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University of the Virgin Islands Business Administration Major with Hotel and Tourism Management Concentration To qualify for a bachelor of business administration degree, students must successfully complete a minimum of 123 credits (exclusive of physical education) including the general education requirements, the required courses in the major field, and such additional courses as they may select with the assistance of their faculty advisors to meet the requirements of the major. General Education Requirements The General Education and General Business Education requirements for graduation in the bachelor of business administration degree programs are listed below. Specific guidance about the courses that are available to meet General Education requirements will be provided to students in advance of registration. Students are required to meet with their advisors in the selection of their courses. I. GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) COURSES Credits A. FRESHMAN DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (FDS)* 0-1 B. HUMANITIES 20 COM 119 Leadership and Interpersonal Communications 3 COM 120 Public Speaking 3 ENG 120 English Composition 3 ENG 201 Research and Applied Writing 3 FOREIGN LANGUAGE (courses must be sequential in the same language) 8 C. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE 14 MAT 140 College Algebra with Applications 4 MATH 232 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences 4 SCI 100* The Natural World: The Caribbean 3 SCIENCE Elective** 3 D. SOCIAL SCIENCES 9-12 SSC 100* An Introduction to the Social Sciences: A Caribbean Focus 3 and three other courses in the Social Sciences: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology. *Requirement of the Freshman Year Program for all students matriculating into the University with fewer than 24 credits. ** Science elective may be any course under the prefix BIO, CHE, MSC, NSC, PHY, or SCI. III. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Credits Freshman Development Seminar 0-1 Humanities 20 Mathematics and Science 14 Social Sciences 9 General Business Education 48 IV. OTHER REQUIREMENTS Students are required to take 0.5 credit hour in Physical Education for every semester they are full-time students up to the required two credit hours. PLS 200 may also be used to meet this requirement. Also, students must earn at least 30 of the last 36 credits at the University of the Virgin Islands. This particular requirement may be waived by the Provost only in cases where the student must complete the final year(s) of studies in another institution recognized by the University of the Virgin Islands. Course work more than ten years old must be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine its appropriateness to the current University course requirements. Appeals should be directed to the Provost. In order to graduate, students must earn at least two times as many quality points as registered credits in all their courses as well as in the courses of their major. Additionally, students must successfully pass the following examinations: 1. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION (EPE) 2. COMPUTER LITERACY EXAMINATION (CLE) Please review entry prerequisites for EPE and CLE on page 59-60 of the UVI Catalog.