Admission to the College of Business Administration
2007-2008 Requirements
Premajor Program
Admission Requirements
Entering Freshmen: Any students who meet Kent State's admission standards and are admitted to Kent State as entering freshmen (i.e., with no semester credit hours toward a degree) are admitted to a pre-major program (e.g., pre-accounting, pre-business management, pre-computer information systems, pre-economics, pre-finance, pre-marketing, pre-operations management and pre-business).
Kent State Transfers: All other students (i.e., those who have one or more semester credit hours toward a degree) may apply at any time for admission as a pre-major. Students with a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or better at the time the decision is made will be admitted to a pre-major. Students with a cumulative GPA below 2.50 will NOT be admitted to the pre-major. Note: the cumulative GPA will reflect all graded coursework at Kent State.
Entering Transfers From Other Universities: First-semester transfers must have a 2.50 cumulative GPA for admission to the College of Business. The cumulative GPA reflects work at all institutions attended.
Uniform Requirements
The following coursework is required by the College of Business Administration and will satisfy LERs. The uniform requirements are the same for all pre-majors unless otherwise specifically indicated. Pre-major students are expected to follow the prescribed course of study in the freshman and sophomore years, consistent with LERs of the university, the Diversity Requirement and the requirements of the College of Business Administration. Pre-major programs consist of 61 semester hours of required and elective coursework, which is designed to provide the students with a broad preparation in written and oral communication, social and basic sciences, the humanities and fine arts, mathematics, and introductory work in accounting, economics, computers, statistics, marketing, management and legal environment of business.
Premajor Progam Outline
This program applies to pre-accounting, pre-business management, pre-computer information systems, pre-economics, pre-finance, pre-marketing, pre-operations management and pre-business.
| I. Composition | 6 |
| ENG 11011, 21011, College Writing I, II | 6 |
| Note 1: For admission to all business majors, except economics, a minimum C must be earned in ENG 11011 and 21011. | |
| II. Mathematics, Logic and Foreign Languages | 3 |
| MATH 11010, Algebra for Calculus (4) or 12001, Algebra and Trigonometry (4) | |
| Note 1: For admission to all business majors, except economics, a minimum C must be earned in MATH 11010 or 12001. | |
| Note 2: MATH 11012, Intuitive Calculus (or MATH 12002, Analytical Geometry and Calculus I) is required in the junior year for all majors except economics. Economics majors should take MATH 11012 or 12002 as a pre-economics requirement. See your academic advisor. | |
| III. Humanities and Fine Arts | 9 |
| Fine Arts elective | 3 |
| Humanities elective | 3 |
| Humanities or Fine Arts elective | 3 |
| IV. Social Sciences | 6 |
| ECON 22060, Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Social Science Elective | 3 |
| At least 3 hours of elective coursework must be chosen from courses listed under Social Sciences in the LERs. Business management majors must take PSYC 11762, General Psychology. | |
| V. Basic Sciences | 7 |
| Basic Science elective | 3 |
| Basic Science Elective with Lab | 4 |
| VI. Business | 24 |
| BUS 10123, Exploring Business | 3 |
| M&IS 24053, Intro. to Computer Applications | 3 |
| M&IS 24056, Fundamentals of Business Statistics | 3 |
| M&IS 24163, Principles of Management | 3 |
| ACCT* 23020, Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 23021, Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| A minimum grade or average is required in the introductory course(s) for the major. See Advanced Business Program requirements on this page. | |
| *Students must have earned 28 or more hours of credit to take ACCT 23020 | |
| VII. First Year Colloquium | 1 |
| US 10097, First Year Colloquium | 1 |
| VIII. Diversity | |
| Two diversity courses (6 semester hours) are required, and at least one course (or both) is embedded in the LERs or one may be double-counted in a non-LER elective category. At least one diversity course must be taken as part of the LERs. The second diversity course may count toward the LER or as a non-LER elective. In some cases, and with the approval of the assistant dean, students may satisfy the second diversity course requirement by completing one semester of study in another country. Students are required to take one course addressing domestic (U.S.) issues and one course addressing global issues. | |
| IX. Additional Required Courses | 6 |
| COMM 15000, Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
| ECON 22061, Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Note : For admission to all business majors, except economics, a minimum C must be earned in COMM 15000. | |
| TOTAL | 62 |
| Note: Any course offered as a choice under the LERs may not be taken pass-fail even if the course is being used as a non-business elective. | |