Admissions Information

Declaration of a CoB Major or Minor

If you are admitted to JMU and indicate a preference for a major in the College of Business, you will not automatically be admitted to the College of Business. You must formally apply for admission to the college before majoring in a CoB program. You may submit an application for admission after successfully completing 45 credit hours and while taking the 100- and 200-level B.B.A. courses and their prerequisites.

You must submit this application to apply to the College of Business.

Admission to the CoB is competitive. At a minimum, you must meet the following requirements:

PRIOR TO FALL 2008:

• ◊ Complete all 100- and 200-level B.B.A. core courses and their prerequisites.
• ◊  Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.500 (unrounded) or higher in all courses taken at JMU.
• ◊  Complete at least 56 credit hours.

BEGINNING FALL 2008:

• ◊  Complete all 100- and 200-level B.B.A. core courses and their prerequisites.
  ◊ Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.800 (unrounded) on all 100- and 200-level B.B.A. core courses taken at JMU or another college or university.
• ◊  Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.800 (unrounded) or higher in all courses taken at JMU.
• ◊  Complete at least 56 credit hours.

Meeting these minimum requirements, however, does not guarantee admission. Final admission decisions are based on resources. The total number of students admitted will be no greater than can be effectively supported with available instructional resources.

Admission to the CoB permits you to enroll in COB 300 and be formally admitted to a major. Some CoB majors may impose standards that exceed those of the CoB. If this is the case, you must meet both the College of Business requirements and the requirements of the major in which you are interested.

The above requirements do not apply to students who are enrolled in the B.S. or B.A. degree program in economics or to those enrolled in the B.S. degree program in quantitative finance.

Declaration of a CoB Major or Minor

If you are a current JMU student seeking to change your current major to one in the College of Business, you must be in good standing, meaning you must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.000 (unrounded) or higher on the date you submit a Change or Declaration of Major form, which is available in the offices of all CoB academic programs.

This policy affects students desiring to change their major to one of the following: accounting, computer information systems, economics (B.B.A. degree only), finance, hospitality and tourism management, international business, management, and marketing. This policy also applies to non-College of Business students desiring to declare one of the following minors: computer information systems, economics, management science, European Marketing or Chinese business studies. For more information, visit the B.B.A. Web site.

The policy does not apply to first year students or transfer students during their first semester at JMU. This policy does not supersede the cumulative grade point average stipulated for enrollment in COB 300 or junior-level courses in CoB major programs, nor does it supersede admission requirements for specific academic programs in the college.