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Undergraduate Degree Requirements

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What's Required to Earn a Bachelor's Degree?

Your UNCW Bachelor's Degree is comprised of four elements.  In total, all UNCW students must earn at least 120 credit hours and a 2.0 GPA to graduate.

  1. University Studies requirements (often called "general education courses") provide students with a well-rounded world-view and are often liberal-arts focused.  This component is typically about 64 credit hours or roughly half of your Bachelor's degree.
  2. Major requirements are specialized courses within a particular subject or field of study.  For business students, these are your CSB admission, Cameron Core courses, and Concentration courses.  This component is about 40-45 credit hours.
  3. Concentration requirements are a subset of the major for business students and are even more specialized with a focus on a particular function in business (like marketing, management, accounting, etc.). Concentration courses are 21 credit hours.
  4. Electives and Minors make up the final element of your degree.  These are often "free-choices" students select to complement their degree plan or utilize to explore other areas of interest. Minors are not required, but can be a valuable way to utilize elective hours.

1. CSB Admission

Students arrive to UNCW and are classified as a Pre-Major. Once all CSB admission criteria are met, students will apply to the Cameron School at the direction of an academic advisor. Admission is required to take advance concentration coursework and to graduate from UNCW.

Review the CSB Admission requirements

2. CSB Core

In addition to the CSB admission courses, Pre-Major students must complete the Cameron Core requirements. You can begin taking Core courses once the prerequisite has been satisfied and you can take many core courses as a Pre-Major student.  The CSB course courses are:

  • ACG 203 – Managerial Accounting
  • BLA 361 – Legal Environment of Business
  • BUS 206 – Career Essentials
  • ENG 206 – Writing for Career Essentials
  • FIN 335 – Principles of Financial Management
  • INB 300 – International Business
  • MGT 350 – Principles of Management
  • MGT 455 – Competitive Strategy
  • MKT 340 – Principles of Marketing
  • SCM 370 – Principles of Operations Management

3. CSB Concentration

To enroll in Concentration courses, students must be accepted into the Cameron School and no longer carry the "Pre-Major" designation.  Concentration courses are typically completed in your last year at UNCW.  

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