Program: Brock Scholars Major (B.S.B.A.)-Fellows - Samford University

2024-2025 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 02, 2025

The Brock Scholars major is an imaginative, demanding, and competitive program of study designed for University Fellows and outstanding pre-business students who desire to major in business. Brock Scholars are selected annually through a rigorous application process in the spring of the freshman year. The program allows students the flexibility to create their own unique curriculum, coupled with international travel, student research, hands-on experience through internships, and a high degree of faculty involvement.

General Education - University Fellows Core Curriculum: 38 Credits

General Education - Distribution Areas (Fellows): 7-19 Credits

Natural and Computational Sciences: COSC 107 (4)
Social Science: ECON 201 (3) *
Mathematics: MATH 130 (4) (or higher)*
Languages (0-8) (proficiency through 102 or higher)***
Fine Arts: SOA 200 (3) or SOA 210 (3)
Humanities: UFWT 201 (4) *

Brock Scholars Major (University Fellows): 71-83 Credits

Freshman Year: 3 Credits

BUSA 100 - World of Business (3) (Spring)

Sophomore Year: 22 Credits

Junior Year: 17 Credits

BUSA 222 - Personal Finance (3)
DATA 301 - Intermediate Data Analytics (3) **
FINC 321 - Financial Management (3) **
MNGT 303 - Principles of Management (3) **
MARK 311 - Principles of Marketing (3) **
BSBB 301 - Summer Fellowship (1) (after junior year)^§
BSBB 302 - Oxbridge Tutorial (1) ^§§

Senior Year: 14 Credits

Additional Major/Enrichment Courses: 15-27 Credits

Additional major/enrichment courses may come from inside or outside the business school.

Total Required Credits: 128

* Courses/credits noted with a single asterisk are applicable to more than one requirement within the program.

1) ECON 201  satisfies the general education social science requirement for all business majors but is also required/applicable to the Brock Scholars major.

2) MATH 130  satisfies the general education mathematics requirement for all business majors, but the Fellows curriculum requires MATH 240 as part of its core. Completion of MATH 240 can satisfy both requirements for Fellows students.

3) UFWT 201  can satisfy the general education humanities requirement for Fellows students.

** Any of these core business courses may be replaced/substituted with related coursework applicable to the student’s chosen course of study upon approval from the appropriate department chair and the student’s faculty committee.

*** Students must achieve language proficiency through the 102 level.

§ Brock Scholars receive stipends to support their Internship and Summer Fellowship.

§§ May be offered in conjunction w/a business course or independently (+1 crd).

§§§ Offered once every two years in the fall, for all junior- and senior-level Scholars.

NOTE: Brock Scholars design their own degree program in conjunction with their faculty committee (three faculty, no more than one from outside the Brock School of Business), who will approve the entire program of study.