VSB students are invited to pursue the following options through the Honors Program:

• A four year comprehensive major, leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration, Honors, degree. 
• The Honors Sequence Certificate, leading to an Honors Concentration (through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).

Major Requirements

Class of 2009, 2010, and 2011

A total of 36 credit hours of honors courses are required to receive the business honors major:

• At least 12 credit hours of the honors sections of the following core courses (3 credits each): 

  ACC 1101 - Financial Accounting MIS 1006 - Introduction to MIS  DIT 2010 - Business Statistics  FIN 1113 - Principles of Finance ECO 1001 - Microeconomics

  ACC 1102 -  Managerial Accounting DIT 1141 -  Operations Management MKT 1137 -  Principles of Marketing ECO 3109 -  International Economics ECO 1002 -  Macroeconomics BL 1090 -  Legal Environment of Business



• 18 additional credit hours of honors sections of the courses offered by
Arts & Sciences and/or VSB.


• For the final six required business honors credit hours, select one of the following options:
  • Capstone Project (Honors section of MGT 3301/3302): Students begin working on the capstone project in a special section of Honors Policy Formulation and Administration in the fall semester, and complete this project in the Service Learning Practicum during the spring semester. Student groups provide consulting and business services to a previously identified organization, with an emphasis on businesses or not-for-profit organizations in economically disadvantaged areas.
     
  • Individual Research Project: Students complete a six credit senior thesis under the guidance of a VSB faculty member (MGT 3301 is also required).

Class of 2012

36 credit hours of honors courses are required to receive the business honors major. A minimum of 18 of the 36 credit hours must be business honors courses, choosing from the following:

• At least one honors section of the following core courses (6 credits each):

  VSB 2010 -  Financial Management & Reporting
  VSB 2020 -  Competitive Effectiveness
  VSB 3010 -  Business Processes
   

• At least 6 credit hours of honors sections of the following courses:
  ECO 1001 -  Microeconomics (3 credits)
  ECO 1002 -  Macroeconomics (3 credits)
  ECO 3108 -  Global Political Economy (3 credits)
  VSB 2005 -  Business Statistics (3 credits)
  VSB 2007 -  Corporate Responsibility & Regulation (3 credits)
  VSB 2010 -  Financial Management & Reporting (6 credits)
  VSB 2020 -  Competitive Effectiveness (6 credits)
  VSB 3010 -  Business Processes (6 credits) 
  Upper level electives within each academic area (3 credits)


• For the final six required business honors credit hours, select one of the following options:
  • Capstone Project (Honors section of VSB 4002): Students begin working on the capstone project in a special section of Honors Policy Formulation and Administration in the fall semester, and complete this project in the Service Learning Practicum during the spring semester. Student groups provide consulting and business services to a previously identified organization, with an emphasis on businesses or not-for-profit organizations in economically disadvantaged areas.
     
  • Individual Research Project: Students complete a six credit independent study under the guidance of a VSB faculty member (VSB 4002 is also required).

Honors Concentration

To complete the Honors Concentration, students must complete a total of eight courses, at least three of which must be designated as upper-level..