Traditional Undergraduate Program

Edgewood College School of Business offers an innovative undergraduate degree program. Courses employ active learning approaches to foster student development. Our integrated approach helps students develop a holistic view of how organizations work, how different business disciplines interface, and how to effectively impact organizations.

Business majors choose an area of concentration (optional for Accounting majors). Students take courses in a specific discipline to develop a deeper level of expertise. The School of Business offers five concentration options: Accounting, Finance, General Business, Management and Marketing. All Business and Accounting majors are required to complete one internship experience of at least 160 hours. While completing the internship, students take a course for credit that helps develop their career management skills.

Policies

For students earning a major in Business, a minimum of 18 credits in Business courses numbered 300 or above must be earned at Edgewood College. For students earning a major in Accounting, a minimum of 18 credits in Accounting courses numbered 300 or above must be earned at Edgewood College. For students earning a minor, a minimum of 6 credits in Business courses numbered 300 or above must be earned at Edgewood College.

Once enrolled at Edgewood College, all coursework to be applied to a major or minor must be taken at Edgewood College. Exceptions to this rule will occur only in extreme circumstances and require prior written permission of both the student’s academic advisor and the Dean of the School of Business. During their junior year, students must complete the Declaration of Major form with assistance from their advisor and submit it to the Registrar’s Office.

Specific courses have prerequisites that must be satisfied prior to enrollment. See course descriptions for more details.

Policy for the Waiver of Undergraduate Internship Requirement

Students requesting to obtain a waiver for the undergraduate internship requirement within Edgewood College School of Business programs must meet, at minimum, the following criteria:

Student must submit a request to waive the undergraduate internship requirement at least one semester prior to intended semester of graduation.
Student must submit a resume to be reviewed by members of the Edgewood College School of Business faculty and staff. Student should be willing to complete any revisions suggested after review of resume.
Student must demonstrate a significant amount of external experience which would meet or exceed the requirements of the undergraduate internship. Experience should be demonstrated by the submission of a personal statement from the student along with supporting letters of reference and/or industry credentials/certifications.
Student must provide rationale for the inability to complete the internship requirement as traditionally mandated. Student should demonstrate through documentation and personal statements that completion of the internship requirement in the traditional format would impose undue hardship or otherwise not be logistically possible.
Student may be required to complete written and/or oral assignments related to the internship course for which they are petitioning a waiver.

Policy for the Timeline of Submission of Waivers of Program Requirements

With regards to waivers for the undergraduate programs within the School of Business, students should request and submit finalized, signed paperwork no later than one semester prior to their anticipated semester of graduation. It is vital to the successful progress of the student that this procedure be handled within a timely manner to ensure that students are aware of their academic requirements. Students who fail to adhere to this timeline will not be automatically denied approval but may risk delaying their date of completion.

Policy to Standardize the Age of Accepted Transfer/Continuing Credit

For the purpose of evaluating transfer-in and returning student course credit for the Traditional Undergraduate and Adult College Completion programs within the School of Business:

No credit shall be accepted that is older than 10 years for program specific courses.
No credit shall be accepted which does not meet the C or better grade requirement for program specific courses.
In the instance that a student must continue a sequence of coursework, such as in accounting or finance, the student may be required to retake the equivalent of the most recently successfully completed course in the sequence if the completed course is more than 5 years old.
Students whose credit is outside of the 10 year window may petition to renew the credit through completion of a portfolio project which would demonstrate current knowledge of the content.

Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the Chair of the content area of the course(s), and/or the Dean of the School of Business, and/or the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Affairs for the School of Business.

Prerequisites for admission to the Bachelor of Science in Business or Bachelor of Science in Accounting programs

Admission to the School of Business requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 and a grade of “C” or better in each of the following courses:

O: Intro to Communication
T: Logic and Critical Thinking
W: College Writing
ECON 255 - Principles of Macroeconomics OR ECON 256 - Principles of Microeconomics (Only one of these courses must be completed prior to admission into the School of Business)
MATH 121 - Statistics
MATH 122 - Finite Mathematics
CS 150 - Computing & Business Applications .

Students must complete an application process prior to being formally admitted to the School of Business and to be eligible to complete the Business or Accounting majors.