Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

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The requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree are:

  • Completion of all core curriculum requirements, academic major course requirements, and elective requirements for the degree with an overall cumulative quality point average (GPA) of not less than 2.00, a cumulative technical quality point average of not less than 2.00, and a cumulative major quality point average of not less than 2.00.
     
  • For transfer students, no more than 60 credits may be transferred into a program including AP, transfer, and study abroad. No more than 15 transfer credits may apply to satisfy business core classes.
     
  • The final 30 credit hours of a student’s academic program must be completed at Villanova (residency requirement). With permission of the Associate Dean, a student may study abroad during the first semester of senior year.
     
  • Discharge of all financial obligations to Villanova University.

Students are responsible for the degree requirements in effect at the time of their initial enrollment. If they are formally readmitted to VSB, they must meet the requirements of their new graduating class. Transfer students’ degree requirements are determined at time of transfer.

Undergraduate students may enroll in graduate-level courses (up to nine credits) with permission of the department, graduate programs, and undergraduate programs.  Students admitted to a graduate program may apply some of these courses to their masters degree program requirements with approval from the relevant department and graduate programs office.  These courses must be taken while an undergraduate, and cannot apply to undergraduate degree requirements retroactively (upon conferral of the undergraduate degree).

A student’s eligibility for graduation is determined by the Dean. NOTE: it is the personal responsibility of the student to ensure that all requirements for graduation are met.

Students accepted to the Honors Program may earn the Bachelor of Business Administration, Honors degree by successfully completing the following degree requirements:

  1. Complete ten (10) 3 cr. Honors courses plus VSB 2121 Business Scholars Seminar (1 cr.). At least four (4) of ten (10) 3 cr. Honors courses must include the required VSB Honors courses listed below:
    • VSB 1015 Business Dynamics
    • At least one of the following five required VSB courses must be an Honors course.
      • VSB 2004 Financial Accounting
      • VSB 2007 Corporate Responsibility & Regulation
      • VSB 2008 Business Analytics
      • VSB 2009 Principles of Finance
      • VSB 2014 Principles of Managerial Accounting
    • MGT 3900 Innovation & Design Practicum - starting in spring 2027
      (Note: MGT 3900 is offered as VSB 3900 before the spring 2027 semester)
    • VSB 4002 Strategic Thinking and Implementation
  2. Complete all major courses, core requirements, and elective requirements, and earn at least of 126 credit hours.
  3. Must maintain a minimum of 3.33 cumulative GPA and meet the minimum required technical GPA and major GPA requirements.

Upon successful completion of VSB 2121, students will have an opportunity to serve as a research associate with a VSB professor for up to three years.

VSB students will be permitted to bundle three eligible, letter-graded 1-credit colloquia to count as the equivalent of a 3-cr. honors course with the understanding that the bundle does not fulfill any VSB degree requirements (e.g., free electives, etc.). Therefore, the “bundle” will only count towards the number of Honors courses taken but would be in addition to the 126 credits required to graduate with a VSB Honors degree. Note: HON 5003 can only be bundled when not satisfying VSB 2000 requirement. For more information about colloquium bundles and earning Honors credit for other additional curricular options (e.g. contract courses, study abroad coursework, etc.), please refer to the general Honors section of the catalog.

​​​​In addition to the course requirements, students will be presented with opportunities to engage with faculty, staff, corporate partners and alumni through a range of personal and professional development offerings. The goal is to provide Honors students with opportunities and challenging intellectual engagement across three areas at VSB:

  • VSB Honors Classes
  • Intellectual Engagement (research and other faculty engagement)
  • Targeted Professional Development Opportunities

https://www.villanova.edu/university/academic-enterprise/honors.html