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.
           English: ENG 111
           Speech: CMST 191
           Math: MATH 110** or higher
           Statistics: ECON 222, STAT 110 or STAT 210
           Accounting: ACCT 211
           Economics: ECON 201

 *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.

College of Business Application Process
The Application for Admission to the College of Business is available online at the College of Business home page. (http://www.winona.edu/business/)  

 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.

College of Business Common Core (33 S.H.)

Accounting (6 S.H.)
ACCT 211 Financial Accounting Principles
ACCT 212 Managerial Accounting

Business Administration (15 S.H.)
BUSA 291 Legal Environment of Business
MGMT 325 Organizational Dynamics
MGMT 334 Operations Management
MGMT 495 Strategic Management
MIS 362 Management Information Systems

Economics (6 S.H.)
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics

Finance (3 S.H.)
FIN 360 Corporate Finance

Marketing (3 S.H.)
MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing

Except for internships, students must take all courses in their major, minor, and options on a grade-only basis. The P/NC option is available to non-majors unless otherwise noted. Courses offered on a pass/no credit-only or grade-only basis are so designated in the course descriptions.

Completion of all course work required for the major. A course cannot be repeated more than twice. Completion of a minimum of 15 credits hours of 300/400 level courses from the business Administration Department at WSU. None of the course required for a major, minor, option, or any of the concentrations, may be taken on a P/NC basis. Completion of minimum of 50% of the business courses in the major from WSU. Beginning with the Fall 2010 catalog, all courses counted in the major require a grade of “C” or better.

Students may use Flag courses to satisfy both University Studies and major requirements.  Flag courses will usually be in the student's major or minor program.  The Business Administration Department offers the following flag courses in the University Studies Program:

Oral Flag
MGMT 495 Strategic Management (3)

Math/Critical Analysis Flag 
ECON 222/BUSA 220 Statistics for Business and Economics (3)
ECON 322/BUSA 320 Intermediate  Statistics for Business and Economics (3)

Writing Flag 
MGMT 317 Management of Human Resources (3)
MGMT 325 Organizational Dynamics (3)