(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

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

• Successful completion of 54 credit hours

• Institutional Hours Earned of at least 15 and an Institutional GPA 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 or (MATH U122 Calculus for Management and Social Sciences, MATH U126 Precalculus I, MATH U127 Precalculus II,  MATH U141 Calculus I).

• Successful completion of ACCT U225 Financial Accounting(or ACCT U227 Financial Concepts and Applications
  for the Hospitality and Tourism Management program), and ECON U221 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON U222 Principles of Microeconomics, with no more than one grade of D.

Conditional Admission

Students may be admitted to the Professional Program on a conditional basis prior to completing all of the admission requirements as long as they can complete the admission requirements within a two-semester time frame. 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.  The number of JCBE courses a student is permitted to take while in conditional 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.