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General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements


The outline below is a suggested method for satisfying the general education requirements (GERs) while also completing Undergraduate BBA prerequisite courses. You should plan to enter the BBA program after completing most of your GERs.

In addition, some BBA core classes count towards fulfilling the GERs for BBA students. There is sufficient flexibility in the BBA curriculum to complete your remaining requirements, if necessary.


Area I. First Year Seminar (FSM) (Must be taken at Emory College in the first two semesters)
Area II. Freshman English/Writing Requirement (FWR) (One course)
Please note: ENG 101, ENG 181, LIT 110, and AP English all fulfill one course in this area
Area III. Continuing Writing Requirements (CWR) (Three courses, grade of C or better)
• 1 CWR-designated course in Emory College
• BUS 365 Business Communications (BBA Core writing and speaking course)
• One business elective (designated with a writing intensive component)
Area IV. Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (MQR) (One course)
Please note: AP Calculus Credit, Math 112 or Math 119 fulfills one course in this area
Area V. Science, Nature and Technology (SNT) (Two courses, one of which must have a lab)
Please note: BUS 351 Process and Systems Management  (a BBA core class) fulfills one non-lab course in this area
Area VI. History, Society, Cultures (HSC) (Two courses)
Please note: ECON 101, ECON 112, or BUS 201 all fulfill one course in this area
Please note: BUS 330 Organization and Management (a BBA core class) fulfills one course in this area
Area VII. Humanities, Arts, Performance (HAP) (Four courses or 16 credit hours; must include 8 hours coursework in a single foreign language with possible exemption of 4 such hours by AP credit)
Area VIII. Personal Health (One course, one credit hour) May be exempted through examination
Area IX. Physical Education and Dance (three one-hour courses, may be taken on a satisfactory / unsatisfactory basis)

Note to Oxford Continuees

If you have completed the requirements for the associate’s degree of Oxford College you will have satisfied the GERs required for Oxford continuees in the BBA program.


Note for transfer students

Additional information regarding GERs for transfer students from other universities is available from the BBA Program Office.


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