Business Option

The Business Option builds a business perspective into your Biology degree without adding the hours required for a minor.  It is an excellent option for students who are interested in business aspects of research and development, who intend to manage their own clinic or practice after professional school, or who want to pursue an M.B.A upon graduation.

To fulfill the Business Option requirements, you must complete 15 credits of approved coursework covering the principles of accounting, economics, and management. Two electives allow you to take advanced coursework in these areas or to explore the legal, international, entrepreneurial, technological or financial aspects of the business world.  Six of the credit hours from the list of management (MGT) courses will fulfill requirements for Biology breadth electives, and another 3 credit hours of management courses count as free electives. Additional courses within the Business Option may satisfy Social Science electives. Note that the MGT courses used as Biology breadth electives reduce the approved Biology breadth electives from outside Biology

Courses fulfilling the 15 hours of Business Option credits are listed below.  These courses cover principles of accounting (Area A), economics (Area B), and management (Area C). Two electives (Area D) allow students to take advanced coursework in these areas, or to explore the legal, international, entrepreneurial, technological or financial aspects of the business world.

Note that some of the elective courses (D) have prerequisites. Your choice of classes in Areas A, B and C will influence the selection of elective classes available to you.

Some of the Management courses in Areas C and D require junior or senior standing. To minimize conflicts in scheduling these courses, students are recommended to take other courses, especially those carrying social science credit, at the earliest possible time in their major's eight-term plan.

Students pursuing the business option typically take PSYC 1100 as part of the Social Sciences requirement, and five classes in Areas A-D as outlined below. Note that PSYC 2220 and ECON 2106 also carry social science credit. Accordingly, these three classes, together with one US/Georgia history/constitution course, may be used to complete the 12-credit Social Sciences requirement.

Six of the credit hours from the list of management (MGT) courses will fulfill requirements for Biology breadth electives, and the other 3 credit hours of management courses count as free electives.  Biology majors in this option must still fulfill the other requirements for the Biology undergraduate degree.

Students must complete one course from each of area A-C, and two from area D, with a minimum grade of D.

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