(Not Applicable to Industrial Mgt. Majors)

Admission to the University is separate from admission to the College of Business Administration.  However, all students who plan to apply for admission to the College of Business Administration should declare a major in one of the six academic departments of the College upon admission to the University and seek enrollment advice through the Business Advisement Center.

Students in good standing at Missouri State are eligible to be considered for admission to a specific degree program in the College of Business Administration upon the completion of at least 54 credit hours including at least ten of the following preparation courses.   As many as two of the twelve courses may be completed during the semester of admission, but students should make every effort to complete all of them prior to admission.

COURSE	SUBJECT	CREDIT HOURS
ACC 201 and 211	Accounting	6
CIS/CSC 101 (may be waived by proficiency exam)	Computers for Learning	0-2
COM 115	Public Speaking	3
ECO 155 and 165	Principles of Economics	6
ENG 110 (may be waived by proficiency exam)	Writing I	0-3
MGT 286	Business Communications	3
MTH 135 or Higher (excluding MTH 145)	College Algebra	3
PSY 121	Psychology	3
QBA 237	Business Statistics	3
RIL 231	Legal Environment of Business	3

Students must also be eligible to be admitted to a degree program, based on University requirements, which include all basic skills courses except Writing II.  Thus, PED 100 would need to be included in addition to the courses noted above.

Admission to the College of Business Administration is limited to a total of 2,000 majors at the combined junior and senior levels.  Admission decisions will be determined by applicants' combined (Missouri State plus transfer) grade point average.   However, all applicants whose combined grade point average is 2.50 or higher will be admitted to the College of Business Administration.  Factors in addition to grade point average may be considered in unusual cases, but exceptions to the prevailing minimum grade point average will be limited to five percent of the 2,000 majors at the combined junior and senior levels.

Special Procedural Information

After completing 30 semester hours, students are eligible to prepare a tentative degree program.  The tentative degree program can be filed once the student completes the University basic skills classes (except for Writing II).  The preparation of the tentative degree program establishes the courses required for admission and graduation requirements which must eventually be met.  The degree program is not finalized, however, until students have gained admission to the College of Business Administration.

Students must gain admission to the College by that semester in which they have earned a total of 60 semester hours of college credit (including transfer credit).  Students who do not gain admission as expected are subject to being dropped as business majors and will not be permitted to register for the following semester without special permission.   Students should contact the College of Business Administration Advisement Center regarding the granting of special permission to register.

Business majors cannot be enrolled in upper-division business courses until their degree program has been finalized.  Business majors who have enrolled in upper-division business courses without having met all admission requirements will be dropped from those courses.