Admission Policy
The School of Business requires objective evidence that a student possesses the quantitative and verbal aptitude and the fundamental economics and accounting skills to move on to upper division business coursework and successfully complete their business degree. Students are also expected to have a working knowledge of basic computer applications, including word processing and spreadsheets.
Pre-Major Status
Students may apply for admission to the School of Business as part of their initial application for admission to the University, or thereafter. Students will have pre-major status until they are formally admitted to business major status. All students entering the School of Business will start as pre-majors.
While the student maintains pre-major status, they will be advised in the Student Services Center. Generally, students who have successfully completed the requirements for the business major status will have their status automatically changed from pre-major to major status and will be assigned a faculty advisor in their major department(s). For further information, call the School of Business Student Services Center at 860-832-3205.
Business Major Status
Students must be formally assigned business major status before they enroll in upper division (300-400 level) business courses. Students who expect to successfully complete the pre-major requirements by the close of the current semester will be permitted to conditionally register for upper division business courses in their major for the following semester. If such students subsequently do not successfully complete the pre-major requirements, their conditional permission will be revoked, and they will be removed from upper division business courses.
Before being admitted to business major status students must:
- Have completed at least 54 credit hours delivered at or accepted by the University (aka “attain junior status”).
- Earn a CCSU cumulative GPA of 2.50 or greater.
- For all pre-major courses, students must:
- Attain a C- or better
- Attain a pre-major course GPA of 2.50 or greater (including transferred grades).
- The pre-major courses are:
- AC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- AC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- ECON 200 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics
- WRT 105/105P Enhanced Intro to College Writing OR WRT 110 Introduction to College Writing
- MATH 123 Applied Business Mathematics OR MATH 125 Applied Calculus
- STAT 200 Business Statistics (STAT 104, STAT 215, or equivalent)
- MC 207 Managerial Communication
Common Business Core
All School of Business Graduates must complete a common business core. A grade of C- or better is required in all these courses:
- AC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- AC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- FIN 295 Managerial Finance
- LAW 250 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
- MC 207 Managerial Communication I
- MGT 295 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior
- MIS 201 Introduction to Management Information Systems
- MKT 295 Fundamentals of Marketing
- BUS 480 Capstone Seminar
- MGT 480 Strategic Management
AC 211, AC 212 and MC 207 are required in and counted towards both the common business core and as a pre-major required course requirement.
Additional Requirement
All majors in the School of Business require STAT 201 Business Statistics I, and in many cases, it is a prerequisite for major level courses.
Transfer Students
Transfer students must meet the same course requirements, application procedures, and grade point averages (pre-major requirements and overall cumulative) as CCSU students. Transfer credit for required pre-major courses, common business core courses, and chosen major will only be granted by the School of Business if completed with grades of C- or better. Transfer grades for pre-major courses (or equivalencies as approved by the School of Business) taken at other colleges and universities will be included in the GPA calculation of pre-business major courses. Students will be asked to repeat those courses to attain a minimum GPA of 2.50 for the pre-business major courses.
Graduation GPA and Grade Requirements
To graduate from the School of Business students must have an overall CCSU GPA of 2.50 or greater and attain a C- or better in all pre-major, major and common business core courses.