J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology

Mission

The mission of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology is to develop business professionals who embrace intellectual inquiry through critical and analytical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and effective communication, while building upon the attributes of a liberal arts education.

Introduction

The College of Business offers superior academic programs and exceptional opportunities for students to develop professionally. All of the school’s business undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The BS in Computer Science is accredited by ABET.

Admission

Undergraduates who meet admission requirements for Georgia College, both freshman and transfers from other majors or other institutions, will be admitted directly into the college.

For specific information on programs of study in Business, Economics, Computer Science, and Data Science, see Programs of Study in this catalog.

Center for Economic Education

The Center for Economic Education is an affiliate of the Georgia Council on Economic Education and the Joint Council on Economic Education. The purposes of the center are:

To aid teachers in teaching economic and personal finance by conducting in-service and pre-service programs in education.
To coordinate economic education efforts with local civic groups, chambers of commerce, and other groups interested in economic education.
To act as a source of materials and speakers on the topic of economic education. A library of curriculum guides, films, and other materials is housed in Atkinson Hall on the Georgia College campus and is available for public use.

Center for Design & E-Commerce

The Center for Design & E-Commerce is a learning and resource center dedicated to providing professional learning experiences to graduate and undergraduate students in the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. The Center also provides a variety of multimedia web-based support and development services to the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, to local business and government agencies, and regional organizations in the central Georgia area and beyond. These services include website development and maintenance, graphic design, desktop publishing services and mobile app development.

Graduate information

Regular Admission Requirements

Admission is limited to holders of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution. It is expected that admission will be granted only to students showing high promise of success in graduate study. The candidate’s performance on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and the candidate’s undergraduate work will be used to determine admission status. The median GMAT score (or GRE equivalent) for currently admitted students is 530. The GMAT or GRE is not required for students who earned a business degree at an AACSB accredited business school and maintained a specific minimum undergraduate GPA. Please see the specific degree program pages for additional admission requirements and minimum GPA needed to waive the GMAT/GRE.

GMAT/GRE waivers will be allowed for admission into a graduate business program for students with significant middle-upper level work experience or a master’s degree. Applicants must file a petition to be considered for a GMAT/GRE waiver. Please contact the Graduate Admissions Recruiter for a copy of the GMAT/GRE waiver petition guidelines.

Conditional Admission Requirements

Applicants who apply too late for full consideration for admission and/or have not submitted all required documents for evaluation may be assigned conditional admission status. While in this status a student may register for one semester only, by completing a Georgia College Conditional Registration Agreement for Graduate Students. This form requires the signatures of both the student and the graduate coordinator. Students may take ONLY foundation courses while in conditional status. Any student who registers under this agreement must be admitted by the end of the first semester of enrollment to continue taking courses in the degree program.

Policy for Progression

Any student in the MAcc, MBA, MLSCM, or MMIS program whose institutional grade point average falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. If the grade point average falls to or below the equivalent of 6 hours of uncompensated C’s, the student will be academically dismissed from the degree program. An uncompensated C is one letter grade below a B where there is not an A to bring the grade point average up to a 3.0. For example, one C without an A equals one uncompensated C; one D without an A would equal two uncompensated C’s. Academic credit towards a graduate degree will not be granted for any grade below a C. However, these grades will be used in determining the institutional grade point average for courses that have not been repeated.

A student who has been academically dismissed and wants to be considered for readmission to a program must petition the Program Coordinator and be approved by the Dean of the College of Business and Technology. In order to be considered for admission into a different degree program, the student must petition the degree graduate coordinator and be approved by the dean of the school in which the program resides.

Graduate Degrees

Georgia College, through the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology, is nationally accredited by, and is a member of AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business for the offering of these degree programs:

Master of Accountancy (MAcc)
Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (M.L.S.C.M.)
Master of Management Information Systems (M.M.I.S.)
Web Master of Business Administration (MBA)