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20-Month Weekend Bachelor of Business Administration
The weekend program is designed for working students to complete a bachelors degree in business at an accelerated pace.
• Is obtaining a college degree critical to your career?
• Do you have college credits, but never completed your degree?
• Do you need to work full-time while attending classes?
• Do your responsibilities make it difficult to commit long-term to classes?
If you answered “ YES,” the Weekend BBA is for you! You can earn a nationally accredited BBA degree with a double major in Management and Marketing in 20 months.
Program Format
The WBBA program begins every January in Broward County on the Davie Campus and every August in Palm Beach County on the Boca Raton Campus. Students take 2 courses in each 8-week session. Two 8-week sessions equal one traditional semester. Classes are held every Saturday. The first class is held from 8:00 AM until 12:45 PM. The second class is held from 1:45 PM until 6:30 PM. See long-range schedule for a better understanding of the program format. By taking all the courses in the WBBA Program, you will graduate with a double major in Management and Marketing.
Tuition
Tuition is paid in two installments due on the second and fifth week of each session. Standard Federal and State Financial Aid Programs for students are available to those who qualify. Please visit the website at http://www.fau.edu/finaid/. For current program fees, send an email to: WeekendBBA@fau.edu. Students are responsible for purchasing books and other instructional materials for each class.
Graduation Requirements
All students are required to complete a minimum of 120 credits to graduate. WBBA students must complete 57 credits of upper-level courses, maintain a GPA of 2.0, and meet College of Business criteria in prerequisite, major, and core courses.
Entrance Requirements
Minimum of 60 credits hours from a regionally accredited institution which must include: English 1 & 2, 2 humanities courses, 2 natural science courses, macroeconomics & microeconomics, information systems fundamentals, financial and managerial accounting, statistics, and calculus. A minimum of 2.0 GPA is required on prior college work.
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General Education* must be completed before entering the Weekend BBA |
| English I ENC 1101 |
3 Credits |
| English II ENC 1102 (Prereq: ENC 1101) |
3 Credits |
| Humanities (Transfer students may not take WOH2012, at FAU, for this area) MORE INFORMATION |
6 Credits |
| Natural Sciences MORE INFORMATION |
6 Credits |
| Social Sciences (Met with micro and macroeconomics - see below) |
6 Credits |
| Total Credits |
24 Credits |
*Students admitted with an A.A. degree from a Florida Community College have completed all general education requirements.
Students must complete the general education requirements (above) and the pre-professional business courses (below) prior to enrolling in the weekend program.
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Pre-Professional business Courses (Minimum grade of "C") must be completed before entering the Weekend BBA |
| Accounting I (Financial) ACG 2021 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Accounting II (Managerial) ACG 2071 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Macroeconomics ECO 2013 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Microeconomics ECO 2023 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Methods of Calculus MAC 2233 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Introductory Statistics STA 2023 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Information Systems Fundamentals ISM 2000 or equivalent |
3 Credits |
| Total Credits |
21 Credits |
Additionally, students must satisfy FAU's foreign language requirement, CLAST requirement, and Gordon Rule requirement.
Curriculum - Weekend Bachelor Program
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Business Core (Minimum grade of "C", for students under the fall 2005 catalog) (Pre: 60 credits, except for ENC 3213) |
| Business Law I BUL 4421 |
3 Credits |
| Money and Banking ECO 4223 or see advisor for other ECO course options (Pre: ECO 2013 & 2023) |
3 Credits |
| Writing for Management ENC 3213 (Pre: ENC 1101 & 1102) |
3 Credits |
| Management Information Systems ISM 3011 (Pre: ISM 2000) |
3 Credits |
| Mgmt & Organizational Behavior MAN 3025 |
3 Credits |
| Marketing Management MAR 3023 (Pre: ECO 2013 & 2023) |
3 Credits |
| Financial Management FIN 3403 (Pre: ACG 2021 & 2071) |
3 Credits |
Quantitative Methods in Admin. QMB 3600 (Pre: MAC 2233 & STA 2023) |
3 Credits |
Operations Management MAN 3506 (Pre: MAN 3025 & QMB 3600) |
3 Credits |
Global Strategy and Policy MAN 4720 (Pre: 90 credits & see catalog) |
3 Credits |
| Total Credits |
30 Credits |
Business Electives
The college of business requires a minimum of 51 credits of upper-division (#3000 +) college of business courses (excluding ENC3213). All Weekend BBA majors need (9 credits) 3 additional upper-division business courses beyond the Business Core and the Major Courses to fulfill this requirement. However, students in the Weekend BBA seeking the double major in Marketing will take (12 credits) 4 additional upper-division marketing courses to satisfy this requirement.
Management Major Courses (pre: 60 credits) [Often referred to as Business Administration] |
| Personnel Administration MAN 4301 (Pre: MAN 3025) |
3 Credits |
| International Business MAN 4600 |
3 Credits |
| Advanced Managerial Finance FIN 4424 (Pre: FIN 3403) |
3 Credits |
| Marketing Strategy MAR 4803 (Pre: 90 credits and MAR 3023) |
3 Credits |
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Plus one of the following: |
| Operations Mgmt Applications MAN 4504 (Pre: MAN 3506) |
3 Credits |
Cross-Cultural Human Relations & Negotiations MAN 3611 (Pre: see catalog) |
3 Credits |
| Introduction to Small Business/Entrepreneurship MAN 4802 |
3 Credits |
| Total Credits |
15 Credits |
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