Mays Business School's mission is to develop leaders of character who make a positive difference in the communities where they live, work, and serve. Mays aspires to become the preeminent public business school in America. Through a commitment to the Aggie Core Values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service, we will change the world.
Mays is a comprehensive business school that equips students with a holistic view of an enterprise, a business mindset, functional area expertise and the full range of required technical skills that exist across all areas of business. Best-in-class business education goes beyond the standard business functional areas—accounting, finance, management, marketing, management information systems, and supply chain management—to deliver an integrated, high-impact, career-launching set of experiences.
The business curriculum has a dual emphasis: a broad-based education in the foundation disciplines of the liberal arts and the sciences; and a focused development of business knowledge and behavioral skills. Lower-level business majors learn and practice broad skills in core curriculum areas: American history; communication; creative arts; mathematics; political science; language, philosophy, and culture; life and physical sciences; and social and behavioral sciences. They simultaneously take introductory business courses.
Upon successful completion of this broad-based foundation coursework, the student will begin to focus on a major field of study and a full range of business courses. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) students choose a major field from accounting, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, and supply chain management. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business will work with their academic advisor to select a customized area of focus. Students admitted to Mays Business Honors pursue an interdepartmental degree in business honors.
This combination of a broad educational foundation and more specialized study produces graduates uniquely prepared for entry-level, career-launching organizational positions.
Requirements for graduation are listed in the Texas A&M University Student Rules and this catalog.
Courses taken to satisfy degree requirements must be taken for letter grades, with the exception of general elective requirements.
Students in Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree programs must complete with a 2.0 GPA or greater all courses included in the Core Business Knowledge.
Students must complete the Writing requirement. The requirement may be met by taking two writing (W) courses or one W course and one oral communication (C) course. See an academic advisor for additional information.
Students must complete the International and Cultural Diversity (ICD) and Cultural Discourse (CD) requirements.
Acceptance of transfer of credit for business courses will generally be limited to those courses taught in the freshman and sophomore years at this institution. Unless otherwise pre-approved by the dean, transfer credit is not offered for upper-level (junior- and senior-level) business courses.
There are five departments of instruction in Mays Business School: Accounting, Finance, Information and Operations Management, Management, and Marketing.
The degree of Bachelor of Business Administration is offered in these seven majors: accounting, business honors, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, and supply chain management. Each requires a minimum of 120 semester credit hours of study. The student elects one of these as a “major,” but is also required to study fundamental theory and procedure in each of the basic business functions. In addition, the student takes courses essential to a general liberal education.
The following is a representation of the curriculum requirements by major.