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

Qualified high school, college transfer students, and international students interested in majoring in business should apply first as a pre-business major. For specific admission requirements, consult the University Admission. For admission information and an application, contact the Office of Admissions at 713-743-1010 or check the Web site at www.uh.edu/admissions.

The criteria for a transfer student or UH non-business student with 15-60 semester hours of college credit to be admitted to the Bauer College of Business as a pre-business major are a) a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average, including any attempted transfer courses, and b) if any courses have been attempted at the University of Houston, at least a 2.5 or higher cumulative grade point average at the University of Houston. 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 of that semester are included in the calculation).  

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.

Enrollment by pre-business majors in 3000-level business courses is limited to a maximum of 15 semester credit hours, including all courses attempted (with W's, I's, F's, and passing grades) and courses transferred.

Enrollment by non-business majors in 3000-level business courses is limited to a maximum of 15 semester credit hours, including all courses attempted (with W's, I's, F's, and passing grades) and courses transferred. Pre-business majors may not take any 4000-level business courses.

Enrollment in 4000-level business courses is limited to degree seeking students who have:

• officially declared a business minor, or
• a secondary major in business, or
• officially been admitted into a business-related program such as the computer science-business option, the professional selling program or exchange programs, who are taking business courses to meet specified requirements for these business-related programs.

Postbaccalaureate students are not eligible to take undergraduate business courses except at the 5000-level, and may not pursue an undergraduate degree in business in the Bauer College of Business.

Catalog Publish Date: August 18, 2011
This Page Last Updated: June 16, 2011
Effective Date of Archive: August 20, 2012