Eligibility Requirements
Course Requirements
Applicants must complete the following six eligibility courses with grades of C or better before they can begin study in Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick:
- 33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- 01:198:170 Computer Applications to Business
- 01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics
- 01:220:103 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- 01:640:135 Calculus I
- 01:960:285 Introductory Statistics for Business
Students completing any of the six eligibility courses at schools other than those at Rutgers-New Brunswick should determine the transferability of the course before enrolling in the course. If the course does not transfer as an equivalent to the Rutgers-New Brunswick course, the course will not satisfy the eligibility requirement for Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick admission.
Applicants to Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick must have made substantial progress toward completion of the six eligibility courses by the time they submit an application to Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick. Admission is contingent upon the successful completion of all of the eligibility courses with grades of C or better. Students who must repeat eligibility courses originally taken at Rutgers University - New Brunswick in which they received less than a grade of C may only repeat these courses at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. This policy also applies to prospective accounting majors who received less than a grade of B in Intro. to Financial Accounting. If the course requirements are not satisfied prior to the start of the fall term immediately following the student's acceptance, the offer of admission is withdrawn.
Credit Requirement
Students should apply for admission only if they anticipate completing 54 or more degree credits before beginning their business programs. If at least 54 credits are not achieved by the beginning of the fall term into which the student was admitted to the school, the offer of admission is withdrawn and the student is not permitted to enroll in Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick courses.
Cumulative Grade-Point Requirement
Because admission to Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick is highly competitive and the number of applications and spaces available in the school may vary from one application cycle to the next, the cumulative grade-point average needed for admission may also vary from one application cycle to the next. The Advisory Committee on Admissions for Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick determines the cumulative grade-point average needed for admission each application cycle; only grades received in Rutgers-New Brunswick courses are included in the cumulative grade-point average used for admission. Students who receive an offer of admission into Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick must maintain the grade-point average set by the Advisory Committee on Admissions until study in Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick begins. Students whose cumulative grade-point average falls below the stated level are not permitted to enter Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick. Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick calculates the cumulative grade-point average in a uniform manner regardless of the student's undergraduate college.
Transfer students who are admitted into Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick are admitted based on the cumulative grade-point average from the college that they most recently attended where they have completed 12 or more credits. In addition, transfer students who have been admitted simultaneously into Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick and one of the liberal arts colleges at Rutgers-New Brunswick must maintain the cumulative grade-point average stated in their letter of admission through their first term at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Normally, students who plan to apply to Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick should satisfy the School of Arts and Sciences’ area distribution and minor requirements as well as Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate - New Brunswick's eligibility requirements during their first 60 credits. Students already enrolled at the SAS should, during their first year, declare a pre-business curriculum (006). To make this declaration, students should consult with the Office of the Dean for Academic Services/Student Services at their liberal arts college.
