Admission Requirements
Students interested in pursuing a degree in the College of Business and Economics (COBE) must be admitted to the college. Admission to COBE is required before a student may enroll in most upper-division business and economics courses.
Please see the COBE advising website: https://cobe.boisestate.edu/studentadvising/ to obtain specific information about the application process and application deadlines.
To be eligible for admission, students must:
- Complete or be in the final semester of the following gateway courses with a grade of C- or better:
- ACCT 205 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACCT 206 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUSCOM 201 Business Communication
- BUSSTAT 207 Statistical Techniques for Decision Making I or
MATH 254 Introduction to Statistics - ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics
- GENBUS 101 Business for the New Generation
- ITM 104 Operating Systems and Word Processing Topics
- ITM 105 Spreadsheet Topics
- MATH 143 College Algebra or equivalent
- Meet minimum gateway GPA requirement of 2.5.
| Finance BBA | |
|---|---|
| Course Number and Title | Credits |
| ENGL 101 Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 102 Intro to College Writing and Research | 3 |
| UF 100 Intellectual Foundations | 3 |
| UF 200 Civic and Ethical Foundations | 3 |
| DLM MATH 160 Survey of Calculus or DLM MATH 170 Calculus I: Concepts and Applications | 4 |
| DLN Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab | 4 |
| DLN Natural, Physical, and Applied Sciences course in a second field | 3-4 |
| DLV Visual and Performing Arts | 3 |
| DLL Literature and Humanities | 3-4 |
| DLS ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| DLS Social Studies course in a second field | 3 |
| ACCT 205 Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 206 Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 300 Financial Reporting and Analysis | 3 |
| CID BUSCOM 201 Business Communication | 3 |
| BUSSTAT 207 Statistical Techniques for Decision Making I | 3 |
| BUSSTAT 208 Statistical Techniques for Decision Making II | 3 |
| ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 303 Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| FINAN 303 Principles of Finance | 3 |
| FINAN 411 Capital Budgeting and Planning | 3 |
| FINAN 420 Management of Financial Institutions | 3 |
| FINAN 440 Financial Modeling | 3 |
| FINAN 450 Investment Management | 3 |
| FINAN 451 Frontiers in Financial Markets | 3 |
| GENBUS 101 Business for the New Generation | 3 |
| GENBUS 202 The Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| FF GENBUS 450 Business Policies | 3 |
| CoBE Computer Placement Exam or ITM 104 Operating Systems and Word Processing Topics and ITM 105 Spreadsheet Topics | 0-2 |
| ITM 310 Business Intelligence | 3 |
| MGMT 301 Leadership Skills | 3 |
| MKTG 301 Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| SCM 345 Principles of Operations Management | 3 |
| Major electives chosen from upper-division finance, accounting, economics, or supply chain management. | 6 |
| Electives to total 120 credits | 12-16 |
| Total | 120 |