College of Business and Global Affairs

Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, Dean
100 Business Administration Building
tootoonchi@utm.edu
Phone: 731-881-7306
Fax: 731-881-7241

Organization

The College of Business & Global Affairs (CBGA) has two academic departments: (a) Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science, and (b) Management, Marketing, and Information Systems. The College also has within its umbrella the Office of Advising Services, Office of MBA Program and Student Services, Center for Global Education and Experience, Center for International Student Services, the Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking, the Hendrix Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise, and the Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (REED) Center.

Vision Statement

CBGA will be recognized for excellence in its academic and experiential learning programs.

Mission Statement

CBGA prepares students for success in the global environment through emphasis on excellence in teaching, research, ethical leadership, diversity, and experiential learning.

Master Goals

Goal I:             Encourage and reward teaching excellence that impacts learning.
Goal II:            Encourage and reward research excellence that impacts business and society.
Goal III:           Develop graduates for career success with ethical, inclusive, and global mindset.
Goal IV:           Provide experiential learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students.
Goal V:            Encourage, promote, and support regional economic development.

Core Values (4Es)

Excellence through high quality in advising, programs, small classes, and innovative teaching.
Engagement through students’ interactions with peers, faculty, staff, business community, and society.
Experiential learning through impactful projects, internships, and travel-studies.
Entrepreneurial spirit through opportunities to transform ideas to products and services.

Guiding Principles

The faculty, staff, and administrators of the College of Business and Global Affairs (CBGA) strive to be guided by the following principles in their communications, interactions, and collaboration with internal and external constituencies.

Accountability - We seek to create a culture of accountability wherein we take responsibility for the consequences of our decisions and behaviors with commitment to our ethical, legal, and moral obligations.
Inclusion - We are committed to a culture that fosters inclusion through qualities of teamwork, collaboration, and a collective investment in the larger good of those we serve.
Respect - We seek to build a culture of mutual respect characterized by regards for personal dignity, positions, knowledge, and beliefs of our students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
Transparency - We strive to demonstrate transparency in our decision-making, record-keeping, and reporting with commitment to the highest standards of individual and institutional integrity.
Trust - We strive to create an environment in which trust, and personal integrity underpin all our actions and interactions.

Admission, Retention, and Academic Requirements

Pre-business Classification of Students

Students pursuing a major in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) degree program with less than 45 semester hours credit, including students enrolled on campus or in the online B.S.B.A. program, will be classified as Pre-business. Pre-business students may enroll in a maximum of 9 hours in upper division business courses prior to admission as a B.S.B.A. student.

Exception: Students with less than 45 cumulative hours and an ACT composite score of 25 or above will automatically be admitted to the B.S.B.A. degree program in the major of their choice or business undecided.

Business Major (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing) Classifications and Business Undecided Classification of Students

To be admitted to the College of Business and Global Affairs as B.S.B.A. majors or as business undecided, students must:

be academically eligible;
have earned a minimum of 45 hours credit; and
completed ACCT 201 ; ECON 201 , ECON 202 ; and ENGL 112 with minimum grades of C in each course.

Once admitted into the College of Business and Global Affairs as a B.S.B.A. major, students are also permitted to double major and to complete any one minor offered by The University of Tennessee at Martin except for the Minor in Business Administration.

Other Majors

Students not pursuing a major in the B.S.B.A. program may enroll in upper-division business courses provided the students meet the prerequisites of the course(s).

Students not admitted to the B.S.B.A. program may be permitted to complete one minor from business fields. These currently include accounting, business administration, entrepreneurship, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, business communication information systems, and sport business. However, students not admitted to the B.S.B.A. may earn no more than 29 semester hours of credit in courses from the following disciplines: accounting, business administration, business law, upper-division economics, finance, information systems, management, marketing, and sport management.

Students must achieve sophomore standing before enrolling in ACCT 201 and a grade of C or better in MATH 110 or MATH 140 or MATH 160 or MATH 185 or MATH 210 or MATH 251 At least a grade of C must be earned in prerequisite accounting and business law courses before taking the course that requires the prerequisite. For example, a student may not take ACCT 301 until the student has earned a grade of at least a C in ACCT 202 . Specific courses can have higher requirements for grades of prerequisite courses; student should consult the catalog course descriptions.

