Transfer Pathway: General Business B.S.
Transfer Pathways allow you to complete your Transfer Pathway degree at a Minnesota State Community College and transfer to St. Cloud State University without losing credits or taking extra courses. You are guaranteed junior status and given assurance that all 60 of your credits will count toward the related bachelor’s degree.
After you are admitted to St. Cloud State University, you will complete 60 credits to earn your bachelor’s degree. For more information about how St. Cloud State can support your transfer, connect with a member of our Transfer Team.
Year Three
| 3rd Year/Fall Semester | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| HBS 211 | Career Essentials | 1 |
| IS 340 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MKGT 333, CMST 341, or ENGL 332 | Business Communication Requirement | 3 |
| Major elective (recommend MKTG 315 if adding on the Professional Selling Specialization) | 3 | |
| IS 299 | Business Analytics (required for students who transfer in a 3 credit statistics course) | 0-1 |
| Liberal Education Program Goal Areas | 4-5 | |
| Semester Credits Total | 15 | |
Notes: Students may elect to add on the Professional Selling Specialization by taking MKTG 315, MKTG 425, and MKTG 426 as three of their general business major electives along with MKTG 333 as their upper division business communication requirement.
| 3rd Year/Spring Semester | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| MGMT 383 | Operations Management (pre-req: IS 242) | 3 |
| FIRE 371 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Education Program Goal Area | 3 | |
| Semester Credits Total | 15 | |
Notes: General Business major electives (27 credits) must come from a minimum of 3 different areas with no more than 12 credits in any one area.
Year Four
| 4th Year/Fall Semester | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Education Program Goal Areas | 3 | |
| Semester Credits Total | 15 | |
Notes: To finish within 120 total credits, students should carefully plan all remaining Liberal Education Program (LEP) goal area courses and may need to select LEP courses that count in two goal areas.
To meet the graduation requirement for a minimum of 40 credits at the 300-400 level, students may need to take some of their Liberal Education Program and/or general elective credits at the 300-400 level.
| 4th Year/Spring Semester | ||
| Course No. | Course Name | Credits |
| MGMT 497 | Strategic Management (taken in last semester of coursework; pre-reqs are all core courses) | 3 |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Major elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Education Program Goal Areas or General Electives | 6 | |
| Semester Credits Total | 15 | |
Notes: Students who start a Transfer Pathway program in Fall 2021 or later will also need to complete the Racial Issues Graduation Requirement (RIGR).
Admissions Requirements
To be admitted to HBS Upper Division Status in the BS General Business major, students will have to satisfy the following requirements:
- A transfer GPA of at least 2.5 and 40 earned credits
- The following courses (or the equivalents/substitutions) must be complete:
- ACCT 291 Accounting I
- ENGL 191 Introduction to Rhetorical & Analytical Writing
- CMST 192 Introduction to Communication Studies
- MATH 106 Finite Math or MATH 112 College Algebra (need grade of “C-“ or better)
- The following courses (or the equivalents/ substitutions) must be completed or enrolled in:
- ACCT 292 Accounting II
- IS/STAT 242 Business Statistics (4 credits; need grade of “C-“ or better)
- BLAW 235 The Legal, Ethical and Global Environment of Business
- CSCI/CNA 169 Computers in Society
- ECON 205 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 206 Principles of Microeconomics
Updated: 2/10/2022
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