Concentrations: Financial Analysis, Risk Management
Major requirements and their VCCS equivalents (and RBC equivalents if applicable)
JMU Course: COB 191, Business Analytics I or MATH 220, Elementary Statistics
- VCCS equivalents: BUS 220 or BUS 221 or BUS 216 or BUS 224 or MTH 155 MTH 245
- RBC equivalents: MATH 217
- NOTE: Business statistics is preferred
JMU Course: COB 202, Interpersonal Skills
- VCCS equivalents: BUS 270
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent
- NOTE: Only transfers from BRCC, NOVA (if taken in spring '21 or later) and LRCC (if taken in spring '21 or later).
JMU Course: COB 204, Computer Information Systems
- VCCS equivalents: See note
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent
- NOTE: VCCS Transfer credit for COB 204:
Northern Virginia CC, Southside CC: ITE 100
Blue Ridge CC, Laurel Ridge CC and Piedmont VA CC: ITE 120 (the old class is IST 114)
JMU Course: COB 241, Financial Accounting
- VCCS equivalents: ACC 211
- RBC equivalents: BUS 201
JMU Course: COB 242, Managerial Accounting
- VCCS equivalents: ACC 212
- RBC equivalents: BUS 202
JMU Course: ECON 200, Introduction to Macroeconomics
- VCCS equivalents: ECO 201
- RBC equivalents: ECON 201
JMU Course: ECON 201, Introduction to Microeconomics
- VCCS equivalents: ECO 202
- RBC equivalents: ECON 202
JMU Course: MATH 205, Introductory Calculus I or MATH 235, Calculus I
- VCCS equivalents: MTH 261 or MTH 263
- RBC equivalents: MATH 200 or 251
JMU Course: COB 291, Business Analytics II
- VCCS equivalents: BUS 227
- RBC equivalents: No equivalent, must be taken at JMU. See advising note #4.
- NOTE: Only transfers from BRCC. Students studying at other community colleges should see advising note #4.
Advising Notes
Please Read: This major guide is a list of all possible major courses offered in the Virginia Community College System. Not all courses may be offered at your community college, and you are not required to complete all these courses in order to transfer. Rather, it’s designed to help you meet JMU major requirements before you transfer, and be better prepared to progress through the major once you arrive at JMU. Please be sure to read the advising notes for additional information on the major.
Differential tuition for College of Business majors/minors: Students will be charged an additional $50 per credit for all COB courses (with the exception of ECON 200). Click here for more information.
- Students who achieve a 2.7 GPA in the B.B.A. core courses (listed above), with the exception of calculus and managerial accounting, will be assured admission to the College of Business and COB 300. Only grades for courses taken at JMU will be used in the GPA calculation. Students who fail to achieve a 2.7 B.B.A. core GPA will be admitted to the College of Business and COB 300 based on B.B.A. core GPA ranking, and pending resources and space availability.
- Time to graduation: students should plan on 3 semesters after completing COB 300. Because most community colleges do not offer all of the B.B.A. core prerequisites, it is not uncommon for students to need 2½ or 3 years to complete the degree at JMU.
- Students transferring with a transferable associate's degree and who have completed the majority of courses listed above should strongly consider transferring in the summer and completing the remaining core courses. They will then be eligible to apply to the major and begin the upper-level coursework in the fall.
- The prerequisites for COB 291, Business Analytics II, are calculus and statistics. In addition, a solid background in Excel will help students be successful in this course.
Admission directly into the College of Business for Blue Ridge Community College Students:
BRCC students who meet the following criteria will be automatically admitted to the College of Business and allowed to enroll in COB 300 and junior level courses. Note: Students must first be admitted to the university through the normal admissions process.
- Completion (at BRCC) of BUS 221 or MTH 155 or 245, BUS 270, ITE 120, ACC 211, ECO 201-202 and BUS 227 with a grade of B- or higher, and ACC 212 and MTH 261 with a C or higher. Students who complete any of these courses at another college are held to the same grade requirements, even if they are not graduating from BRCC.
- Cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or higher.
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