BGS/BPS Fast Track Degree Completion Program Options
2004-2006 Undergraduate Catalog | Catalogs

Course requirements are given below for the nine Fast Track majors and programs of study for students who have earned an associate of arts or associate of science degree as well as for the Fast Track to a master’s program that combines the BPS in Organizational Communication with the Master of Arts in Training and Development.

Fast Track in business (BPS)

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Mktg 302	Marketing Management	3
	Fin 311	Business Finance	3
	Phil 333	Business Ethics	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3
	Five courses in a specialty area, chosen with an advisor		15

Specialty areas include accounting, economics, finance, hospitality and tourism management, human resource management, management, marketing, and risk management and financial services. All specialty courses must be upper level, three of which must be taken at Roosevelt University.

Prerequisites: Acct 210, 211, Econ 101, 102, Eng 101, 102 (grades of C or higher are required for all English courses), Math 116, Math 121 or higher, one course each in statistics, business law, and computing.

Fast Track in computer science (BPS)

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Cst 270	Systems Analysis and Design	3
	Cst 327	Software Project Management
	or Cst 340	Computer Architecture	3
	Cst 317	Operating Systems Concepts
	or Cst 370	Software Engineering	3
	Cst 343	OOP with C++
	or Cst 373	Visual BASIC Programming II	3
	One computer science course at the 200 level or above		3
	Three computer science courses at the 300 level		9
	Math 245	Discrete Structures	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Prereqs: Eng 101, 102, Math 121, Cst 150, Cst 250 or 263, Cst 260, Cst 280 or 246, and any 200-level Cst course. Grades of C or higher are required for all English and computer courses.

Fast Track in criminal justice administration (BPS)

A maximum of six semester hours of D is allowed in this major.

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Oled 320	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
	Padm 300	Introduction to Public Administration	3
	Padm 301	Org and Mgmt Theory for Public Administrators	3
	Padm 305	Public Budgeting	3
	Padm 341	Introduction to Justice Administration	3
	Padm 342	Justice Administration II: The Police	3
	Padm 343	Technical Skills for Criminal Justice	3
	Padm 347	Diversity and Conflict Resolution	3
	Padm 371	Public Policy Making and Implementation	3
	Pos 290	Research Methods	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102 with grades of C or higher, a speech course, a technology course, criminology, microeconomics or macroeconomics, American politics.

Fast Track in general studies (BGS)

A maximum of six semester hours of D is allowed in this major.

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences	6
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences	6
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities	6
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3
	Eng 222	Writing About Ideas*	3
	One upper-level elective		3

*Another writing course may be substituted for Eng 222 with the approval of a BGS advisor.

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102 with grades of C or higher.

Fast Track in organizational communication (BPS)

A maximum of six semester hours of D is allowed in this major.

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Oled 320	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
	Oled 325	Organizational Communication II	3
	Bcom 301	Business Communications	3
	Jour 201	Communication in the Information Age	3
	Jour 240	Communications Research	3
	Spch 353	Business and Professional Speaking	3
	Mgmt 358	Behavioral Science and Organization Theory	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102 with grades of C or higher.

Fast Track in organizational leadership (BPS)

A maximum of six semester hours of credit earned with a grade of D is allowed in this major. Students who complete the five courses asterisked below earn an undergraduate certificate in organizational leadership. The certificate courses are available both in classroom and fully online formats. All other organizational leadership courses are available initially in online format only.

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	*Oled 320	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
	*Oled 325	Organizational Communication II	3
	*Oled 330	Foundations of Organizational Leadership	3
	*Oled 335	Organizational Change	3
	*Oled 365	Diversity in the Workplace	3
	Oled 350	Decision Making and Group Dynamics	3
	Oled 380	Strategy, Vision, and Planning	3
	Two courses chosen from the courses listed below		6
	Oled 355	Innovation and Technological Change
	Oled 378	Power and Influence
	Oled 370	Leadership Development and Succession Planning
	Oled 375	Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102 with grades of C or higher.

Fast Track in professional administration (BPS)

A maximum of six semester hours of D is allowed in this program of study.

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Math 116	Finite Mathematics	3
	Math 121	College Algebra (or higher)	3
	Econ 234	Elementary Statistics	3
	Mgmt/Phil 333	Business Ethics	3
	Mktg 302	Marketing Management	3
	Acct 201	Business Law I	3
	Fin 311	Business Finance	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Prerequisites: Acct 210, 211, Eng 101, 102, Econ 101, 102, and one computing course. Grades of C or higher are required for all English and computer science courses.

Fast Track in psychology (BGS)

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Two 200-level psychology courses		6
	Five 300-level psychology courses (Psyc 285 Research Methods may substitute for one 300-level course)		15
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

Grades of C or higher are required in all psychology courses.

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102 with grades of C or higher, and three psychology courses, including general psychology, with grades of C or higher.

Fast Track in telecommunications (BPS)

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	Cst 331	Telecommunications Systems Analysis	3
	Cst 332	Telecommunications Management	3
	Cst 346	Advanced Data Communications	3
	Cst 354	Local Area Networks	3
	Cst 362	Telecommunications: Regulations and Policies	3
	One computer science course at the 200 level or above		3
	*Two computer science courses at the 300 level		6
	Math 245	Discrete Structures	3
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3

*Students may substitute Phys 366 for one 300-level computer science elective.

Prerequisites: Eng 101, 102, Math 121, Cst 150, Cst 246, Cst 290, and any two 200-level Cst courses. Grades of C or higher are required for all English and computer science courses.

Fast Tracks to a Master of Arts in Training and Development

Prerequisites: Econ 101, 102 with grades of C or higher.

BPS in organizational communication

BPS in organizational leadership

	Bgs 302	Methods of Critical Reasoning	3
	*Oled 320	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
	*Oled 325	Organizational Communication II	3
	*Oled 330	Foundations of Organizational Leadership	3
	*Oled 335	Organizational Change	3
	*Oled 365	Diversity in the Workplace	3
	Oled 350	Decision Making and Group Dynamics	3
	Oled 380	Strategy, Vision, and Planning	3
	Two courses chosen from the courses listed below		6
	Oled 355	Innovation and Technological Change
	Oled 378	Power and Influence
	Oled 370	Leadership Development and Succession Planning
	Oled 375	Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
	One of the seminars listed below, chosen with approval of an advisor		6
	Bgs 390	Seminar in the Social Sciences
	Bgs 391	Seminar in the Natural Sciences
	Bgs 392	Seminar in the Humanities
	Bgs 399	Senior Thesis	3