Business Department Program – Majors In General (Accounting, Bus. Admin, & BIS)

• Your cumulative GPA must be over 2.7 to qualify to enter your major’s Internship Program.
• You must have a minimum of 24 credit hours in the Dept. of Business Administration to receive a major from the Department (Accounting, Business Admin., or BIS)
• Your final 30 credits towards your degree must be earned at Eastern, unless you have a specific course(s) exemption(s) approved by Academic Advising Center.
• The papers you submit as part of your “Writing Competency Portfolio” must have the course’s instructor’s name, feedback and the grade earned on them.
• You can NOT use papers from your Major’s Writing Intensive Course in your “Writing Competency Portfolio”. Those courses are respectively:
• Accounting -  ACC 411;  Business Admin:  -  BUS 301 or 365;  & Business Info. Systems - BIS 377
• ALL Accounting, Business Administration and BIS major students watch out for LONG PREREQUISITE CHAINS!!!  (Remember to do them in sequence!!!)
• You can NOT officially count the same elective course towards two concentrations within a major.                  
• Submit your major’s internship program’s application by the deadline in the preceding semester.  (Please contact the Dept. of Business Administration Office for specific application form & handout.)

                                          Spring Internship                   - Deadline Approximately - October 1

                                          Fall Internship                       - Deadline Approximately – April 1

                                          Summer Internship/Co-op      - Deadline Approximately – April 1

Accounting Major:

• No more than 2 high level (300 Level/or higher) Accounting courses may be transferred in from outside of Eastern.
• When should you get involved in an internship?
For the semester/summer when you have completed at least 90 credits, all of your Business Core courses and LACs/GERs, and only have 30 credits left in the major.
• Will my advisor and/or professor write me a recommendation letter for a graduate school program or courses?
  It depends upon how you have done in class(es) etc.
• Do you qualify for the Eastern Graduate Accounting Program? 
  It depends upon how you have done.

Business Administration – Major

• If you let your current GPA drop below 2.7 for two consecutive semesters, you will be dismissed from the major.
• You can NOT take or register for BUS 431 without having taken and passed the Business Competency Exam, which is administered by Dept. of Business Administration Office staff members and successfully completely BUS 351.  (Please contact the Dept. of Business Administration Office to schedule a date and time to take the exam.)
• The International Business Perspective may be met by one of seven options – see the Business Major - International Perspectives Requirement page
• Marketing Concentration – If you wish to have a Marketing Concentration you MUST complete BUS 428 – Marketing Research

Business Information Systems – Major

• You must NOT let your current GPA drop below 2.5 for two consecutive semesters otherwise you will be dismissed from the major.
• A total of 51 credits is required in the major, with 42 credits in the common BIS core requirements, 9 credits of BIS electives, and 24 credits of BIS taken at Eastern.
• Watch out for BIS courses only offered once a year!!!
• Contact your BIS faculty/advisor 1 semester prior to wanting to do your Internship. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required for the BIS Internship