Smeal College of Business
ETM Procedures
To discuss how to enter this college/major, contact the appropriate Academic Advising Center.
ETM Pool
2012 (students entering Penn State SU10, FA10, SP11)
ETM Requirements
College
It is not possible for a student to transfer to the Smeal College in general status.
| Major | CGPA | Credits/Courses/Grades Criteria | Additional Criteria |
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| Accounting (ACCTG) * | 3.00 | Courses required:
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| Actuarial Science (ACTSC) † (You may wish to consider an option in the Risk Management major) |
3.00 | Courses required:
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| Finance (FIN) * | 3.50 | Courses required:
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| Management (MGMT) * | 3.00 | Courses required:
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| Management Information Systems (M I S) * | 3.00 | Courses required:
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| Marketing (MKTG) * | 3.00 | Courses required:
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| Risk Management (R M) * Options:
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3.00 | Courses required:
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| Supply Chain and Information Systems (SC&IS) * | 3.00 | Courses required:
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Notes
Courses in bold require a grade of C or better.
* This major is under administrative enrollment controls. Students must complete required courses by the end of the entrance-to-major pool semester. Students must have the stated CGPA at the end of the semester preceding the pool semester to be guaranteed entrance to this major. However, "If there is still space after all of the students who meet these criteria have been accepted, selections are made from the remaining students in the pool of applicants, starting with the highest GPA, until the approved maximum number of students to enter the major is reached. No student with less than a 2.00 cumulative GPA is accepted" (University Undergraduate Advising Handbook). The final entrance to major cutoff GPA must be maintained through spring of sophomore year.
† Students must attain the required CGPA for the Actuarial Science major or option by the end of the fall semester preceding the pool semester and maintain that CGPA through to the end of the spring pool semester.
Based upon the review of the Central Enrollment Management Group:
- Any students admitted to the University Park campus but not admitted to the Smeal College of Business must earn a 3.00 cumulative GPA at the end of their first year (completion of the second semester) to be eligible for a Smeal major.
- Any students admitted to a Penn State campus other than University Park but not admitted to the Smeal College of Business must earn a 3.00 cumulative GPA at the end of their first year (completion of the second semester) to be eligible for a Smeal major.
- All students not admitted to the Smeal College must also meet the entrance-to-major requirements (including specific courses and grade-point averages) for the Smeal major of interest and be enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies prior to the entrance-to-major process, which occurs during the spring semester of the sophomore year.
It is important to note that the two-semester GPA requirement will include fall and spring semesters only. Generally, a student beginning during summer semester would have the subsequent fall and spring semesters to meet the cumulative GPA requirement. A student beginning in the fall semester would have that fall semester and the following spring semester to meet the cumulative GPA requirement. And, a student beginning in the spring semester would have that spring and the following fall semester to meet the cumulative GPA requirement.
