Admission Policy

College of Business (COB) Admissions Policy

Admission to the College of Business (COB) for College of Business B.S. majors and minors is required before students may enroll in 300-400 level COB classes*

College of Business Admission Requirements

1. 30 or more earned credits at the time of application.
2. Cumulative GPA of 2.5 (includes transfer credits).
3. Completion of the following courses with a minimum earned grade of "C" is required. 

*Non College of Business majors and minors must have junior status and instructor's permission to take COB 300 or 400 level courses.

**COB minors with non COB majors: completion of math and statistics courses required by their major, or if none required, any college level math and statistics course.

Note: Check your major to see what mathematics and statistics courses are required.

Provisional Admission

A student may apply for provisional admission in order to pre-register for 300 or 400 level COB courses. In order to qualify for provisional admission, the student must be completing all of the requirements for admission in the current semester. To apply for provisional admission, contact the COB Dean's Office in Somsen 309 prior to preregistration. Once the grades are in for the current semester, the student must immediately apply for admission. If not granted admission prior to the beginning of the next semester, the student will be dropped from the 300 or 400 level COB courses.

Application to the College of Business.  
Applications cannot be submitted until grades for all courses required for admission are recorded on the student's DARS. Please note the College of Business Integrity Oath is included, with the links for applications to be admitted to the College of Business for both majors and minors immediately following.

Applications for admission to the College of Business will be reviewed and processed by Jan Tollefson after grades have been posted by the Registrar's Office.  Confirmation of admission will be sent using WSU e-mail addresses to each student majoring or minoring in the College of Business.  After completing the form, please allow approximately two weeks processing time.

Once you have been admitted, your Degree Audit Report (DARS) will switch from a pre-major to your major area of study.

If you have been admitted to the College of Business and are still having difficulties registering, please contact Jan Tollefson at jtollefson@winona.edu for assistance.