Walton College

The Walton College does not assign specific academic advisors to students. The Undergraduate Programs Office has nine academic advisors. You can schedule an appointment with any of them dependent on availability. You can meet with the same advisor every time or you can choose a different advisor.

Each Walton student with less than 70 hours of credit is required to meet with a Walton academic advisor. Advising holds are usually placed early in the semester and can only be removed by meeting with your academic advisor.

There are three ways to schedule an appointment for Walton majors:

1. Call the Undergraduate Programs at 479-575-4622
2. Schedule online via UASuccess
3. Visit WCOB 328 and schedule an appointment in person.

It depends on the hold, but all academic advising holds and all WCOB pre graduation check holds require a meeting with a Walton academic advisor. Schedule an appointment.

For Walton students, changing your major or adding a minor is as simple as meeting with an academic advisor. The academic advisor can help you declare the major or minor and explore which courses will be required by adding the major/minor. For non-business majors, students will add the Walton minor by going to their respective Dean’s office and adding the Walton minor.

There are six parts to the Walton curriculum: Pre-Business Core; Business Core; University Core; General Education Electives (BSBA) / Foreign Language (BSIB); Junior Senior Business Electives (BSBA) / International Business Courses (BSIB); and Major (BSBA) / Concentration (BSIB). View Advising worksheets for each major.

A pre-requisite is course or requirement that must be completed before the term when the described course is taken. A co-requisite is a course that must be taken before or at the same time as the course described.

The state of Arkansas specifies a number of core courses that students must successfully pass to obtain a degree. These are also sometimes referred to as the State Minimum Core. There are 7 areas: English (6 hours); Mathematics (3 hours); Science (8 hours); Fine Arts (3 hours); Humanities (3 hours); US History (3 hours); and Social Sciences (9 hours). The University has identified the specific courses that meet these area requirements. Visit the catalog to find University Core Requirements.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree requires a minimum of 12 hours of General Education Electives. This can be any course offered at the University of Arkansas. Restrictions: No more than six (6) hours of business courses; no remedial course; no more than 3 hours of PEAC or DANC courses; no courses for which a student has already received credit; and Walton majors cannot take the following course for credit: MGMT 3653; ECON 3053; ECON 2143; or ISYS 1123.

A junior senor business elective is any 3000 or 4000 level course offered by a Walton College Department (ACCT, BLAW, ECON, FINN, ISYS, MGMT, MKTG, RETL, SCMT, RETL, WCOB). There are three exceptions: ECON 3053, WCOB 3043, and MGMT 3563 - students cannot take these three courses to satisfy junior senior business electives. We recommend speaking with an academic advisor before taking junior senior business electives in the same discipline as your major.

A “C” indicates that the course has a drill component as a co-requisite.

Contact the registrar or record’s office where the course was originally taken and ask them to send official transcripts to: Office of the Registrar, 1083 East Sain Ave., 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Many schools can also electronically send transcripts to registra@uark.edu. Check your UAConnect account to verify the transcripts have been processed.

University of Arkansas students are given two opportunities to retake courses in which they received a “D” or “F”, requesting that the repeat grade be used in their GPA calculation. To exercise Grade Forgiveness, students must submit a grade forgiveness form to the Office of the Registrar.

The graduation application can be found in the Student Homepage in UAConnect. View detailed instructions for graduation applications.

To request credit for an internship (i.e. to be enrolled into WCOB 310V Cooperative Education) students must submit a Co-op application. Application must be submitted by the deadline of the requested term.

If you believe there is an error on your degree audit, send an email to Dr. Jeff Hood (jhood@walton.uark.edu) with an explanation. Be sure to include your UofA ID number.