Rhetoric and Composition - BAM Within the Core curriculum, there is one area we need to examine a little more closely, Rhetoric and Composition. All students need to complete Rhetoric and Composition, and in order to fulfill this Core A2 requirement, you are required to take the BAM 300 – Management Research and Writing course, which is built into the curriculum. You must successfully complete BAM 300 with a grade of D- or higher. Those students who do not achieve a minimum grade of D- will be required to repeat the course and may be placed on academic probation.