Any student admitted to JMU can declare any major offered by the College of Business, but they are not formally admitted into the COB until certain requirements are met.

Formal Acceptance to the College of Business requires...

An application - to ensure you have completed your lower core business courses with a GPA of 2.7 or above and are in good academic standing. There is no essay or other component required, and you are not put in competition with other students for placement.
Completion of the lower level core- (see the two-attempt policy below)
A minimum BBA GPA of a 2.7 (see BBA calculator below)

Two-Attempt Policy

No core course required for COB 300 admission may be attempted more than two times. An "attempted course" is one in which a final letter grade, including "W", "WP", "WF," credit (C) or no credit (NC) is recorded on the student's official JMU transcript. Dropping a course prior to the add/drop deadline does NOT count as an attempt. If a student fails to earn credit for a core course after two attempts, they will be ineligible for a BBA degree. For example, if a student withdrew from a first attempt of a core course and received an F a second attempt, they will no longer be eligible to earn a BBA.

BBA Core GPA Calculator

The BBA core GPA is calculated using grades earned in the BBA lower-level core courses (Calculus is not used in the BBA GPA calculation). Only grades earned at JMU will be used in the BBA GPA calculation. Meaning if you earned transfer credit for any of the BBA core courses, the credit will fulfill the course requirement, but the grade will not be used in your BBA GPA calculation.

We have developed a BBA GPA calculator to help you keep track of your progress in your lower level core courses. We suggest saving the file and referring to it frequently to understand the impact of your grades and test future hypothetical grades. Remember, you need to earn at least a 2.7 BBA GPA to be formally admitted to the College of Business!

BBA Core Calculator (Excel File)