
Major
Current Students
Application Periods
September 1 through September 30 and February 1 through February 28.
Middle 50% GPA
2.84 — 3.46
Advising
Ginny Smith
(309) 438-8385
COB 129
Major Requirements
Fewer than 45 earned and in-progress hours
A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA (ISU or transfer)
45 - 59 earned and in-progress hours
- A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA (ISU or transfer)
- Completed with a minimum grade of “C” or in progress in the current term:
- ACC 131
- ECO 105
- MAT 120 or MAT 121/145
60 or more earned and in-progress hours
- A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA (ISU or transfer)
- Completed with a minimum grade of “C” or in progress in the current term:
- ACC 131
- ACC 132
- ECO 105
- MAT 121 or 145
- MQM 100 or ECO/PSY/POL 138
Students will complete BUS 100 and prove MS Competency (with a minimum grade of “C”) during their first semester as a COB major if they have not done so by the time of major change submission at 60 or more hours.
Tool Courses
- ACC 131
- ACC 132
- BUS 100
- ECO 105
- MAT 121 or 145
- MQM 100 (ECO/POL/PSY 138)
- MS Competency: ACC 167 & 168, ACC 189A67 & 189A68, IT 150 or BUS 902
Other
- Any major change, based on an ISU GPA, is calculated on a minimum of 12 earned hours
- Non-majors are limited to 27 hours of COB coursework
- ACC 131 requires a minimum of 12 earned hours (recommended for sophomore year)
- FIL 185 requires a minimum of 30 earned hours
- 200 level COB courses require a minimum of 60 earned hours
Minors
- 2.0 minimum GPA required to apply
- 200-level courses should be taken at ISU; any 100-level course can be transferred