Business Advanced Standing Requirement
To ensure students have the necessary tools to begin study in the selected major, the Department of Business requires that students must meet certain requirements before enrolling in advanced coursework. Students who choose a comprehensive major must achieve advanced standing. Failure to achieve advanced standing will prohibit the student from graduating with a degree granted by Northwest’s Business Department.
To have achieved advanced standing, the student must:
1. Maintain at least a cumulative 2.00 GPA
2. Score at Level 1 or higher on all areas of the ETS Proficiency Profile
3. Earn at least a grade of “C” or better in each of the five courses listed below:
Total Credit Hours: 15
Students who have met this advanced standing requirement are official members of the department and can pursue any major course of their choosing. Students who have not successfully achieved advanced standing prior to becoming an academic senior *(90 or more academic credit hours) will be prohibited from enrolling in any major course until they have achieved advanced standing.
*In exceptional cases, a student not meeting the “90-hour rule” may appeal to the department’s advanced standing committee.