Business (Urban Policy), BA
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STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
International students (F1), this program is not eligible for the STEM-OPT extension.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
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Degree description
The BA in business with a concentration in urban policy is an innovative, transdisciplinary program that prepares students for positions in a variety of professions in which business and urban policy play important roles in ensuring success. Economic development and urban planning are inextricably linked. The urban policy concentration prepares students to address many of the challenges of rapid urban growth. Students in this program complete rigorous courses that focus on the complexity and range of issues affecting the quality of urban planning and development in addition to the skill and core courses required of all W. P. Carey School of Business majors.
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All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
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Freshman admission requirements for this program are the same as the university's freshman admission requirements. Readmission requirements: must have a 3.00 transfer GPA (if applicable) and a 3.00 cumulative ASU GPA.
Transfer admission requirements:
Transfer applicants must have a 3.00 GPA for all transfer work and meet university transfer admission requirements. Transfer students should select an additional major, which must be outside W. P. Carey School of Business, when applying for admission. Students with fewer than 45 transfer hours who are not admissible to a W. P. Carey School of Business major and who did not select a second major or are not admissible to their second major choice will be placed in the exploratory social and behavioral sciences program in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. Students with more than 45 transfer hours who are not admissible to a W. P. Carey School of Business major and who did not select a second major or are not admissible to their second major choice will be prompted in My ASU to select a new major.
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Historically, urban planners have had little business background; however, business success is a key ingredient in high-quality, dynamic urban policy. Graduates with a bachelor's degree in business with an urban policy concentration are equipped to deal with the wide range of economic and business development issues.
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Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business
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BA 160
wpcareyug@asu.edu
480-965-4227
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