To be considered for admission to the Diploma Program in Business Administration, applicants must normally have satisfied the following requirements:

1. Successful completion of 15 academic credit hours as follows:

   1. Six credit hours in English which must include English 1110 or 1021;

   2. Mathematics 1000;

   3. BUSI 1000;

   4. Three credit hours of non-Business electives.

   Only students with an overall average of at least 60% in the courses comprising the 15 credit hours required will be considered for admission to the program.

   Overall academic performance is an important criterion in reaching decisions on applications for admission, and will be considered, in addition to the average on the five courses required for admission, in the selection process. Students with weak overall academic records are unlikely to be admitted.

2. At least five years of full-time work experience, or equivalent, that is deemed acceptable by the Admissions Committee of the Faculty of Business Administration.

In the case where students have been required to withdraw from one of the Faculty’s other undergraduate programs, the Admissions Committee of the Faculty may consider this circumstance as grounds to deny admission.

To be eligible for the Diploma in Business Administration, a student must:

1. have been admitted to the Diploma Program;

2. successfully complete the following 45 credit hours in addition to the 15 credit hours required for admission (a total of 60 credit hours):

   1. Economics 1010 (or the former 2010) and Economics 1020 (or the former 2020);

   2. Statistics 2500 or equivalent;

   3. BUSI 1101, 1210, 1600, 2400, 2710, 3310, 4000, and 4500;

   4. Four of the following, one of which must be either BUSI 4320 or 4330: BUSI 2010, 2101, 2210, 3401, 3700, 4050, 4320, and 4330.

3. Achieve an overall average of at least 60% in the courses which comprise the 45 credit hours specified in clause 2. b. A student failing to meet this requirement will be required to repeat a course(s) to raise the overall average to the minimum acceptable level.

4. Successfully complete a comprehensive case analysis with report (BUSI 450W). BUSI 450W will not be required of students who complete BUSI 4050 from the list in 2.b.iv. above.

5. Students planning to pursue their Bachelor of Business Administration (see Regulations for the General Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)) are encouraged to note the prerequisites for BUSI 7000 and to plan their courses so that they have completed the prerequisites prior to the semester in which they plan to take BUSI 7000.

1. Every student for the Diploma in Business Administration will be required to complete at least 30 credit hours at this University. The courses comprising these credit hours must be applicable to the Diploma in Business Administration.

2. Every student for the Diploma in Business Administration, who has completed a Bachelor's degree at this University or another recognized university or university college, will be required to complete at least 30 credit hours at this University beyond those required for that degree. The courses comprising these credit hours must be applicable to the Diploma in Business Administration.

The Faculty Council of the Faculty of Business Administration constitutes the examining body for all examinations in Business courses. In addition, the standing of every student will be assessed by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies in accordance with the continuation requirements outlined in 2. below.

Students must qualify for continuation after each term of study. To continue, students must have an overall average of at least 60% over their last ten courses taken. In the event that a student has more courses than needed in the earliest term used, the courses with the highest grades in that term will be used.

Students who fail to achieve the standards outlined in 2. above normally will be required to withdraw from the program. They may be considered for readmission after a lapse of two semesters. In order to be considered for readmission, students must formally apply for readmission.

Students who are required to withdraw a second time are not eligible for readmission into the program.

The Committee on Undergraduate Studies of the Faculty of Business Administration may allow a student to continue who fails to achieve the standards outlined in 2. above. A decision of this nature will be made only for reasons acceptable to the Committee on Undergraduate Studies.