To improve retention in the General Business and Accounting curriculum, the business area would like to recommend that all students wishing to enter the AB.GBS or AB.ACC curriculum be required to first complete a pre-business certificate. The certificate would be a 15 credit hour program of core business courses in the business and accounting programs and would give the student a chance to decide what path they would like to take in business. The pre-business certificate should increase program retention rates as well as program graduation rates since the students will have had an opportunity to meet with an advisor to talk about their future educational goals and determine the best path for them.


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