Majors and Minors

The College of Business and Global Affairs offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and majors in support of the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. The major in support of the Bachelor of Science degree is Political Science. The majors in support of the Bachelor of Arts degree are International Studies and Political Science. Students earning the B.S. in Business Administration may major in accounting, economics, finance, information systems, management or marketing. Those majors and their concentrations are outlined on the following pages. The B.S. in Business Administration degree is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

Bachelor of Arts
	International Studies (4180)
		Business and Economic Development (4181-BA)
		Strategic Studies (4182-BA)
	Political Science
		General Political Science (4171-BA)
		International Security Studies (4175-BA)
		Public Administration (4172-BA)
Bachelor of Science
	Political Science
		General Political Science (4171-BS)
		International Security Studies (4175-BS)
		Public Administration (4172-BS)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
	Accounting (4110)
	Economics
		Economics (4140)
		General Business (4143)
		International Business (4142)
	Finance (4160)
	Information Systems
		Business Communication Information Systems (4631)
		Management Information Systems (4632)

Management (4610)
		Management Concentration (4611)
		Sport Business Concentration (4618)
		Supply Chain Management Concentration (4613)

Marketing (4620)

Professional Sales Concentration (4622)

Strategic Marketing Concentration (4621)

General Information

Academic Requirements

Students must achieve sophomore standing before enrolling in ACCT 201 . At least a grade of C must be earned in prerequisite accounting and business law courses before advancing to the following accounting or business law course.

Transfer Credit

If a student transfers credit in courses which are classified as upper-division courses at this university but were taken as lower-division credit or taken at a two-year institution, these courses may be validated by examination. Unsuccessful validation requires the student to take the upper-division course. A minimum of 50% of the business courses required for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must be taken at UT Martin.

Required Achievement Examinations

Students graduating from the College of Business and Global Affairs are required to participate in comprehensive tests in their majors as specified by the university.

Student Organizations

Students enrolled in the College of Business and Global Affairs participate in the following student organizations: Alpha Kappa Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Financial Management Association, International Club, Korean Student & Culture Club, Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Chi Theta, Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature. Membership in these organizations provides opportunities for leadership and interaction with faculty and fellow students. Some of these organizations are service oriented and provide assistance to the faculty and to other students. Others are honor societies for which a minimum GPA must be maintained.

Awards

Dean’s Scholar. Outstanding student recognized by the dean for leadership, academic success and service.

Faculty Scholars. Outstanding students recognized by individual faculty for leadership, academic success and service.

Horace and Sara Dunagan Rising Leadership Award. Given to student selected as demonstrating the likelihood of becoming an outstanding leader in business and/or the community.

Information Systems Award. Given to a student selected as the outstanding senior in information systems. This student is chosen by the faculty.

Outstanding Departmental Students. Chosen by departmental faculty as outstanding students in the departmental disciplines.

Outstanding College-Wide Students. Chosen by faculty of the College of Business and Global Affairs as college-wide outstanding students.

John Burgess Award. Certificate given by the Tennessee Political Science Association to an outstanding political science major at UT Martin.

Richard D. Chesteen, Sr. Award. A cash award of $100 made by the political science faculty to the graduating senior political science major with the highest overall grade point average.

Sam C. Nailling, Sr., Law Student Award. Copy of Black’s Law Dictionary donated to outstanding senior who intends to attend law school and meets other criteria.

Cooperative Education, Internships and Travel-Study Opportunities

Academic credit is available for supervised work experience on a one-term basis as an intern. Previous students have interned with a variety of private industry and public agencies. Students interested in an internship should discuss the possibility with their advisers.

The college faculty offers, through several credit courses, opportunities for students to apply their knowledge to practical work, travel or research experiences in their field of study. These courses have special prerequisites which must be met and can only be taken with faculty approval.

A variety of travel-study and study-abroad opportunities are available for students through The Center for Global Education and Experience. Students are encouraged to participate in these programs which broaden their understanding of the global nature of business. Academic credit and limited financial aid is available.

Center for Global Education and Experience

Travel-Study/Study Abroad Programs
Lorrie Jackson, Coordinator
124 Gooch Hall
731-881-3582

UT Martin values and promotes the globalization of education as part of its programs for students, faculty, and staff by providing opportunities for discussion of global issues, and cultural experiences abroad. The Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) provides advising to students interested in such opportunities and maintains agreements with a network of overseas partner institutions, including the University of Orléans (France), the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany), the University of Hirosaki (Japan), Hiroshima Jogakuin University (Japan), the University of Otago (New Zealand), and Dante Alighieri Society of Siena and the University of Siena (Italy). Additionally, every year, the Center distributes various scholarships to students planning to travel and study abroad, including over one hundred awards funded by the Student Government Association’s designated fee. The faculty offers opportunities for students to apply their knowledge while traveling as part of a university group or during an immersion experience in their field of study. These programs offer college credit at UT Martin (directly or indirectly) for coursework taken. Programs generally range from ten days to a full semester, and often include an immersion experience in the host country’s language. These courses have special prerequisites which must be met and can only be taken with faculty approval. Please contact your academic adviser/department for information regarding the availability of additional travel opportunities.