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Last Update:
September 17, 2007
Admission to the IB Major
Freshmen
In order to ensure that you have been admitted under the International Business major, please check your status on the webportal. Your major code should read: Pre-International Business.
If you were admitted to SDSU as a major other than IB and now wish to change to Pre-IB major then you may do so when you meet either one of the following:
- you have completed fewer than 24 college units (can declare with any GPA). (Please note that you have to be enrolled at SDSU for at least one semester prior to changing your major code to Pre-IB.)
or
- you have completed 24 or more college units and have an overall GPA of at least 2.70.
You must attend an IB general advising orientation and make an appointment with the advisor to have your major code switched. The advisor will fill out a Change of major form and you need to take the form to the office of the registrar to complete the process.
Please contact our office for orientation dates and times.
Transfer Students
SDSU will generally accept all college-level transfer units from accredited colleges and universities (maximum of 70 units transferred from community colleges). Acceptance of units does not mean that a transferred course necessarily satisfies a course at SDSU. Transferred course must be deemed as equivalent to an SDSU course.
In order to verify if courses transferred from another college or universities are equivalent to an SDSU course, please check the following sources:
If you are transferring courses from a college or university not listed under assist.org, you may submit a petition to the appropriate department to have your course evaluated.
This is done by filing a petition (Request for Adjustment of Academic Requirements) with the appropriate department. The request must include enough information about the other course to allow a determination of equivalency.
If the petition is denied then you must take the SDSU course to fulfill the requirement.
Declaring Upper Division
Declaring upper division in International Business is not an automatic process. You must initiate the declaration by submitting all forms to the IB advising office. Students are eligible to declare upper division in the major when they satisfy the following requirements:
a. Complete with a grade of C or higher: Accountancy 201 and 202; Economics 101 and 102; Economics 201 or Statistics 119; Finance 240; and Information and Decision Systems 180. Courses cannot have been taken prior to Fall 1992. These courses cannot be taken for credit/no credit (CR/NC).
b. Complete or test out of one language sequence: Arabic 101, 102, 201, 202 (16 units); Chinese 101, 102, 201, 202 (20 units); French 100A, 100B, 201, 210, 220, 221 (22 units); German 100A, 100B, 202, 205A, 205B (21 units); Italian 100A, 100B, 201, 210 (16 units); Japanese 111, 112, 211, 212 (24 units); Portuguese 101, 201 (10 units); Russian 100A, 100B, 200A, 200B (20 units); or Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202, 211, 212 (22 units);
c. Complete with a grade of C or higher, the regional/cultural studies emphasis from one of the following regions: Africa-Middle East: History 100 and 101; Asia-Pacific: Asian Studies 100, 101; Latin America: Six units selected from History 115, 116 (recommended); Latin American Studies 101 (recommended); North America: Six units selected from Chicana and Chicano Studies 141A-141B; History 109, 110, or 115, 116, or Political Science 101, 102; Russia and Central Europe: Six units selected from Classics 140; European Studies 101; History 105, 106 (recommended); Western Europe: Six units selected from Classics 140; European Studies 101; History 105, 106 (recommended). These courses cannot be taken for credit/no credit (CR/NC).
d. Complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units;
e. Have a cumulative GPA of 2.90 or higher.
When you have met these requirements, you must fill out a Checklist for Declaration of Upper Division (pdf) and submit it with the necessary supplements, along with a copy of your degree audit, to the International Business Program Office.
The advisor will fill out a Change of major form and you will need to take the form to the office of the registrar to complete the process.
The statements found on this site are for informational purposes only. While every effort is made to ensure that this information is up to date and accurate, official information can be found in the university publications.