Welcome to Your College Meeting

Before We Get Started …

Students accepted into the College of Business should

have received a pink card at check-in or spoken to an

Adviser to change colleges.

For this meeting, please utilize the College of Business

and Innovation booklet (that you received as you

entered) – feel free to take notes, if you’d like!

Introductions:

Office of Student Retention and

Academic SuccessPage 2 in your Booklet

Academic Advising -

– Fulltime Professional

Academic Advisers - your academic contacts from today through graduation.

– You have a role in selecting your adviser.

UT utilizes a Team Approach– Success Coaches support non-academic areas

– Peer Mentors offer additional student insight

Success Coaches – 1830 Rocket Hall

• A student’s success coach can help them build and

develop skills, make referrals to support services,

and aid in their success.

• A student’s success coach is able to assist with any

questions, problems or concerns they have related to

their University of Toledo experience, such as:

• Goal setting

• Time management and study strategies

• Student involvement and organizations

• Financial aid and budgeting

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Office of Student Retention and

Academic Success!

Academic Resource CenterCheck with us first! Just stop in, call

or email and ask

Savage & Associates Business Complex, Room 3130, 419-530-2087

(adjacent to Stranahan Hall)

COBIadvising@utoledo.edu

www.utoledo.edu/business/StuServ/

Welcome to COBIStudent Services Team

College Meeting Agenda

Programs of Study

First Semester Courses

Course Selection Guidelines

Sample Course Schedules

Opportunities in the College of Business

(and other exciting things……)

Questions and Answers

COBI Undergraduate

Programs of Study

Page 2/3 in your booklet

Associate Degrees (AA, ABM, ATS, etc.)

Bachelor of Applied Organizational

Technology (BAOT)

Bachelor of Science in Information

Technology (BSIT)

Bachelor of Business Administration

(BBA)

Associate Degrees8 areas of study – minimum 60 credit hours

Accounting Technology

Business Management Technology

Computer Network Administration

Computer Software Specialist

Information Services and Support

Pre-Business (leading to BBA)

Programming and Software Development

Technical Studies – Including an option for Web Design /Graphic Design

2+2 Bachelor Degree

Bachelor of Applied Organizational

Technology (BAOT)

Students who have earned a technical

associates degree are able to complete

additional requirements to earn a Bachelors

Degree.

Includes University Core/General

Education Requirements

Minimum 120 credit hours (approx 60 + 60)

Shared Bachelor Degree

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

(BSIT)

Degree includes both Business and

Engineering requirements focusing on

computer technology.

Includes University Core/General

Education Requirements

Minimum 128 credit hours

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA

Degree Requirements

Traditional Bachelor Degree

Accredited by AACSB International

Includes a Balance Between Business

and Liberal Arts Course Work

Includes University Core/General

Education Requirements

Minimum 125 credit hours

Lower and Upper Divisions

Traditional BBA

13 Major Areas of Study

Accounting

Electronic Commerce/ Digital Marketing

Entrepreneurship, Family, and Small Business

Finance

Financial Services

General Management

Human Resource Management

Information Systems

International Business

Marketing

Operations / Supply Chain Management

Organizational Leadership and Management

Professional Sales

Lower Division – where you begin

Writing Requirement

Mathematics Requirement

Humanities & Fine Arts Requirement

Natural Sciences Requirement

Social Sciences Requirement

Multicultural Studies Requirement

Pre-Business Core Courses

Non-Business Electives

Upper Division – declaring your major

Admission based on minimum cumulative

grade point average of 2.25 (2.75 for

Accounting), subset gpa of 2.25, and

completion of 60 credit hours

Business Core Courses

Area of Specialization (Major)

Business Minor/Electives

Internship

Degree Audit Reporting System

(DARS Web)

Degree Information and Requirements

Computerized, Personalized

Linked to University’s Information System

Available in the Office of Student Retention &

Academic Success (SB 3130)

Available on the Web

Explained in Detail in the required BUAD 1000

(“First Year Orientation”) Course

Fall Semester

First Semester Courses

Page 4/5 in your booklet

Priority First Semester Courses:

BUAD 1000, A First Year Orientation Course

BUAD/BMGT 1010, Introduction to Business

If available -

ENGLISH 1110, English Comp 1

MATH (per ACT/SAT, or placement test)

English Course Sequence

ENGL 1110: English Comp 1

Writing and Grammar

ENGL 2960: English Comp 2

Organizational Report Writing

*Math Course Sequence(Based on ALEKS Placement Test and/or ACT/SAT Scores)

MATH 1200: Math. Modeling & Problem Solving

(Intermediate Algebra) or

MATH 1200 + MATH 1190 Study Skills lab

MATH 1320: College Algebra

MATH 1730: Calculus with Applications to Business

First Semester Courses

Additional First Semester Course options:

BUAD 1020 (CMPT 1100), Microcomputer

Applications

* Other possible Business requirements

Humanities and Fine Arts

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Non-Business Electives (including Foreign

Language courses, if needed)

* Associate and BSIT programs only

Enrollment Fee

• In order for student to register today, the

enrollment fee must be paid.

• Students who had not paid, were

notified at check-in this morning.

• If students are not able to pay, we will

assist them with registration as soon as

payment is made – and they should

contact our office to review options at

that time.

Course Selection GuidelinesPage 6 in your booklet

Prerequisites strictly enforced

2 to 3 hours homework per week for each

credit hour

Full-time status requires minimum 12 credit hrs.

12-18 credits same tuition cost

30 earned hours required for:

Sophomore rank

Enrollment in 2000-level Business courses

Continuation of selected scholarships (27 hrs)

Four-year plan requires 14-16 hrs/semester – 30+ hours per year

Let us know if you have taken any AP courses or other College Credit Plus courses which may transfer in as UT credit

Sample Course Schedules

Fall Semester Spring Semester

BUAD 1000 1 ECON 1150 3

BUAD 1010 3 BUAD 1020 3

ENGL 1110 3 ENGL 2960 3

MATH 1730 5 PSC 1200 3

EEES 1130 3 THR 1100 3

EEES 1140 1 Elective 1

16 hrs. 16 hrs.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8AM Math Math Math Math Math

9AM

10AM EEES EEES EEES

11AM English English

12PM Intro Bus English Intro Bus English

1PM Intro Bus Intro Bus

2PM EEES lab Orien

3PM EEES lab

4PM

5PM

6PM

7PM

8PM

9PM

10PM

Sample Student Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8AM Math Math Math Math Math

9AM

10AM EEES EEES EEES

11AM English English

12PM Intro Bus English Intro Bus English

1PM Intro Bus Intro Bus

2PM EEES lab Orien Work Work

3PM Work EEES lab Work Work Work

4PM Work Work Work Work

5PM Work Work Work Work

6PM Work Work Work Work

7PM Work Work

8PM

9PM

10PM

Sample Student Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8AM Sleep Math Math Math Math Math Sleep

9AM Sleep Sleep

10AM Rel/Com EEES EEES EEES Sleep

11AM Service English Lunch English Laundry

12PM Brunch Intro Bus English Intro Bus English Laundry

1PM Brunch Intro Bus Lunch Intro Bus Lunch Lunch Lunch

2PM Lunch EEES lab Orien Work Work

3PM Work EEES lab Work Work Work

4PM Work Work Work Work

5PM Dinner Work Work Work Work

6PM Stu Org Work Dinner Work Dinner Work Work

7PM Stu Org Work Work Dinner Dinner

8PM Dinner Dinner Social Social

9PM Social Social Social

10PM Social Social Social

Sample Student Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8AM Sleep Math Math Math Math Math Sleep

9AM Sleep Study Study Study Study Study Sleep

10AM Rel/Com EEES Study EEES Study EEES Sleep

11AM Service Study English Lunch English Study Laundry

12PM Brunch Intro Bus English Intro Bus English Study Laundry

1PM Brunch Intro Bus Lunch Intro Bus Lunch Lunch Lunch

2PM Study Lunch EEES lab Orien Study Work Work

3PM Study Work EEES lab Work Study Work Work

4PM Study Work Study Work Study Work Work

5PM Dinner Work Study Work Study Work Work

6PM Stu Org Work Dinner Work Dinner Work Work

7PM Stu Org Work Study Work Study Dinner Dinner

8PM Study Dinner Study Dinner Study Social Social

9PM Study Study Study Study Social Social Social

10PM Study Study Study Study Social Social Social

Sample Student Schedule

Building Your Schedule

Academic Standards/ExpectationsPage 8 in your booklet

ACADEMIC SUSPENSION: Students may be

suspended from UT whenever they fail to maintain

the required cumulative GPA as outlined below.

Quality Hours Attempted Cumulative GPA

10-19 semester hours less than 1.0

20-29 semester hours less than 1.5

30-39 semester hours less than 1.7

40-49 semester hours less than 1.8

50-59 semester hours less than 1.9

60+ semester hours less than 2.0

“One of the biggest contributors to my failing classes was my

lack of attendance. My reason for not attending was that I

didn’t have the freedom in all the years of

schooling that I had in college.”

