Accounting - BBA

This worksheet is a planning tool and enrollment guide for use when you enroll for your first semester.

The purple area identifies the required major related courses and Cluster One GenEd courses to select from for your first semester. Enroll in these classes first and build your schedule around them.

Use the GenEd section to identify additional courses to add to your schedule to create a full schedule.

Departmental Recommendations:

All students should enroll in either ECON 200 OR ECON 201.
All students should also enroll in a quantitative course based on your ALEKS math assessment score. Select one of the three options below for your first-semester:

a. Students with an acceptable math assessment score may enroll in COB 191 (Business Analytics I) OR a calculus course. MATH 205 (calculus) is specifically recommended for Accounting majors even though enrolling in the highest level math course as designated by your ALEKS score is encouraged.
b. Enroll in COB 191 (Business Analytics I) if you have credit from AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment calculus credit. Contact your advisor if you have difficulty enrolling.
c. Enroll in MATH 155 AND COB 204 (Computer Information Systems) if your math assessment score is <56 AND you do not have incoming calculus credit.

Enroll in one course from the GenEd Cluster One section requirements: Critical Thinking OR Human Communications.
Add General Education courses to create a schedule of 14-16 credit hours.

Placement Exams:

Your placement exam scores identify the appropriate course level based upon your current skills.

ALEKS Math Assessment Score: You need to know your math assessment score to determine your math placement for the 1st-semester or a future semester. After completion of the math assessment, enter your score in the field below so you have this information available if you are required to take a math course your 1st-semester. If a math course is required the 1st-semester, it will be identified in the purple section below. If math is not listed, you will take math in a future semester. The MyMadison system will not allow you to enroll in a course other than your placement recommendation.

Major Requirement(s) for the 1st Semester

Course Subject Code / Course Number / Course Name

Fulfills

Major Requirement:

Enroll in ONE of these Economics courses. Each course is 3 credit hours.

ECON 200 - Major & Cluster 4 requirement

ECON 201 - Major Requirement

1st-Semester Math Requirement:

Enroll in ONE of these courses based on your ALEKS math assessment score.

ALEKS Score	Course
>= 81	MATH 235
>= 66	MATH 205
56 - 65	MATH 205+ MATH 199**
>= 46 OR credit for MATH 155, 156, 205, 231, 233, 235 or ISAT 151	COB 191
<=55	MATH 155*

If you placed into MATH 155, enroll in COB 204 (Computer Information Systems). If you have credit from AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment for Calculus, enroll in COB 191 (Business Analytics I). If you are waiting on Calculus credit, you may have difficulty enrolling in COB 191 unless your ALEKS score is 46 or higher. Contact your advisor if you have difficulty enrolling in COB 191.

MATH 235 - Calculus I - 4 credit hours
MATH 205- Introductory Calculus - 3 credit hours
MATH 205 + MATH 199 - Introductory Calculus** - 4 credit hours
MATH 155 - College Algebra* - 3 credit hours

*MATH 155 is a prep course for calculus. This class does not fulfill your GenEd or major math requirement.

**MATH 199 is a gateway co-requisite designed to assist students who want to start calculus but need to review fundamental mathematics to be successful in MATH 205. Students will be registered for a total of 4 credit hours. The course is self-study-based and the only required meetings are drop-in proctored test-taking on Friday evenings. Grades are completely determined by the number of semester weeks that pass before the student successfully completes all of the exams. Once the exams are passed the student is no longer required to attend on Friday evenings. Students whose schedules prevent them from attending Friday sessions need to register for MATH 155

COB 191 - Business Analytics I - 3 credit hours
COB 204 - Computer Information Systems - 3 credit hours. Only open to those placing into MATH 155.

Major & Cluster 3 requirement

MATH 155 is a prep course for higher level calculus

Cluster One Requirement:

Select ONE course from EITHER the Human Communications section OR the Critical Thinking courses for your 1st-semester. You will take a course from the other area in your second semester. The MyMadison system will not allow you to enroll in both a critical thinking and a human communications course in the 1st-semester.

Click here for a list of GenEd course descriptions

Human Communications course options:

Critical Thinking course options:

Cluster One requirement

Cluster One must be completed in the first year.

General Education Courses

Complete the schedule planning process by using the General Education Planner below to identify courses to add to your schedule to create a full schedule of 14 - 16 credit hours. The number of GenEd courses you need to add from the list below is major dependent. Based on the required courses above, some majors will only need to add one GenEd course from the list below while others may need to add three GenEd courses to create a full schedule.

Notes:

Cluster One - Writing: If you do not have AP,IB,CIE or dual enrollment credit for WRTC 103, we encourage you enroll your 1st-semester. If a WRTC 103 course is not available, you will enroll in the following semester.

Cluster Three - Quantitative Reasoning: Math courses are restricted to students in majors that require a math class in the 1st-semester. If your major requires math in the 1st-semester, it will be indicated above in the purple Required area of this worksheet. If a math course is not identified in the purple Required section above, your advisor will discuss your math placement score and math recommendation for your major when you meet in the summer.

Cluster Four - American Experience: This is an area where many students have earned credit through AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment courses taken in high school. If you are waiting on test or grade results, we recommend you enroll in a GenEd course from a different cluster or cluster area until you receive your results.

Cluster Five - Sociocultural Domain: If you are waiting on test or grade results for Psychology through AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment courses taken in high school, we recommend you enroll in a GenEd course from a different cluster or cluster area until you receive your results.

Modified GenEd Planner for 1st-Semester Use

Click here for a list of GenEd course descriptions

Cluster One - Skills for the 21st Century

Cluster Four – Social and Cultural Processes

Critical Thinking

See the required section of this worksheet.

Human Communication

See the required section of this worksheet.

You will enroll in either a critical thinking OR human communications course for your 1st-semester.

The American Experience 4 credit hours

If you are waiting for AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment credit for history or government, do not enroll until you have received your results. 4 credit hours.

HIST 225: U.S. History
JUST 225: Justice and American Society
POSC 225: U.S. Government

Writing 3 credit hours

If you are waiting for test or grade results for writing through AP, IB, CIE or dual enrollment, wait for your results.

WRTC 103: Rhetorical Reading and Writing