Honors Program Requirements

Course Requirements

The following courses within the Farmer School of Business, denoted by an "H" or a "C," are offered as business honors courses. Within the first year course recommendations, the following courses are required to be taken during your first year at Miami University: the First-Year Integrated Core, or "FYIC" (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104), ACC 221, and CSE 148. While not required during the first year, the other first year courses listed below are suggestions and serve to accelerate several business core courses. Accelerating the core involves taking courses from the list of core business requirements earlier than most non-honors students will take these courses. The courses recommended for acceleration are taken during the fall and spring semesters of the student's first year, prior to being officially admitted to the Farmer School of Business Honors Program.

The courses listed for the sophomore, junior and senior years are required courses within the Farmer School of Business Honors Program. You are expected to complete all business honors courses with your business honors cohort. For exceptions to this policy, please refer to the "Curriculum Requirements Exception Policy" listed below.

First Year (Before Admission)

Fall Semester
Course	Number of Hours
FYIC	8
ACC 221	3
ECO 201H	3

Spring Semester
Course	Number of Hours
CSE 148	3
ISA 125	3
ECO 202H	3

Second Year (Required Coursework)

Fall Semester
Course	Number of Hours
ACC 222H	3
ISA 235H	3
MKT 291H (Offered both semesters)	3

Spring Semester
Course	Number of Hours
FIN 301H	3
MGT 291H	3
MKT 291H*	3

Third Year (Required Coursework)

Fall Semester
Course	Number of Hours
BLS 342H	3

Spring Semester
No Specific Requirements. Potential Study Abroad Semester

Fourth Year

Capstones
Course
BLS 465H (Offered Fall Semester)
FIN 485C (Offered Fall Semester)
MKT 442H (Offered Fall and Spring Semester)
MKT 495H (Offered Fall and Spring Semester); recommended

Co-Curricular Experiences (Required Experiences)

Participate in Undergraduate Associate Program
Presentation at Undergraduate Research Forum
Satisfy Section III, Global Perspective of the Global Miami Plan
- Study Abroad (6 hours) or
- Global Courses (6 hours)

Curricular Requirements Exception Policy

Students in the Farmer School of Business (FSB) Honors Program are expected to complete all program curricular course requirements at Miami University as detailed under the course requirements section of the FSB Honors Program website. Exceptions to this policy will be rare and will require advance approval of the FSB Honors Program Director and the specific FSB Honors Program Faculty scheduled to teach the honors course(s) for which the student is seeking an exemption. An exception request will be considered for study abroad experiences during a semester other than the recommended junior year, spring semester. The student requesting the exemption will be required to develop a plan that demonstrates how he/she will achieve the academic goals of the honors courses that will be missed. This plan must be submitted to the FSB Honors Director and specific FSB Honors Program Faculty before the priority registration period of the semester for which the student plans to miss required coursework. The FSB Honors Program Director and FSB Honors Program Faculty will review the plan and determine if the plan is acceptable. If the plan is deemed unacceptable, the student may choose to revise the plan or drop the FSB Honors Program.