our students can enroll at Fachhochschule Hof without any additional tuition charge. The same privilege is extended to Hof students who enroll at WSU. Each year WSU students will spend a term as students at Fachhochschule Hof and students from Fachhochschule Hof will spend a term at WSU taking business courses. • The School offers an International Certificate which may be awarded with a baccalaureate degree offered by the School. This program is described below. Certificate Programs International Business & Economics institutional certificate A student graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Business or Economics may apply for a certificate of competency in International Business & Economics provided he or she has fulfilled the following criteria: Completion of a program of study approved by the International Program Advisor. This will entail a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work at a GPA of at least 2.5 from the following list of courses: ACTG 3500 International Accounting (3) BSAD 3600 [World Region] Business & Sodety (3) ECON 3110 International Trade (3) ECON 3120 International Finance & Monetary Systems (3) ECON 4170 Economic Development (3) 1ST 3710 Global Issues in Information Technology (3) MGMT 3400 International Business (3) MGMT 3550 Cultural Environment of International Business (3) MKTG 3600 International Marketing (3) ACTG/MGMT/ECON/IST 4801-4803 Independent Study (1-3) ACTG/MGMT/ECON/IST 4810 Experimental Courses (varies) International Business & Economics (Language Emphasis) institutional certificate A student graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Business or Economics may apply for a certificate of competency in International Business & Economics (Language Emphasis) provided he or she has fulfilled the following criteria: 1. Satisfaction of the requirements for the Certificate in International Business (see previous page). 2. Testing at the "Intermediate High" level, or better, on the ACTFL (American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages) exam, or the departmental language profidency test, in the chosen language. 3. Completion of the appropriate language for business sequence (2 courses). If the chosen language has only one language for business course, completion of a substitute course approved by the Department of Foreign Languages. 4. Completion of FL DV3550 (Cultural Heritage I) for the chosen language. Information Systems & Technologies: Information Assurance institutional certificate A student may apply for a certificate in Information Systems & Technologies provided he or she has fulfilled the following criteria: 1. Coursework: A. Required (10 credit hours): 1ST 6610 Information and Communication Technologies for E-Business (3) or MBA 6310 Information Technology in the Enterprise (3) MBA MBA 6640 179 Networking & Information Systems (3) Information Assurance in the Enterprise (3) B. Elective course, choose one of the following (1-3 credit hours): 1ST 6800 Direded Studies (1) or Graduate-level course related to information technology security (such as, MACC 6570 Information Systems Auditing) approved by 1ST Department Chair 2. Prerequisite degree Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Accounting (MAcc) or Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Weber State University, John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics or any AACSB accredited business school. Any student who has been admitted to the MAcc or the MBA program is also eligible for this certificate. Entrepreneurship institutional certificate A student may apply for a certificate in Entrepreneurship provided he or she has met all of the following requirements: 1. Concurrent or previous completion of a Bachdor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Sdence (BS) degree from the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics or any other AACSB accredited business school. 2. Completion of a specified program of at least 12 semester hours of upper division business course work, as approved by the entrepreneurship area faculty Course work shall indude BSAD 4500: Entrepreneurship and at least 9 additional credit hours sdeded to satisfy the experiential requirement listed below and to support the specific field in which the student plans to pursue an entrepreneurial career. The GPA for this course work must be at least 2.50. 3. Completion of an experiential learning component relating to an entrepreneurial venture. This requirement can be satisfied through any of the following: a. completion of BSAD 4680: Senior Consulting Projeds; b. completion of an approved business internship; c. completion of a dass projed on behalf of an entrepreneurial client. 4. Presentation and ddense of a comprehensive business plan for an entrepreneurial venture. This presentation will be made before a panel of faculty from the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics and representatives from the business community. Master of Business Administration (MBA) MBA Program Director: Dr. Rolf D. Dixon, 801-626-7542 MBA Enrollment Director: Dr. Mark A. Stevenson, 801-395-3528 MBA Department Secretary: Sally Taylor 801-395-3519 Location: Davis Campus - 2750 N University Park Blvd., Layton I he Master of Business Administration program is intended for working adults who wish to advance in their careers. The MBA program is designed to enhance general management abilities and provides an opportunity to further develop functional business skills. Our general management graduate curriculum consists of "hybrid courses" that combine traditional classroom instruction with online educational tools. » Program Prerequisite: Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution or be in the final stage of completing the undergraduate degree. Completion of a course in college algebra or equivalent is required to enroll in MBA courses. Basic computer competency is also required. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts 8 Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & Econ MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS ZOOL Social S Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog