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The W. A. Franke College of Business
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog Progression Plans are for planning purposesonly; see the catalog for official details.
Finance, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Four Year Progression PlanCampus Availibility
- Flagstaff
Year 1
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| CIS120 | Intro To Computer Info Systems | 3 | |||
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Description: Introduces computer and information systems, including the development and hands-on use of applications designed for communications, decision support, and database management. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| ACC205 | Legal Environment Of Business | 3 | |||
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Description: Basic coverage of the environment of business, including legal and ethical issues and the regulatory and global environment of business that affect business policies and decisions. Letter grade only. Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | MGT101 | Introduction To Business | 3 | ||
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Description: Introduces the functional areas of business management and how they interrelate to maximize wealth in a socially responsible way. Students who have business major status may not enroll in this course. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Freshmen or Sophomore status only and not currently Bus Major Status/Business Professional Program Milestone Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | MAT114 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | ||
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Description: Contemporary quantitative methods, especially descriptive statistics, elementary probability, examples of statistical inference, linear and exponential models of growth and decay, and applicable discrete models. Fulfills liberal studies foundation requirement. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: (MAT 102X with a grade of C or better) or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 35+; MATHC 30+; PLACE 43+) or International Exchange Student Group Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | NAU100 | Transition To College | 1 | ||
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Description: Interactive course designed to facilitate student success through exploration of academic, navigation, and life skills, familiarize students with campus resources and services, and assist students in forming a support network. Letter grade only. Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 5. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 6. | LS/DIVCOURSE | Liberal Studies/Diversity Course | 3 | ||
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
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| CIS120 | Intro To Computer Info Systems | 3 | |||
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Description: Introduces computer and information systems, including the development and hands-on use of applications designed for communications, decision support, and database management. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| ACC205 | Legal Environment Of Business | 3 | |||
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Description: Basic coverage of the environment of business, including legal and ethical issues and the regulatory and global environment of business that affect business policies and decisions. Letter grade only. Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | MAT119 | Finite Mathematics | 3 | ||
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Description: Concepts, techniques and applications of systems of linear equations, geometric linear programming, mathematics of finance, combinatorics and probability. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (MAT 114 with a grade of C or better or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 50+; MATHC 50+; PLACE 55+)) or International Exchange Student Group Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | ENG105 | Critical Read/Writng In Univ | 4 | ||
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Description: Writing skills for completing university coursework. Fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English composition. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: ((English Placement Test Results (ACT 17+; Accuplacer WR 4-7; IELTS 6+; PLACE 30+; SATI 340+, TOEFL PB 525+/CB 193+/IB 70+)) or (Test Results (ACT < 7; AccuplacerWR < 4; PLACE 10; SATI < 340) and Corequisite: ENG 100)) Requirement Designation: Foundation Requirement Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | LS/DIVCOURSE | Liberal Studies/Diversity Course | 3 | ||
Year 2
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | ACC255 | Principles Of Acct: Financial | 3 | ||
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Description: Introduces theory and practice in the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of general purpose financial statements for external users. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Eligible to take MAT 114 or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 35+; MATHC 35+; PLACE 43+) and Sophomore status with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | ECO201 | Intro To Business Statistics | 3 | ||
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Description: Basic business statistics including a review of descriptive measures, selected discrete probability distributions, selected continuous probability distributions, and statistical inference; statistical decision making, correlation, and regression. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: MAT 119 w/ grade of C or better AND Pre- or Corequisite: CIS 120 or CIS 120H Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | ECO284 | Principles Of Economics: Micro | 3 | ||
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Description: Overview of a market economy; analysis of supply and demand; using graphical techniques; consumer behavior; production and costs; determination of prices in various product and resource markets; causes and consequences of income distribution, international economics. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (MAT 114 with a grade of C or better or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 50+; MATHC 50+PLACE 55+)) Requirement Designation: Social and Political Worlds Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
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| 1. | ACC256 | Principles Of Acct: Managerial | 3 | ||
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Description: Introduces the development and analysis of accounting information for managerial planning and control. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: CIS 120 and ACC 255 w/ grade of C or better Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | ECO285 | Principles Of Economics: Macro | 3 | ||
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Description: Measurement of national economic variables; determination of output, income, employment, and price levels through aggregate supply and demand analysis and related graphical techniques; business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, global implications of international trade and production. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: (MAT 114 with a grade of C or better or Math Placement Test Results (ALEKS/MATHA 50+; MATHC 50+PLACE 55+)) Requirement Designation: Social and Political Worlds Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
| -Option A- | |||||
| LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | |||
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| GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | |||
| 4. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | LIBSTLAB | Liberal Studies (LAB) Course | 4 | ||
Year 3
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | FIN340 | Fin Analysis & Wrkng Capital | 3 | ||
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Description: Analyzes pro-forma financial statements for decision making. Management of current assets and liabilities emphasizing small business applications. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | MGT300 | Managing, Organizing & Leading | 3 | ||
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Description: The environment of organizations, planning, organizing, leading, and reviewing processes and systems. Emphasizes strategic planning, teamwork, and process design. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
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| MGT350W | Business Communication | 3 | |||
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Description: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasizes writing letters, memos, and reports; speaking and listening skills; communication theory; precise word use; common pitfalls, interpersonal skills; human relation skills; and cross-cultural communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program and (ENG 105 or HON 190 or English Placement Test Results (PLACE 60+)) Requirement Designation: Junior Writing Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| ENG302W | Technical Writing | 3 | |||
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Description: Instruction and experience in writing proposals, technical descriptions and instructions, analyses, interpretative and recommendation reports, abstracts, progress reports, business letters, technical articles, and correspondence. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or HON 190 or English Placement Test Results (Accuplacer WR 8; PLACE 50+) or International Exchange Student Group Requirement Designation: Junior Writing Requirement Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | FIN311 | Principles Of Finance | 3 | ||
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Description: Surveys financial operations in relation to other business functions; internal financial activities, sources of funds, and involvement with money and capital markets; basics of financial analysis; understanding of financial system. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Grade Required: Grade of "C" or better Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 5. | LIBSTCOURSE | Liberal Studies Course | 3 | ||
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| 1. | MKT333 | Introduction To Marketing | 3 | ||
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Description: Orientation to basic marketing concepts and practices. Topics include the impact of external forces on marketing decisions; marketing strategies; marketing aspects of business ethics and social responsibility; and global marketing. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: For business majors, admission to the business professional program (BPP). For non-business majors seeking Promotion or Customer Service certificate, ECO 284 and junior level status Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | CIS360 | Management Information Systems | 3 | ||
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Description: Presents information systems used by organizations and work groups with an emphasis on system development, management, and effective use. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | ECO473 | Money And Banking | 3 | ||
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Description: History and functions of money and banking institutions; financial markets and interest rates; monetary theory and policy; and functions of foreign exchange markets and international finance. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ECO 285 and Junior Status Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
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| CERTCOURSE | Certificate Course | 3 | |||
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| UDBE3XX | Upper Division Business Elective | 3 | |||
| 5. | MGT340 | Business Ethics | 3 | ||
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Description: This course covers the identification of ethical issues, analysis of the issues using a framework and multiple theories and development of conclusions and action items to resolve those issues. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Requirement Designation: Aesthetic & Humanistic Inquiry Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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Year 4
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| 1. | FIN331 | Introductory Investments | 3 | ||
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Description: Investments, security markets, and security valuation. Development of investment strategies based on efficient markets, asset pricing, and portfolio theory. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: FIN 311 and Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 2. | FIN350 | Corporate Managerial Finance | 3 | ||
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Description: Development of theory and intensive application of techniques for long-term financial management of the firm. Emphasizes capital budgeting and long-term financing, including leasing. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: FIN 311 and Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| 3. | MGT301 | Production And Operations Mgmt | 3 | ||
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Description: Introduces the operations management function. The course is organized around the dual concepts of building and managing world-class operations. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
| 5. | GECOURSE | General Elective Course | 3 | ||
| Course # | Course Description | Units | Notes | ||
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| FIN431 | Investment Management | 3 | |||
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Description: Reviews applicable tax code. Applies investment theory to model portfolios. Examines options and futures contracts in context of hedging and speculation. Determines how payoff streams are altered by combining securities. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: FIN 331 and Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 |
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| FIN451 | Cases In Corporate Finance | 3 |
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Description: Intensive application of theory and techniques for financial management of the resources of the firm. Applies tools and techniques through case analysis to problem definition and solution in diverse environments. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: FIN 340 and FIN 350 and Business Professional Program Notes: Course only offered in the Spring |
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| 2. | FIN480 | International Finance | 3 |
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Description: Development of financial theory and intensive application of techniques in the framework of multinational corporations. Special emphasis on currency exchange and translation problems as to evaluation of international cash flows. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: FIN 311 and Business Professional Program Currently Scheduled: Fall 2013 Notes: International Business Requirement |
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| 3. | MGT490C | Strategic Management | 3 | ||
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Description: Role of the general manager in dealing with strategic business challenges and providing leadership to the organization; integration of functional areas, policy formulation and implementation, multinational and ethical issues. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Upper-Division Business Core (BA/MGT 301, FIN 311) and (CIS 360 or ACC 300) and (MGT 300 or MGT 300I) and (MKT 333 or MKT 333I) and (BA/MGT 350W or BA/MGT 350IW or ENG 302W) and Senior Status or higher and Business Professional Program Requirement Designation: Senior Capstone Currently Scheduled: Summer 2013 Fall 2013 |
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| 4. | Choose one of the options below: | ||||
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| CERTCOURSE | Certificate Course | 3 | |||
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| UDBE3XX | Upper Division Business Elective | 3 | |||
University Requirements Specified by Major
| University requirements includes 35 units of liberal studies and 6 units of diversity coursework. The courses listed below are required for the major, but may also be used to satisfy liberal studies and/or diversity. Know that if a course is used to satisfy more than one requirement it is only counted once in the cumulative totals. The sections that are blank can be satisfied with any course from the approved list of liberal studies or diversity. | |
| Foundation Requirements:English (FNRQ:ENG) (4 units) | ENG 105 (4) |
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| Foundation Requirements:Math (FNRQ:MAT) (3 units) | MAT 114 (3) |
| Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry (AHI) (6 units) | Student Choice (6) |
| Social and Political Worlds (SPW) (6 units) | ECO 284 (3), ECO 285 (3) |
| Cultural Understanding (CU) (6 units) | Student Choice (6) |
| Science/Applied Science (SAS/LAB) (7 units) | CIS 120 (3) |
| Liberal Studies Elective (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
| Diversity:U.S. Ethnic (DIV:ETHN) (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
| Diversity:Global (DIV:GLBL) (3 units) | Student Choice (3) |
Program Information
PROGRAM INFORMATION
A minimum of 120 units are required for this degree.
Many business students will need a prerequisite course (MAT102X) before enrolling in MAT 114. The course the student should begin with is determined by taking the Math Placement Exam.
*Business majors must complete 6 units of FCB General Academic Requirements (GAR) consisting of 3 units of Ethics, and 3 units of International. Consult degree progress in LOUIE, the Academic Catalog or an academic advisor for approved GAR courses.
**MGT 300, MKT 333, and MGT 350W (Junior-level writing requirement) may be taken in an integrated format called BizBlock. BizBlock is REQUIRED for Management majors. BizBlock courses are designated as MGT 300I, MKT 333I, and MGT 350IW.
***Some courses are only offered once a year. Check with the Office of Academic Services about term-specific courses.
****Students must earn a grade of C or better in FIN 311 to continue as a Finance Major.
The Business Professional Program Checklist
The goal of the business students during their first four terms is to complete the foundation courses for the College’s majors. Satisfactory completion of the lower-division (100 and 200-level) coursework is required before the student begins to take upper-division (300 and 400-level) business courses in the professional program. In general, the junior-senior years constitute the professional program of the undergraduate catalog. The following criteria must be met before you begin the upper-division courses in the professional program:
- 2.0 Cumulative GPA
- 2.75 GPA and a minimum grade of C in: ENG 105; MAT 114, 119; CIS 120; ACC 205, 255, 256; ECO 201, 284, 285
- 56 Units
- Completion of 6 Pathways Co-Curricular Activities http://www.franke.nau.edu/StudentResources/CDO/Students/Pathways.aspx
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office of Academic Services
The W. A. Franke College of Business
Building 81, Room 222
Phone: 928-523-5232
Fax: 928-523-6559
E-mail: fcboas@nau.edu
Web site: www.franke.nau.edu
General Information
Progression Plans are intended to provide a general road map related to the sequencing of courses.
For a full description of degree requirements, review the Academic Catalog. To determine what requirements you may have already met through transfer credits, AP/IB courses, or test credits review your Academic Requirements, advisement report.
Some courses may have prerequisites and/or require appropriate placement scores in Mathematics and English. If you do not have the appropriate placement or prerequisite courses, you may have to take more courses than are presented on the Progression Plan.
Not all classes are offered every term so use caution when changing the sequencing of courses.
For further clarification, refer to the catalog (link provided at the top of this page) or speak with an academic advisor.
