Mays Business School

Upper-Level Entry into
Accounting, Finance, Information and Operations Management, Management and Marketing (B.B.A.)

Students who meet the University and college entrance requirements enter Mays Business School in the BUAD (lower-level business) classification. Enrollment of Mays Business School students in junior- and senior-level business courses is limited to those who have been admitted to upper level (also referred to as upper division) in one of the six majors (B.B.A.: accounting, finance, information and operations management, management, marketing or B.S.: agribusiness) in the college.

All GEST (General Studies) students will be treated as BUAD students for consideration when pre-registering in upper-level business courses. GEST students must be admitted to Mays Business School prior to the first day of the semester for which they have pre-registered in upper-level business courses that are designated for business majors only.

Note: The degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) is offered in Agribusiness. B.S. (agribusiness) degree requirements and upper-level entry requirements are different than those for the B.B.A.

The B.B.A. (accounting, finance, information and operations management, management and marketing) upper-level entry requirements and application procedures are as follows:

  1. To be admitted to an upper-level major, a student must be admitted to Mays Business School and must have:
    1. Satisfactorily completed at least 60 semester credit hours.
    2. Satisfactorily completed the following eight courses:

      ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting--Financial
      ACCT 230 Introductory Accounting--Managerial
      ECON 202 Principles of Economics--Microeconomics
      ECON 203 Principles of Economics--Macroeconomics
      INFO 210 Fundamentals of Information Systems
      MATH 141 Business Mathematics I
      MATH 142 Business Mathematics II
      MGMT 211 Legal and Social Environment of Business

    3. BUAD students apply for upper level in the semester before they expect to enter upper level. Application deadlines are:

      April 15 for June (summer semester) entry*
      July 15 for September (fall semester) entry
      November 15 for January (spring semester) entry
      * To enter upper level in the summer, all requirements must be completed by the beginning of the first summer session.

    4. Admission to an upper-level major may be restricted by the availability of instructional resources.
    5. Students are encouraged to complete the freshman and sophomore sequence of courses as listed under Curriculum in Business. BUAD and GEST students may pre-register for upper-level courses for the semester for which they have applied for upper level. However, BUAD and GEST students failing to complete upper-level requirements prior to the start of the semester shall not be permitted to remain enrolled in upper-level classes.
  2. Transfer students:

    Transfer students admitted to Mays Business School will be classified as BUAD (lower-level Business) students until they complete all requirements listed previously in item 1, at which time they may apply for admission to an upper-level major field of study in the business school. Transfer students may immediately apply for upper level when admitted to Mays Business School if, and only if, they meet all upper-level requirements at that time.

  3. Change of curriculum students:

    Texas A&M students who change curriculum into Mays Business School from another college or department at the University will be classified as BUAD (lower-level Business) students until they complete all requirements listed previously in item 1. Change of curriculum students who, when admitted to the business school, qualify to apply for admission to the upper level may do so.

  4. Preference for available seats in junior- and senior-level business courses will be given to students who have been admitted to a degree granting major in Mays Business School. GEST students will be treated as BUAD students and thus are not eligible for enrollment in upper-level business courses. All ineligible students who pre-register for upper-level business classes are subject to cancellation of their enrollment in these courses.