How to Declare a Major or Minor in the College of Business Administration (COBA)

New College of Business Administration students are admitted as pre-majors rather than in a specific major.  Pre-major students may not enroll in upper-division business courses (300 or above) until they have completed the pre-business core with a 2.75 or above.  

Requirements for acceptance to a major:

Completion of the 9 pre-business courses with overall GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Maximum repeat of 4 classes

Requirements to declare a COBA minor:

Must complete the pre-business core and be declared into a COBA major.  Students with majors in other colleges should contact the COBA Undergraduate Advising Center to declare a COBA minor.  All minors offered in the College of Business Administration must be completed with a  grade point average of 2.5 or higher.   In order to graduate with a COBA minor, it must be posted on your DARS.

Forms available to declare major/minor can be found here.

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• Complete pre-business core with GPA of 2.75 or higher to be accepted to a major.
• Complete all business courses with GPA of 2.5 or higher.
• Complete all courses in the major field with GPA of 2.75 or higher.
• Complete 128 credits or more with an overall university GPA of 2.0 or higher.