Current Baylor Students Interested in the BBA

Requesting to Change to the Pre-Business major for Current Baylor Students

Requests to change to Pre-Business from another major will only be accepted once all grades are in for a given semester (or Summer term) through the last day to add a class for the next semester.

To change to Pre-Business, current Baylor students must meet the following criteria:

• Have a minimum 3.0 cumulative Baylor GPA
• Have earned a minimum of 12 hours in residence at Baylor
• Have only completed 3 or fewer semesters at Baylor (excluding summer terms)
• Have not exceeded the retake policy: 
  • A student who has declared or desires to declare Pre-Business may not earn more than three grades below a “C” in: BUS 1101, BUS 1201, BUS 1350, Research Writing, MTH 1311/1320/1321, and the lower core Business courses.

Students who are approved to change to the Pre-Business major must follow all of the policies of the current catalog at the time they change.

Process for Requesting to Change Major During Eligible Times

For students interested in changing their major to Pre-Business who meet the criteria listed above:

1. In BearWeb go to Student Academic Services > Student Records > Change of Major Request and fill out the form.
2. Your request will be reviewed to determine if you meet the criteria to change to the Pre-Business major.  You will then be contacted with the results of the review.
3. If you are eligible, you will then communicate with an advisor to discuss the Pre-Business major.
4. After communicating with an advisor, if you still want to change your major, your major will officially be changed.

Please note your major will not be changed until you have communicated with an advisor to discuss the possible change of major.

Common questions for students considering changing to the Pre-Business major:

What are the first classes a Pre-Business student takes?

1000-level admission requirements:

• Research Writing Course (ENG 1310, CLA 1304, PHI 1301, GTX 1301, or BIC 1323)
• BUS 1201 (Introduction to Business) - only open to Pre-Business majors
• BUS 1101 (Pre-Business New Student Experience) - only open to Pre-Business majors
• BUS 1350 (Software Applications for Business Productivity and Decision Making) - only open to Pre-Business majors
• MTH 1311 (Mathematics for Business Analysis) for most Business majors, or
• MTH 1320 (Precalculus), if needed, and MTH 1321 (Calculus I) for students planning to major in Economics or Finance

Other admission requirements to be officially admitted into the Business School include:

• ACC 2303 (Financial Accounting) - only open to Pre-Business majors
• ACC 2304 (Managerial Accounting) - only open to Pre-Business majors
• ECO 2306 (Microeconomics) - open to any major
• ECO 2307 (Macroeconomics) - open to any major
• QBA 2302 (Business Statistics I) - only open to Pre-Business majors

Can I receive a prerequisite override to register for Pre-Business only courses during early registration?

Students who are not Pre-Business will not be given prerequisite overrides to register for BUS 1101, BUS 1201, BUS 1350, ACC 2303, ACC 2304, or QBA 2302. To register for these courses a student must officially be changed to Pre-Business. Students will have to wait to modify their schedules at the end of the term should they meet the requirements to officially be changed to Pre-Business.

If you have any further questions regarding this change of major information, please e-mail HSBUndergraduatePrograms@baylor.edu.