BBA Application for Current UMass Students

Admission to Isenberg is extremely competitive. Due to growth and space limitations, only approximately 5-10% of applicants will be accepted. Students beginning their academic career at UMass Amherst in Fall 2022 or later are not eligible to apply to the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program at the Isenberg School of Management unless they were initially accepted to Hospitality & Tourism Management or Sport Management upon their admission to the university.

Acceptance varies depending on the demand, credentials of each applicant pool and capacity of each class year. Capacity is extremely limited. Applicants are evaluated on academic performance in the predictor courses, overall academic performance, personal and professional achievements, demonstrated leadership experience and engagement at the university and respective communities throughout their college career. The online application will be available in November and April.

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Applicants will need to have completed or have in progress the following number of predictor courses at the time of their application: 

• 2nd semester freshman, 3 predictor courses (one must be calculus)
• 1st semester sophomore, 4 predictor courses (one must be calculus)
• 2nd semester sophomore, 5 predictor courses (one must be calculus and one must be ACCOUNTG 221)
• Junior* year, 6 predictor courses (one must be calculus and one must be ACCOUNTG 221) 

Predictor courses: 

• MATH 127 Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences (R2) or a higher level calculus (required to apply) 
• ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (SB) or RES-ECON 102: Introduction to Resource Economics (SB) 
• ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (SB) 
• ACCOUNTG 221 Principles of Financial Accounting 
• RES-ECON 212 Introduction to Statistics/Social Sciences (R2) or STATISTC 240 Introduction to Statistics (R2)

*One of the following may be used for a 6th predictor course:

• FINANCE 301 Corporate Finance
• MANAGMNT 301 Principles of Management
• MARKETNG 301 Fundamentals of Marketing
• OIM 301 Introduction to Operations Management

Notes regarding double majors:

Upon admittance, the BBA major/program will become the primary major. BBA majors are not offered as a secondary major.  

Course substitutions from a second major or other UMass Amherst department for any of the following college core requirements are not allowed:
SCH-MGMT 200, OIM 210, MANAGMNT 260, MANAGMNT 301, MARKETNG 301, FINANCE 301, OIM 301, ACCOUNTG 221, ACCOUNTG 222, SCH-MGMT 310, and MANAGMNT 494BI