Admission Requirements

Applicants must either have an associate's degree from an accredited college/university or have completed a minumum of 53 hours of select general education and business core courses as evaluated by the College of Business Administration (COBA) Advisors. Students are required to be advised prior to enrollment every semester until they have declared a major.

Official admission to a business degree program (declaring a major) is contingent upon successful completion of the COBA admission requirements.  Applicants will be admitted as pre-business majors.  Academic performance will be evaluated after twelve (12) hours of business coursework taken at UT Arlington.  To declare a major, a pre-business student must meet the following criteria:

●  An overall grade point average of 2.25 at UT Arlington;
●  A business grade point average of 2.50 at UT Arlington; and
●  Completion of the COBA math requirement.  (The COBA math requirement includes Math 1302 or Math 1315 and Math 1316, or equivalent courses as transfer credits.)

If a student does not meet the above criteria after earning twelve (12) hours in business coursework, the student may be allowed to continue as a pre-business major for the semester containing the eighteenth hour of business coursework.  All business hours will be used to calculate a business grade point average for the COBA admission process.  Students who do not meet the requirements for declaring a business major after eighteen (18) hours of business coursework will not be allowed to take additional business courses through UT Arlington.  Students will be suspended from the COBA and must choose a major other than pre-business at that time in order to remain enrolled at UT Arlington.

General Application Deadlines:

• Fall Semester: June 1
• Spring Semester: December 1
• Summer Semester: April 1