This page contains a collection of advising information for students beginning at Penn State Altoona and intending to earn Bachelor's degrees from Smeal College. There is no guarantee it is fully updated.

Degree Audit

1. Log into elion @ PSU and click on Degree Audit.
2. Select alternative and click on continue.
3. Select Business for College, the major (in Smeal), and the year you started at Altoona for Program Year.
4. Hit Submit degree audit request and then View audit request status.

Note: The requirements which appear in the degree audit are for Smeal College; they are not Entrance-to-major requirements. For the Entrance-to-major requirements, see below.

Entrance to Major Requirements

Courses
The following courses must be completed in two years in Altoona.

Effective Fall 2010

• Engl 015 [3]
• Math 110 [4]
• Econ 2 [3]
• Mgmt 301 [3]
• Scm 200 or Stat 200 [4]
• Mktg 301 [3]
• Acctg 211 [4]
• Fin 301 [3]

Effective Fall 2011

• Engl 015 [3]
• Math 110 [4]
• Econ 102 [3]
• Mgmt 301 [3]
• Scm 200 or Stat 200 [4]
• Mktg 301 [3]
• Acctg 211 [4]
• Fin 301 [3]

Note: Courses in Bold require a grade of C or higher.

Prerequisites
No prerequisites for ECON 002, ECON 004, MIS 204, BA 241, 242, and 243.

Two units in Algebra	⇒	SCM 200 STAT 200
MATH 021 or 1.5 units of high school algebra	⇒	ACCTG211
2 entrance units in mathematics	⇒	CMPSC 203
ENGL 004 or English proficiency examination.	⇒	ENGL 015
MATH 021 or FTCAP	⇒	MATH 022 or FTCAP	⇒	MATH 110
MATH 021 or FTCAP	⇒	MATH 022, MATH 026 or MATH 040 or MATH 041 or FTCAP	⇒	MATH 140

GPA

• Economics is the only major in Smeal College which requires only the university minimum 2.0 GPA. All other majors require a 3.0 GPA, with the exception of Finance which is higher and keeps rising.
• Your overall GPA is compared to these cutoffs after your sophomore fall semester, and then again after your sophomore spring semester.

Recommended Academic Plans (RAP) >> PDFs

• Smeal Student Exchange Degree Requirement.
• Global Awareness and Understanding You have to take 6 credts from GAU. Use also advanced search @ Altoona.
• Foreign Language Policy You have to complete level 3 to graduate.
  5 options for those who forgot what you learned in high school:
  • Audit a course to refresh your memory (Pass/Fail and you need to pay the tuition).
  • Take the risk! (take the course what you are supposed to)
  • Learn a new language and start from level 1.
  • Intensive Summer Language course (this finishes all foreign language requirements in one summer!).
  • Take 2 courses of 6 credits. See for e.g Course Descript.

• Smeal College >> student exchange.
• Registration and Scheduling >> registrar @ Altoona
• Schedule of course >> schedule of course
• Academic Advising at Penn State >> Advising @ PSU
• Undergraduate degree Programs >> University Bulletin and Blue Book 
• elion @ PSU
• DUS at Altoona (814) 949-5084 or (814) 949-5281

• It is not required to take BA214 or BA242 at Altoona
• Advising Updates # 535 Division of undergraduate studies
• October 6 2009
  • No First Year Seminar offered at Altoona.
  • Prerequisites for MGMT 301 for Spring 2010 can be taken concurrently.
  • There will be more sections of ECON 2 and MKTG 301 offered in fall semesters and more sections of MGMT 301 and ECON 4 in spring semesters. If students follow the RAP, ECON 2 and MKTG 301 will be spring courses and EON 4 and MGMT 301 will be fall courses.
  • It is recommended that students complete MATH 21 before taking ECON 2 and 4.
  • Foreign languages and English 202D to be taken in Altoona, if possible.
  • If students take MATH 21 in the first semester, MATH 22 and STAT 200 in the 2nd semester, MATH 110 should be taken in the 3rd semester. If that is completed, the students will be prepared for Finance 301 in the 4th semester.