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Academic Catalog

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Mission Supporting Goals Minors in Business
Degrees Awarded Stakeholders Departments
Accreditation Foundation Knowledge For Business  

Ridley J. Gros, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Dean of the College of Business Administration

Office:  106 White Hall
Phone:  448 4172

Mission [ Top of Page ]

The mission of the College of Business Administration is to prepare students to participate in society and the work force as educated individuals able to compete in a dynamic global economy. To enrich the learning process, the College contributes to scholarship through research and instructional development. While providing support to the employer community through the development of marketable skills in potential employees, the College enhances competitive capabilities of regional businesses by providing continuing professional education and consulting services. The faculty advances the welfare of the students, the University, the community, and academic and professional organizations through interactions and outreach activities.

Degrees Awarded [ Top of Page ]

Accreditation [ Top of Page ]

The College of Business Administration is accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels by the AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

Supporting Goals [ Top of Page ]

The College will achieve its mission through the systematic development and implementation of strategies designed to achieve the following goals:

Stakeholders [ Top of Page ]

The undergraduate student base is composed of traditional and nontraditional students primarily from the Southeastern Louisiana region. Students in the baccalaureate degree programs are generally first generation college students from the region immediately surrounding Nicholls - over 90% enter as graduates from high schools in the nine-parish (county) area surrounding the University. Two parishes alone account for 57% of the enrollment. There is approximately equal gender representation among the students in these programs. Traditional students under the age of 25 comprise 75% of baccalaureate enrollment, and 80% are full-time. The graduates of the four-year degree programs are primarily employed by businesses in Louisiana.

The graduate student base is comprised of a more geographically diverse student population which includes over 20% from countries other than the United States. Seventy percent of the students in this 33-hour program are from an eight-parish area surrounding the University. Over 20% are international students. France supplies the single largest number of international students, largely because of exchange programs with several French business schools. Approximately 60% of the graduate students are males, and 60% of the students are attending part-time. The typical graduate locates in Southeast Louisiana, although a significant number of graduates locate outside the state, and international students generally return to their home countries.

The employer community is comprised of retail, service, wholesale, manufacturing, and construction concerns operated by individuals from eclectic ethnic and gender backgrounds. Petroleum related industries and shipbuilding operations are common. Employers are largely regional but with increasing national and international activities.

The faculty is comprised of over thirty-five full-time, qualified individuals. These persons are actively engaged in intellectual development activities of various kinds and are involved with professional and academic organizations. That involvement is supported by the College. The faculty members believe in providing excellence in education with a personal touch.

Foundation Knowledge For Business [ Top of Page ]

To insure a foundation knowledge for business, all students within the College of Business Administration, working toward a bachelor of science degree, are required to complete 42 hours of core courses: ACCT 205 and ACCT 206 or 221; BSAD 221, 490, and BSAD 310 or ENGL 310; CIS 231; QBA 282 and 285; ECON 211 and 212; FINC 302; MNGT 301 and 368; and MKTG 300. BSAD 200 and 201 cannot be applied toward a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Business.

Minors in Business [ Top of Page ]

All minors in the college of business require 18 hours with a minimum grade of C in each course. Minors available and course requirements are as follows:

Minimum Requirements for College of Business Administration Majors to begin 300-level Business Courses [ Top of Page ]

Majors must meet university requirements and have at least 60 hours of course credits (excluding developmental courses) with a 2.0 GPA prior to beginning 300-level courses in the College of Business Administration. In order to register for any 300- or 400-level course in the College of Business Administration a major must have completed or be registered in either BSAD 310 or ENGL 310, MNGT 301 or MKTG 300 and meet other requirements as listed for the course in the bulletin.

Minimum Requirements for Graduation from the College of Business Administration with a Bachelor Degree [ Top of Page ]

  1. Meet the general education requirements of the University.

  2. Complete a major field of study as shown by the various curricula offered in the College of Business Administration and where applicable, meet the requirements of the Department in which the work is taken.

  3. Earn at least a C in courses taken to meet the University's mathematics requirements, generally, MATH 101 and MATH 106.

  4. Earn at least an overall 2.0 grade-point average with no more than one D in the College of Business Administration's "foundation of knowledge for business" courses, specifically: ACCT 205 and 206 or 221; BSAD 221 and 310 or ENGL 310; CIS 231; ECON 211 and 212; FINC 302; MNGT 301 and 368; MKTG 300; and QBA 282 and 285.

  5. Earn at least a C on all work taken in the student's major field and in the Capstone Business course, BSAD 490.

  6. At least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree must be earned at Nicholls.

  7. Each undergraduate curriculum should have a general education component that normally comprises at least 50 percent of the student's four year program. Up to nine semester hours of economics and up to six semester hours of statistics may be counted as part of the general education curriculum.

In addition to the University's general Associate degree requirements the candidate for the Associate of Science degree must meet the C requirements of the bachelor degree listed above.

Departments [ Top of Page ]