Students who began at OU in Summer 2025 or after will follow the prerequisite pathway for upper-division (3000/4000-level) business courses.
Students must earn Cs or better in the following courses and must maintain OU and Combined Overall Retention GPAs of 2.50 or higher.
Students beginning at OU prior to Summer 2025 may follow the prerequisite pathway or apply for Degree Candidacy. To declare a business major, students must meet the 2.5 OU and Combined Retention GPA minimums. Business majors must earn Degree Candidacy status and complete prerequisite courses before enrolling in upper-division business courses.
For more information, please email Price Academic Advising Services
Students must maintain at least a 2.50 GPA in both their OU and overall retention GPAs, with a cumulative GPA of 3.00 in combined degree candidacy courses. Please note that all attempts are counted in the cumulative GPA calculation.
Additionally, students are required to repeat any courses in which they received a grade of D or F within the degree candidacy courses.
The following courses must be completed before a student can begin upper-division business courses.
When you are in the semester of completing your degree candidacy courses, you will need to submit an application. It is important not to wait until you have finished your DC courses to apply. To do so, please complete the online form.
Please be aware that you will only be eligible to enroll in upper-division business courses once you have successfully completed all the prerequisite courses listed above.
Early Approval enables students who have demonstrated a high level of success in business courses to enroll in upper-division business courses before final Degree Candidacy course grades are posted. However, failure to meet the aforementioned standards may result in the revocation of Degree Candidacy, leading to the un-enrollment of the student from all upper-division business courses.
To be eligible, you must currently be a business major and meet the following requirements:
