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THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting | Agricultural Business | Business Administration | Economics | Engineering Management | Finance | International Business | Management | Marketing | Tourism and Resort Management | Reqirements for Minors JOHN
(Skip) E. CAVE, DEAN Mission The School of Business Administration’s faculty works as a team to provide innovative undergraduate business and professional education that challenges traditional pedagogical models and integrates the business and liberal arts disciplines to prepare students for a dynamic, globally competitive business environment. Values We provide high quality undergraduate programs with a commitment to developing a liberally educated and professionally competent student. We reach out to attract and serve a culturally diverse community of scholars and students to help them achieve their full potential. We help students gain a maturity of commitment, a sense of social responsibility, and integrity. Our success depends upon maintaining a quality faculty dedicated to teaching and scholarship, a critical mass of committed students, a sense of community focused on our common goals, and adequate funding from public and private sources. Realizing the need for quality and continuous improvement in all that we do, we strive to maintain a dedicated team of teacher-scholars with concern for our students, for the quality of our faculty, and for the success of our graduates. Additionally, we strive to prepare our students and faculty to meet the needs of organizations and communities operating in a globally competitive environment with diverse economic systems. Goals and Objectives Teaching To be leaders in learning, pedagogy, curriculum, and student-oriented service-delivery systems, we position ourselves as a distinguished value-added undergraduate school by focusing attention on enhancing student’s use of information as a competitive tool through life-long learning, knowledge of business content, tools skills and applications. Achievement of these goals will include developing analytical, computer and decision making skills; leadership/interpersonal, communication, planning and organizing skills; risk taking, experimentation, and complex-systems-thinking proficiency. Further, we will develop students with responsible/ethical attitudes and actions; and international/multicultural/gender sensitivity. Visibility and Reputation To enhance the School’s regional and national visibility and reputation for exceptional value-added undergraduate business and professional education and service, we facilitate student employment opportunities, improve graduate school admission opportunities and provide community/regional service. Achievement of these goals and objectives requires continuing research and publication. We will maintain AACSB accreditation. Resources Support To provide adequate resources to support the mission, goals and objectives of the School, we seek and maintain sources of both internal and external funding. Achievement of these goals and objectives requires us to be efficient stewards of society’s resources. Commitment to Excellence To support our goals and objectives we are committed to developing and maintaining a curriculum that is responsive to society’s needs and to increasing learning both inside and outside the classroom. This requires more emphasis on interdisciplinary/industry-focused curricula, creating a more effective physical environment for learning, and focusing our efforts on pedagogical innovations. The School of Business Administration degree programs are designed to provide a balanced combination of the arts and sciences and professional business education. The more specific objectives of the Bachelor of Arts degree programs offered by the School of Business Administration are:
The School is characterized by its professional attitude, the diversity of its largely work-experienced faculty and its close student-faculty relationship. In addition to concern for good classroom instruction, the faculty believe that much learning takes place through personal and informal contacts with and among students. The Business Club, Students in Free Enterprise, American Indian Business Leaders, Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting professional fraternity, and Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honorary business fraternity, are active campus groups which promote such interactions. Degree Programs and Options The curricula offered by the School lead to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Accounting, Economics or Business Administration. Within the Business Administration major, options are offered in Agricultural Business, Business Administration, Engineering Management, Finance, Information Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Tourism and Resort Management. Acceptance of Transfer Credits It is recommended that students planning to transfer into the Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration do so by the end of their sophomore year. Students must complete their final 28 credit hours in residence at Fort Lewis College. Students taking their first two years of work at a junior or community college or at another four-year institution should take only those business courses that are offered at the freshman or sophomore level at Fort Lewis College. To be exempt from the School of Business Administration sophomore-level writing requirement, students should take a business writing or business communications course at their junior or community college. Business courses taught at junior or community colleges may not be used to satisfy upper-division course requirements (courses at the 300- and 400-level) of the School of Business Administration. Prerequisite Requirement Students who enroll in a business course without having satisfactorily completed the required prerequisite(s), or received consent of the instructor, are subject to administrative withdrawal from the course. Non-Business Students Students who are not working toward a baccalaureate degree in business are prohibited from taking business credits that will exceed 25 percent of their total program. This provision is in accordance with the accreditation standards of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Trimester Abroad The Trimester Abroad courses are taught by an FLC Business School faculty member in Europe during the winter trimester. The schedule provides for two five-week sessions with two courses offered during each session. Spring Break provides the opportunity to travel in Britain or the Continent, or take advantage of a Spring Break short course. The trimester ends around the first week in April, allowing about three weeks of independent travel for those who wish to take advantage of that opportunity before the summer trimester begins at FLC in Durango. Generally, the course offerings include at least two junior-level core business courses, as well as an international business course and either a third core course or an upper-division business elective