Academic Standards/Expectations

PRESIDENT’S LIST: earning a 4.0 GPA will be recognized by

the President’s Office and a notation will appear on the student’s

transcript. (12 or more quality hours, graded A through F)

DEAN’S LIST: earning a 3.5 or above GPA will be recognized

by the College Dean’s Office and a notation will appear on the

student’s transcript. (12 or more quality hours, graded A - F)

GRADUATION WITH HONORS: These higher education GPA

averages and the citation they merit on the student’s degree are

as follows:

3.3 Cum Laude

3.6 Magna Cum Laude

3.9 Summa Cum Laude

Opportunities in the College of Business

and Innovation

•Savage & Assoc

Business Complex –

2010

•54,000 square feet

•10 state of the art

classrooms

•6 conference rooms

•5 action learning labs

COBI Opportunities

Be a part of a great top 100 Business school !

Business Career Programs Office

COBI Career Development Courses

Bi-Annual Career Fairs

Ongoing Career Development Workshops

John & Lillian Neff Trading Room

4 additional Action Learning Labs including Professional Sales, Information Systems and Organizational Management

Newly opened Alan Berry Accounting Lab

Living Learning Community – Residence Life

Honors College/Departmental Honors Program

Professional Student Organizations

Study Abroad

We’ll cover these & more in BUAD 1000 !

COBI Success Stories

• COBI’s Pi Sigma Epsilon Professional Business Fraternity (PSE), won

a Chapter Sustained Excellence Award (one of six in the nation) at the

20160 National Convention in Milwaukee. A COBI sales student

claimed first place in their National Pro-Am Sell-A-Thon as well as Top

Salesperson of the Day, another was named a National Finalist. UT

COBI also won second place in Top Management Team, third place in

the case competition, fourth place for the chapter’s recruiting efforts

and finalists in the Marketing Research Challenge, etc.

• The COBI Chapter of the American Marketing Association was recently

recognized as a Top25 chapter in the world at a New Orleans

convention. With over 350 AMA chapters reporting, it is a tremendous

accomplishment for the students to be recognized with this accolade.

• The COBI team won the First Place Trophy for their Case Solution, and

then sweetened their success by also winning the Best Overall

Champion Award, Project and Case for 2016, the highest honor

presented at the Information Systems Ball State Univ. competition. This

is the 6th year UT has placed.

COBI Success Stories

Sample of COBI student internships:

• Detroit Tigers

• Owens Illinois

• Ford Motor Company

• Libbey, Inc.

• The Anderson’s

• Therma-Tru

• Pricewaterhouse Coopers

• Owens Corning

• Root inc

• Tenneco

• Promedica

Additional Fulltime Placements:

• Dana

• Eaton Corp.

• Amazon.com

• Ernst & Young LLP

• JP Morgan Chase & Co

• Wright Patterson Air Force Base

• Marathon Petroleum Corp

• Ritz Carlton

• 3M

• Hilti

COBI Technology

College Computing Department

10 Multimedia Classrooms

2 Teaching Labs

4 Open Computer Labs (24/7)

Laptop Checkout (8:30am-10pm M-TH, 8:30am-5pm F)

COBI- College Computing Department

Room: Stranahan Hall, ST 5007

Email: cobi-ccd@utoledo.edu

Phone: (419) 530-4607

Full-time Staff Support: Cory Marshall, Cary Newton & DJ Bensch

Additional Student Staff and Graduate Assistant Support

Please meet your Student Services Staff

Barb Robertson

Debbie Jones

Jenny McDowell-Tharpe

Darlene Stevens

Whitney Walker

Jessica Weigle

Kaleigh Rapp – Graduate Assistant

COBI student workers – Allison, Jessica, Emily,

Maggie, Jalen

Jump Start assistant - Nick

Questions and Answers

What’s Next?

Parents – Remain seated for

• Careers and Technology in Business (you will be taken back to the Student Union to attend other

programming in approx. 1 hour)

Students – Your names will be called for

Academic Advising and Course Registration,

take your College of Business handouts!

(you will be taken back to the Student Union to attend other

programming & to Get your Rocket Card!! when registration is

completed)

Parents/Students – will meet at the next session in

Student Union when students have completed registration.

Student Groups

Jessica Weigle

• Christian Glass

• Jordan Spain

Student Groups

• Christopher Arno

• Lacee Wagner

• Cody Wolff

Debbie Jones

Student Groups

Darlene Stevens

• Taye’lor Freeman

• Marc Harris

Student Groups

Barb Robertson

• Sheena Bear

• Osmara Salinas

Student Groups

Jenny McDowell Tharpe

• Daymion Archuleta

• Preston Arriaga

Student Groups

Whitney Walker

• Nicoven Hall

• Saylor Reed

We’re here for you