The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program is separated into Lower Division and Upper Division requirements. The Lower Division requirements, which consists of Lower Division Business Core and additional general education requirements, should be completed during the freshman and sophomore years.

Admission will be granted to the Upper Division of the college upon completion of the Lower Division Business Core with grades of C or higher and attainment of 2.75 or higher grade point average (2.0 for catalog editions 1999-2000 and earlier and 2.5 for catalogs 2000-2002). Junior and senior level business courses may be taken after admission to the Upper Division has been granted and junior status attained. The Upper Division consists of the Upper Division Core, major courses and electives.

Graduation Requirements

The Bachelor of Business Administration degree will be awarded to all students who fulfill the following minimum requirements:

• Satisfactory completion of all courses as outlined for each major.
  
  
• A minimum Texas Tech cumulative 2.0 GPA.
  
  
• Completion of the last 30 hours following official admission into the Rawls College of Business.
  
  

At least one year before the proposed graduation date, application for the degree must be made through the Undergraduate Services Center. Graduation is attained by fulfilling the requirements for a B.B.A. degree using an eligible catalog edition. It is the student’s responsibility to fulfill all catalog requirements.

General Standards and Requirements

ACCREDITATION
The International Association For Management Education (AACSB) prescribes that at least 50 percent of the total hours in the undergraduate program be in General Education courses. A.A.C.S.B. prescribes that at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree be earned at the institution awarding the degree.

CATALOG SELECTION
Students will use the catalog issued for the year in which they were first officially admitted to the Rawls College of Business or a more recent catalog if approved. However, if they later transfer to another institution or another college at Texas Tech, they will use the catalog in effect when they are readmitted to the Rawls College of Business. For these purposes, a catalog expires after seven years.

CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Free electives and lower division non-BA/non-Economics courses may be taken by correspondence up to a maximum of 18 hours. Lower division business core, upper division core, major courses and requirements are excluded. A correspondence course cannot be used for graduation when completed during the student’s final semester or summer term. Correspondence courses cannot be used to attain full-time status for honor roll eligibility.

COURSE LOAD
The normal course load for a semester is 15 to 16 hours. The maximum load for a semester is 19 hours (8 hours for a summer term). Correspondence courses are included in a student’s course load. A maximum of 12 hours is recommended for students on probation.

COURSE PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites are governed by the catalog in effect when the course is taken.

GRADES OF INCOMPLETE
Grades of Incomplete must be removed at Texas Tech University, not by transfer credit.

INELIGIBLE REGISTRATIONS
The Rawls College of Business reserves the right to drop any ineligibly registered student from a course for reasons such as lower division-upper division rule infractions and lack of prerequisites. Courses taken ineligibly are not used in the degree program.

NONDEGREE STUDENTS
A nondegree form must be signed in the Undergraduate Service Center before registration. The nondegree status will continue until a written request for a change has been approved by the Undergraduate Services Center. All prerequisites and academic regulations based on GPA, such as probation and suspension, apply to nondegree students. Courses taken while in the nondegree status may not be used as part of a degree program.

PASS-FAIL
Only free electives are eligible for the pass-fail option. No free elective in a student’s major area may be taken pass-fail (i.e., accounting course for an accounting major) even if major courses have been completed, nor can a course be taken pass-fail that could be used for a group A, B, or C requirement unless that group has been satisfactorily completed. Pass-fail hours are excluded in determining eligibility for the Dean’s Honor List and President’s Honor Roll.

PROBATION AND SUSPENSION
See the section of the catalog entitled Academic Status concerning probation and suspension policies.

SUMMER WORK
Course work to be taken at other institutions should be discussed with an undergraduate advisor.