for a total of 12-14 credit hours. There are additional opportunities to earn credit through Independent Study and Non-Scheduled courses and the Spring Break course. Costs of this program are kept low through the use of FLC faculty and the minimal cost of facilities in Europe. While the program costs for any given year are a function of airline fares, the exchange rate and room and board charges, in past years, it has cost students an additional $1,600 including airfare, room and board for the trimester. This does not include the student’s personal spending, nor costs of travel during Spring Break or at the conclusion of the course. Details for any given year regarding location, cost, climate, travel arrangements, etc., may be obtained from the International Program Coordinator or the JTA faculty. Students who are interested in this program should contact the Assistant Dean of the School before taking any upper-division SOBA courses to design trimester schedules so they don’t conflict with the JTA program of study. Trimesters in France, Spain, Germany and Norway The College has exchange agreements with École Supérieure de Commerce de La Rochelle (SupDeCo), Amsterdam School of Business (HES), Ecole Superieure des Sciences Commercial (ESSCA), Fachhochschule Regensburg (FSR), and the Norwegian School of Management (BI), University of Orebro (Sweden), University of Northumria (Newcastle, England), University of Southern Denmark, University of Savoie ( Chamberg, France), and Universidad de Cordoba (Spain). While the studies are completed at the partner school, credit and grades are awarded by FLC so there is no problem of transferability. FLC tuition and fees are charged so the only additional cost is that associated with travel to host institution and whatever additional living expenses which might be incurred. In addition, the School of Business Administration offers trimesters abroad in France, Germany and China. The “4 + 1” BA/MBA Programs Fort Lewis College graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting, Business Administration or Economics, and who meet the entrance requirements of the respective institution, may earn an MBA (normally a two-year program) in one year. This opportunity is available from Colorado State University and Northern Arizona University. Accounting/Business/Economics/Marketing Minors Requirements for minors in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics and Marketing are given at the end of the School of Business Administration section of this catalog. School of Business Administration Faculty Professors John E. Cave, James P. Clay, Jeremy J. Coleman, Roy A. Cook, Lawrence S. Corman, William B. Dodds, Robert Dolphin, Jr., Vernon E. Lynch, Jr., Reed H. McKnight, Iqbal A. Memon and Richard A. Podlesnik; Associate Professors Wen Hai, Robert P. Harrington, Kenneth A. Hunt, Dale E. Lehman, Frederick H. Mull, Keith F. Sellers, Carol L. Smith, and Charles O. Tustin; Assistant Professors
Nancy A. Oppenheim, Stephanie Owings, Herbert Snyder,
The School of Business Administration (SOBA) offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in Accounting, Business Administration and Economics. The Business Administration degree offers options in Agricultural Business, Engineering Management, Finance, Information Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Tourism and Resort Management. These majors provide excellent education in business within the broad context of a liberal arts curriculum. The programs offer a concentration of courses in which the students take a cross section of “Common Requirement” courses and 15 to 25 credit hours in a concentration in one of the areas of business. These programs are designed to meet the needs of students wishing to continue their education in graduate school or to work in their chosen professional area. Minors in accounting, business administration, economics, entrepreneurship and small business management, or marketing are available for students majoring in other disciplines. Requirements for minors are listed at the end of this section. A student who majors in one of the three Bachelor of Arts degree programs in the School of Business Administration must complete:
Each candidate for graduation must complete a minimum of 120 credits, with at least a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum grade point average of 2.0 for those courses accepted to meet the requirements for the major course of study. For majors in Accounting, Business Administration and Economics, a minimum of C- must be earned in 300- and 400-level Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science and Information Systems, or Economics courses to count towards graduation. It is the responsibility of the student to know and complete all graduation requirements. At least 50% of the business credit hours for a School of Business major must be earned at Fort Lewis College. Additional requirements
are listed on the following pages under each major or option.
Group W Requirement To complete the college Group W requirement, Accounting, Business Administration, and Economics majors must take one of the Group W courses designated for the major or option. Some majors and options have designated only one course as fulfilling the Group W requirement; other majors and options have designated multiple courses of which students should choose at least one. In all cases the Group W courses satisfy other requirements in the major and need not add additional required hours. BA 221 Writing in the Business World is a prerequisite for all Group W writing courses in the School of Business Administration. Prerequisite Statement: Acc 225, Acc 226, Econ 266D/S, and Comp 150 are prerequisites for 300- and 400-level courses offered by the School of Business Administration. Students with majors offered by the School of Business Administration should complete these courses BEFORE the start of the junior year or substantial delay in graduation may result. These students may not enroll in 300- or 400-level business courses until Comp 150 and BA 221 have been completed and the student has attained junior standing (60 or more credit hours completed). Any exceptions require the written approval of the School of Business Administration Dean or Assistant Dean. Business Administration/Economics Majors Suggested Course Sequence 1
*This does not apply to the Engineering Management option. Students seeking this option should develop a course sequence with their business administration advisor immediately after selecting the option. **BA 101 Business in the Modern World is NOT required for a major in Business Administration or Economics; however, the course provides a good overall introduction to business. It is strongly recommended that students develop a course sequence sheet with their business administration advisor prior to the beginning of their junior year or substantial delay in graduation may result. Accounting Majors Suggested Course Sequence 1
*It is critical that students consult an accounting advisor when preparing course schedules.
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