Admission, Change of Major to Pre-Business, and Course Limits

Admission to Pre-Business for Degree-Seeking Students

Qualified high school and college transfer students interested in pursuing an undergraduate degree for the first time and seeking a bachelor of business administration (B.B.A.) degree should apply first as a pre-business major. Students may double major in business, but may not pursue two B.B.A. degrees simultaneously or consecutively. Postbaccalaureate students are not eligible to pursue a B.B.A. degree in the Bauer College of Business. For specific admission requirements, consult the University Office of Admissions.

The criteria for a transfer student with 30-60 semester hours of college credit to be admitted to the Bauer College of Business as a pre-business major is a 3.0 or above cumulative grade point average, including any attempted transfer courses. Students with more than 60 semester hours of college credit must meet the same criteria, but the calculation of cumulative grade point average is based on the last 60 hours (if the 60th hour occurs in the middle of a semester, all grades for that semester are included in the calculation).

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Individual college review is required for international FTIC applicants and international transfer applicants with fewer than 30 semester hours of college credit applying for admission as Pre-business majors if a TOEFL score and high school grades are used as the basis for admission rather than SAT or ACT score and rank in class.

Former UH students applying for readmission to the university as a pre-business or business major, and current UH students applying to change their major to pre-business are admitted based on the same GPA requirements as transfer students, and a 2.5 or above GPA at UH, or by individual review. UH students who do not meet requirements to change their major to pre-business by the end of the semester in which they complete 45 or more hours are not eligible to change their major to pre-business.

Current UH students who have submitted transcripts of all completed college work to the University of Houston may submit a change of major request on the Bauer Web site during designated filing periods: www.bauer.uh.edu/prospective.

Admission for Non-Degree-Seeking Reciprocal Exchange and Summer Visiting and Transient Students

Non-degree-seeking reciprocal exchange and summer visiting and transient students must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the university. These applicants are admitted on a non-degree-seeking basis in accordance with university and college guidelines for these categories of admission, and may not be admitted as degree-seeking into the undergraduate business program unless they meet the degree-seeking requirements for admission to pre-business.

Admission to the Certificate of Accountancy Program

Admission requirements for the Certificate of Accountancy Program (CAP) are as follows: (1) the equivalent of a four-year undergraduate degree, and (2) the minimum requirements for undergraduate admission to the university. CAP applicants are admitted on a non-degree-seeking basis and may not be admitted as degree-seeking into the undergraduate business program. (For information on the CAP, see under the Department of Accountancy and Taxation.)

Course Limitations

Except  for specifically designated courses, enrollment in advanced level business courses is limited to:

• pre-business majors approved by an academic advisor for a mixed program (limited to 3000-level business courses or by petition for 4000-level business courses for no more than two regular semesters),
• students with a declared business major,
• students in a business-related program such as the computer science-business option, the entrepreneurship program, the professional selling program, or reciprocal exchange programs, who are taking business courses to meet specified requirements for these business-related programs.