(Upper Division)

Students seeking a degree in business must be admitted to the Professional Program (upper division) before enrolling in 300-level or above courses offered through the Johnson College of Business and Economics.

Application Process

Students may be admitted to the Professional Program by submitting a Professional Program Application form, obtained from the Johnson College of Business and Economics (JCBE) Office of Student Services or on the JCBE website.

Application Submission Timing

The application must be filed with the JCBE Office of Student Services no earlier than the term in which students anticipate completing 54 credit hours. Students must submit their application prior to registering for upper division (300 and above) JCBE courses.

Admission Requirements

Admission of applicants is based on individual consideration.

Applicants for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program must fulfill the following requirements:

• Successful completion of 54 credit hours
• Life Scholarship GPA of at least 2.2 and Institutional GPA (if institutional grade hours greater than zero) of at least 2.2
• Completion with a C or better: ENGL U101 Composition I, ENGL U102 Composition II, SPCH U201 Foundations in Oral Communication, and MATH U122 Calculus for Management and Social Sciences or MATH U141 Calculus I
• Successful completion of ACCT U225 Financial Accounting and ECON U221 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON U222 Principles of Microeconomics, with no more than one grade of D.

Applicants for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration program must fulfill the following requirements:

• Successful completion of 54 credit hours
• Life Scholarship GPA of at least 2.2 and Institutional GPA (if institutional grade hours greater than zero) of at least 2.2
• Completion with a C or better: ENGL U101 Composition I, ENGL U102 Composition II, SPCH U201 Foundations in Oral Communication, and MATH U121 College Algebra 
• Successful completion of ACCT U225 Financial Accounting and ECON U221 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON U222 Principles of Microeconomics, with no more than one grade of D.

Probationary Admission

Students may be admitted to the Professional Program on a probationary basis prior to completing all of the admission requirements as long as they can complete the admission requirements within a two-semester timeframe. The Professional Program Application form details the courses the student will take in the current semester, and the subsequent semester if necessary, to meet the admission requirements, as well as requested JCBE courses. The number of JCBE courses a student is permitted to take while in probationary admission is limited to the number of hours students not pursuing a business degree are permitted. Students who do not complete the admissions requirements in the two-semester timeframe may not enroll in additional upper division courses until all admissions requirements are met and a new Professional Program Application is submitted and approved.

Transfer Students and Probationary Approval

Transfer students who have met the 54-credit hour and GPA requirements at time of admission may be granted conditional admission for one semester in order to complete the specific course requirements.