Admission and Registration

Each year there are more qualified applicants to the McCombs School than can adequately be instructed by the faculty or accommodated within existing facilities. To provide students with the best educational experience possible, the school must limit undergraduate admission. Therefore, admission to the school is extremely competitive and admission requirements are more stringent than those of the University. As a result, a student may be admitted to the University but denied admission to the school. The student must be admitted to the school to pursue a degree program described in this catalog.

Admission to the school is granted for the fall semester only; summer session admission may be possible for freshmen. Students admitted for fall are expected to attend Orientation the summer before they enter the school.

1. Completion of twenty-four semester hours of coursework in residence on the letter-grade basis by the end of the preceding spring semester
2. Completion of Mathematics 408K and 408L, Mathematics 408N and 408S, or Mathematics 408C and 408D, or the equivalent
3. Completion of Economics 304K and 304L
4. Completion of the foreign language proficiency requirement of two years of a single foreign language in high school or one year of a single foreign language in college
5. A grade point average of at least 3.00 on University in-residence coursework

An applicant’s disciplinary record, as maintained by the Office of the Dean of Students, will be reviewed for academic dishonesty or other violations of University policy.  Violations will be reported to the Admissions Committee and taken into account as part of the application process. Violations may exclude a student from admission depending on the nature and severity of the offense(s).

Admission is granted on a space-available basis and may not be possible if instructional resources are not compatible with enrollment demands. A student with a grade point average of less than 3.40 is unlikely to be admitted to the school.

1. Completion of Mathematics 408K and 408L, Mathematics 408N and 408S, Mathematics 408C and 408D, or Mathematics 403K and 403L, or the equivalent
2. Completion of Economics 304K and 304L
3. Completion of the foreign language proficiency requirement of two years of a single foreign language in high school or one year of a single foreign language in college
4. A grade point average of at least 3.00 on transferable college credit

Because of enrollment restrictions dictated by the availability of faculty and facilities in the school and by the limitations on nonresident enrollment imposed by the Board of Regents, an applicant may be denied admission to the McCombs School even though he or she meets University transfer requirements. Such an applicant may seek admission to another academic program at the University. A student with a grade point average of less than 3.50 is unlikely to be admitted to the McCombs School.

Declaring a Major

Each student is admitted to the McCombs School with an unspecified major. The student may declare a specific business major when he or she has completed thirty semester hours of coursework, including Business Administration 101H, 101S, or 101T, Economics 304K and 304L, Mathematics 408C, 408K, or 408N,  and Mathematics 408D, 408L, or 408S; has registered with BBA Career Services; and has fulfilled the foreign language proficiency requirement for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. All students are required to declare a major before completing seventy-five semester hours. Students may declare their majors online at https://utdirect.utexas.edu/business/bba/ . A student seeking admission to the integrated MPA or the Business Honors Program must complete a separate application; requirements for admission to these programs are given in the Accounting and Business Honors Program sections, respectively.