Four-Year Plan


The flexibility of the academic calendar at Hiram College allows adult students with no prior college credit to complete an undergraduate degree in four years. Students who transfer credit from other accredited institutions may finish faster, sometimes in as few as 18 months. The Weekend College offers the flexibility for students to adjust their time to graduation to fit their individual schedules and prior college experience.

The following is a representitive four-year plan for the business management major in the Weekend College.

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  • Gen. Grad. Req. = General Graduation Requirement. All students are required to take two classes each in writing, interdisciplinary, humanities, fine arts, social sciences and natural sciences.
  • Major Requirement = Classes required for all business management majors.
  • Major Correlative = Elective classes that fulfill business management major.
  • Elective = Class that counts towards the 120 semester hours required for graduation, but not towards the business management major.

Year 1 - 30 semester hours


Fall 12-week term
  1. Writing I - Gen. Grad. Req. - Writing (4)
  2. Project Re-entry - Elective (1)
  3. Principals of Marketing - Major Requirement (4)
Fall 3-week term
  1. Interpersonal Communication - Major Correlative (3)
Spring 12-week term
  1. Writing II - Gen. Grad. Req. - Writing (4)
  2. Organizational Behavior - Major Requirement (4)
Spring 3-week term
  1. Systems Approach to Managing Change - Major Correlative (3)
Summer
  1. Field Botany - Gen. Grad. Req. - Lab Science (4)
  2. History of Rock 'n Roll - Gen. Grad. Req. - Fine Arts (3)

Year 2 - 30 semester hours


Fall 12-week term
  1. Financial Accounting I - Major Requirement (3)
  2. Lean & Six Sigma - Major Elective (1)
  3. What's Normal I - Gen. Grad. Req. - Interdisciplinary (4)
Fall 3-week term
  1. Financial Accounting II - Major Requirement (1)
Spring 12-week term
  1. Foundations of Public Communications - Major Correlative (4)
  2. Career Exploration - Elective (1)
  3. World Religions - Gen. Grad. Req. - Humanities (4)
Spring 3-week term
  1. Consumer Behavior - Major Correlative (3)
  2. Wildflowers - Elective (1)
Summer
  1. Tuskegee Airmen - Gen. Grad. Req. - Interdisciplinary & Major Correlative (4)
  2. Introduction to Psychology - Major Correlative (4)

Year 3 - 33 semester hours


Fall 12-week term
  1. Microeconomics - Major Requirement (4)
  2. Business Law I - Major Correlative (4)
  3. Stock Market Investing I - Major Correlative (2)
Fall 3-week term
  1. Readings in British Literature - Gen. Grad. Req. - Humanities (3)
Spring 12-week term
  1. Macroeconomics - Major Requirement (4)
  2. Business Law II - Major Correlative (4)
  3. Stock Market Investing II (2)
Spring 3-week term
  1. Geohazards - Gen. Grad. Req. - Non-lab Science (3)
Summer
  1. Electronic Crime - Major Correlative (4)
  2. Urban Design & Regional Planning - Gen. Grad. Req. - Interdisciplinary (3)

Year 4 - 27 semester hours


Fall 12-week term
  1. Corporate Finance - Major Requirement - (4)
  2. Introduction to Art - Gen. Grad. Req. - Fine Arts (4)
  3. Process Control - Elective (1)
Fall 3-week term
  1. Consumer Behavior - Elective (3)
Spring 12-week term
  1. Writing for Business - Elective (4)
  2. Organizational Communication - Major Correlative (4)
  3. What's Normal II - Gen. Grad. Req. - Interdisciplinary (4)
Spring 3-week term
  1. Marketing Research - Major Correlative (3)

Graduate with a B.A. in May of 4th Year!


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