How to Declare a Major or Minor
in the College of Business
New College of Business 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 Business minor:
Must complete the pre-business core and be declared into a College of Business major. Students with majors in other colleges should contact the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Center to declare a College of Business minor. All minors offered in the College of Business must be completed with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
In order to graduate with a College of Business minor, it must be posted on your Degree Audit report (DARS).
Pre-major classes:
- ACC 201: Financial Accounting
- ACC 202: Managerial Accounting
- IS 101: Introduction to Information System
- ECON 102: Microeconomics
- ECON 103: Macroeconomics
- ECON 261: Principles Statistics I
- ECON 262: Principles Statistics II
- MKT 210: Marketing Principles
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MATH 176: Calculus
Please note: These requirements are the minimum standard that all student are encouraged to surpass. Success in a major or program is dependent upon a student developing strong quantitative and English usage skills.
Requirements for Graduation:
- 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.