368 (proposed); Acct 4330(former): for Fall 2001, either course will be accepted as the prerequisite for Acct 4334
	4350 Contemporary Fin Acct Issues	Acct 3368
	4360 International Accounting	Acct 3367
	4375 Internal Auditing & Ent Con Env	Acct 3367 w/at least C
	4376 Advanced Auditing	Acct 4335
	4377 Gov & Non-profit	Acct 3367
	4378 Oil & Gas Acct	Acct 3367 w/at least C
	4397 Fraud Examination	Acct 3368
	4397Accounting in Global Energy Industry	Acct 3367
	4397 Internal Auditing	Acct 3368
	4397 Commercial Law	Junior Standing (This course will not count as an ACCT elective)

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Decision and Information Science (DISC)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
	3300 Intro-Comp & MIS	none
	3331 Stat I	Math 1313, Math 1314, Disc 3300
areas of concentration within disc:
1. (MIS) Disc-Management Information Systems
*	3369 Information Technology in Organizations	Disc 3300 (for non- MIS and COSC students only)
*	3370 Information System Tools	Completion or concurrent enrollment in DISC 3371
*	3371 Transactions Processing I	Completion or concurrent enrollment in DISC 3380
*	3376 Database Management	Completion or concurrent enrollment in Disc 3371
*	3380 Systems Analysis & Design	Disc 3300 **Students cannot receive 6 hours of MIS elective credit for both Disc 4370 and Disc 3380.
*	**4478 Adminisration of Computer-Based Management Information Systems	Disc 3371 & concurrent enrollment in 1hr lab Students cannot receive 7 hours of MIS elective credit for both Disc 4378 and Disc 4478**.
	4371 Interactive Systems	Disc 3371
	4372 Trans Proc II	Disc 3371
	4373 Trans Proc III	DISC 4372
	4374 IT Project Management	Disc 3371 **Students cannot receive receive credit for Disc 4374 and Disc 4397 IT Project Management
	**4477 Fundamentals of Data Communications and Networking	Disc 3371 and concurrent enrollment in 1hr lab Students cannot receive 7 hours of MIS elective credit for both Disc 4477** and Disc 4377.
	4379 Business Systems Consulting	Instructor's Approval Required. Computer Science majors please consult MIS advisor.
	4397 IT Mgmt & Control	DISC 4478 or DISC 4378
	4397 RFID Programming	Disc 3370
ALL Computer Science** students please consult MIS advisor for prerequisites.
2. (Op Mgt) DISC-Supply Chain Management
	3301 Service & Manufacturing Operat	Math 1313
	4356 Project Operations	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4358 Quality Management	Disc 3331, & Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4361 Supply Chain Management	Disc 3301
	4362 Enterprise Resource Planning	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4363 Operations in Service Industries	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4364 Global Supply Chain Operations	Disc 3331 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4365 Business Forecasting	Disc 3301
	4366 Dist and Inv Mgmt	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4367 Competitive Quality	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4368 Manufacturing Control Systems	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4369 Supply Chain Management Internship	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4388 Prod & Logic for Small Business	Disc 3301 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361
	4397 Purchasing Management	Disc 3301
	4397 Quant Decisn Making Using SAS	Disc 3331 & completion or enrollment in Disc 4361 & advisor approval
	4397 SCM for Energy Organizations	Disc 3301

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Entrepreneurship (ENTR)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
*	3310 Intro. to Entrepreneurship	Junior Standing
*	3312 Intrapreneurship	Junior Standing
	Enrollment in all other Entrepreneurship courses requires admission to the program. Contact CEI at (713) 743-4752 for details.
*	4320 Entrepreneurial Revenue	Entr 3310
*	4330 Entr Costs & Budgets	Entr 3310
*	4340 Entr Organiz Cap & Fund	Entr 4320 & 4330
*	4350 Entr Business Plan	Entr 4320 & 4330
*	4360 Implementation of Bus Plan	Entr 4340 & 4350

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Finance (FINA)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
*	3332 Principles of Fina Mgt	Acct 2331, Math 1313, & Math 1314
	4310 or 4397 Behavioral Finance	Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4310 and Mana 4310 and/or FINA 4397 Psych of Money & Investing Mana 4310.
*	4320 or 4366 Investment Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4320 and Fina 4366.
	4322 or 4397 Security Financial Analysis	Fina 4320 or Fina 4366 & instructor approval **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4322 and Fina 4397 Security Fin Analysis.
*	4330 or 4332 Corporate Finance	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4330 and Fina 4322.
	4334 or 3334 Managerial Finance	Acct 2332, Econ 2304, Math 1313 & 1314 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4334 and Fina 3334.
	4340 or 4376 Financial Systems	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4340 and Fina 4376.
	4341 or 4337 Commercial Bank Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4341 and Fina 4337.
	4350 or 4339 Options & Futures	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4350 and Fina 4339.
	4354 or 4388 Risk Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4354 and Fina 4388.
	4355 or 4389 International Risk Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4355 and Fina 4389.
	4356 or 4397 Insurance Operations	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4356 and Fina 4397 Insurance Op.
	4358 or 4397 Commercial Property	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4358 and Fina 4397 Commercial Property.
	4359 or 4397 Energy Insurance & Risk Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4359and Fina 4397 Energy Insur & Risk Mgt.
	4360 or 4386 International Financial Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4360 and Fina 4386.
	4380 or 4333 Real Est Finance	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4380 and Fina 4333.
	4390 Current Issues	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Applied Finance Projects	Fina 3332 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Investment & Mutual Fund Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Personal Financial Planning	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Venture Finance	Fina 4330 or 4332
	4397 Independent Research Proj in Risk Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Independent Research Proj in Investment	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Independent Research Proj in Mutual Fund Mgt	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Energy Trading	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & department approval
	4397 Financial Consulting I	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Financial Consulting II	Econ 2304, Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 & Instructor approval.
	4397 Financial Analysis	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Commercial Liability	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Upstream Economics	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Energy Value Chain	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Petrochem & Refining Economics	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331
	4397 Private Equity & Inv Banking	Econ 2304 , Fina 3332 & Disc 3331

