BBA Upper Level Entry

BBA UPPER LEVEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The “Big 5”:

To be admitted to an upperlevel (UL) major in Mays Business School (accounting, business honors, finance, management, management information systems, marketing, or supply chain management), a business student must have satisfactorily completed these “Big 5” courses.

Mathematics

MATH 140 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences MATH 142 Business Calculus

Selected Lower-Level Core Business Knowledge (CBK) Courses

ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting – Financial ECON 202 Principles of Economics – Microeconomics ECON 203 Principles of Economics – Macroeconomics

Lower-level business (BUAD) students submit application for admission to their desired UL major at the time of preregistration for the planned UL entry semester.

NOTE: For Summer UL admission, ALL “Big 5” courses MUST BE

COMPLETE BEFORE the FIRST SUMMER TERM.

Steps for Admission:

1. Complete your “Undergraduate Degree Planner” for intended UL major. ❖ To access, log into your Howdy Portal > Degree Planner icon 2. Submit “Upper Level Business Application” by the time of preregistration for the planned UL entry semester. ❖ To access, log into your Howdy Portal > My Record > Apply for Upper-Level Business 3. Prepare for and preregister in UL business courses (300-level) for your planned UL entry semester. ❖ To access, log into your Howdy Portal > Registration icon 4. In addition to the “Big 5” courses, Mays’ UL entry requirements include completion of the following three lower level (LL) CBK courses prior to or during the first UL semester. You are required to complete these courses at Texas A&M during your first UL semester, if you have not already satisfactorily completed these LL CBK prior to UL admission: ACCT 230 Introductory Accounting – Managerial BUSN 203 Statistical Methods for Business ISTM 210 Fundamentals of Information Systems

Any of these LL CBK courses being completed at Texas A&M during your first UL semester that are Qdropped must be taken at Texas A&M the very next UL semester of enrollment.

BBA UL entry requirements are MANDATORY. You must meet all UL entry requirements to be admitted to an UL major AND to enroll in 300- and 400-level business courses.