Admission to School of Business
There are several steps in a student's progress to the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and the Bachelor of Arts in economics degrees, apart from the course work and the separate applications for scholarships and financial aid, which need to be initiated by the student. These steps include 1) the declaration of major, 2) admission to the School of Business, and 3) the application for degree.
1) Declaration of Major / Degree / Catalog Year
Early in their program of study, all students interested in earning the Bachelor of Business Administration degree, or in the Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics, should declare their degree goal and major. This is done by submitting a declaration of major form to the School of Business for each major sought. The six majors within the BBA degree are accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and general business. Students interested the BBA degree but who have not yet decided on a major initially can declare a major in general business and then later change their declaration of major in line with their final decision.
2) Application for Admission to the School of Business
Upon completion of 54 semester hours of college credit, MA141 Applied Calculus I, and the six required lower-division School of Business courses, students should apply for admission to the School of Business. Each course must be taken for grade and a grade of "C" or better must be earned in each course. Students must also have a cumulative grade average of at least 2.0. A minimum of 30 semester hours must be earned after being admitted to the School of Business. Admission to the School of Business is a requirement for enrolling in BU 449 Strategic Management, the capstone course of the BBA degree as well as all 400-level accounting (AC) and business (BU) courses.
The seven courses required for admission to the School of Business include:
MA141 Applied Calculus I,
AC 224 Financial Accounting,
AC 225 Managerial Accounting,
BU 250 Management Information Systems,
EC200 Principles of Microeconomics,
EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics, and
EC 211 Statistics for Business and Economics (or MA343 Applied Statistics I).
A grade of "C" or better must be earned in each course. For timely graduation, it is recommended that all correlate courses (MA140, MA141, CN150, and two of three of AN112/PY100/SO100) be completed before or very soon after admission to the School of Business.
The School of Business reserves the right to evaluate any credit hours offered for transfer relative to the current standards before accepting or rejecting such hours. Students should file an application for admission to the the School of Business office as soon as the student becomes eligible to apply. Students who have not already declared their major will do so at the time of admission by filling out the declaration of major form. If a student decides to change majors, the student may do so at a later time.
3) Application for Degree
Early in the semester of graduation, students planning to graduate must file an Application for Degree form in the Office of the University Registrar in order to initiate a graduation check. The form should be filed in September for the Fall semester and in February for the Spring semester and the Summer term. A student is not a Candidate for Degree until the University Registrar's Office has the form on file.