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Management (MANA)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
*	3335 Intro to OBM (formerly Mana 3333:3334)	Junior Standing
*	3350 (or Intb 3350) Int'l Environment of Business	Junior Standing Student cannot receive credit for Mana 3350 and Intb 3350 Mana 3350 is not a Management elective
	4310 Behavioral Finance	Fina 3332 & Disc 3331 **Students cannot receive credit for both Fina 4310 and Mana 4310.
	4330 Intro to Human Resource Mgt	Mana 3335
	4331 Current Issues in HRM	Mana 4330
	4333 Current Issues in Mgt	Mana 3335
	4334 Industrial Relations	Mana 4330
	4335 Global HR Mgmt	Mana 4330
	4336 Legal Environment of Mgt	Mana 3335
	4337 Stress & Work	Mana 3335
	4338 Performance of Mgt Systems	Mana 4330
	4340 Cross-cult Comm & Negotiation	Mana 3335
	4341 Intro to Organizational Change	Mana 4330
	4342 Org. Theory Analysis	Mana 3335
	4347 Ethics & Corp Social Respon	Mana 3335
	4350 Int'l Comp Mgt	Mana 3335
	4353 Mgt Training & Career Dev	Mana 4330
	4354 Issue in Equal Employ Oppor	Mana 3335 & instructor consent
	4355 Selection & Staffing	Mana 4330
	4356 Managing Diversity	Mana 3335
	4358 Compensation Systems	Mana 4330
	4385 Industry & Competitive Analysis	Mana 3335 & Econ 2304
	4397 Legal issues for Small Businesses	Mana 3335
	4397 Law of Bus Transactions	Junior Standing
	4397 Negotiation skills for Managers	Mana 3335
	4397 Surviving Org Politics	Mana 3335
	4397 Managerial Communication	Mana 3335
	4397 Current Issues: Mana. Dec. Making	Mana 3335

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Marketing (MARK)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
	3336 Elements of Mkt	Junior Standing
*	3337 (formerly 4366) Professional Selling	Junior Standing
	4338 Information for Mkt Decisions	Mark 3336 & Disc 3331
	4339 Database Marketing	Mark 3336 & Disc 3331
	4362 Applied Buyer Behavior	Mark 3336
	4363 Intl Mkt	Mark 3336
	4365 Electronic Commerce	Mark 3336
	4367 Adv & Promo Mgt	Mark 3336
	3339 Marketing Strategy and Planning	Mark 3336
	4397 Business to Business Marketing	Mark 3336
	4397 Mkt Services	Mark 3336
	4397 Consulting Projects	Mark 3336 & (3.25GPA or in Honor's College)
	4397: 4396: Marketing Internship	Mark 3336 & Approval of Dept. Chair
	4198: 4298: 4398: Special Problems	Junior Standing and Approval of Chair
	3399: 4399: Senior Thesis	Must be in the Honor's College & have Jr. Standing
	4373 Adv Professional Selling	Mark 3337 & must be in the Professional Selling Program
	4374 Sales Management	Mark 4373 , Mark 4376, & must be in the Professional Selling Program
	4375 Key Account Selling	Mark 4374 & must be in the Professional Selling Program
	4376 Sales Force Automation	Mark 3337 & must be in the Professional Selling Program
	4179 Call Center Laboratory	Mark 3337 & must be in the Professional Selling Program
	Mark majors may take certain Comm, Hdcs, Hrma, or Kin courses for Mark credit.	See Office of Undergraduate Business Programs, 262 Melcher Hall, for specific course numbers.

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General Business(GENB)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
	4320 Comm Law	jr standing
	4350 Business Law and Ethics	jr standing & a degree plan on file
	4396 Business Internship	jr standing & approval of dept chair

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International Business (INTB)

Required	Course	Prerequisite Required
	3350 Int'l Environment of Business	Jr Standing *Student cannot receive credit for Mana 3350 and Intb 3350
	3351 History of Globalization	Jr standing
	3352 Politics of Globalization	Jr standing
	3353 Economics of Globalization	Jr standing

Bauer Undergraduate Program Concentration Prerequisites

Accountancy & Taxation (ACCT)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

Decision and Information Science (DISC)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

areas of concentration within disc:

1. (MIS) Disc-Management Information Systems

2. (Op Mgt) DISC-Supply Chain Management

Entrepreneurship (ENTR)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

Finance (FINA)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

Management (MANA)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

Marketing (MARK)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

General Business(GENB)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required

International Business (INTB)

Required

Course

Prerequisite Required