COLLEGE of BUSINESS Office of Undergraduate Affairs

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COLLEGE of BUSINESS Office of
Undergraduate Affairs
The Way we do business
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Prospective Intercollege Transfer (ICT)

• Majors in the College of Business
• What it takes to Transfer
• How and When to Apply
• Other Options
• Resources
• Questions

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Majors in the College of Business

• Accounting
• CPA Exam (150 hours)
• Finance
• Business Administration
• Marketing
• Organizational Administration
• Management Science
• Industrial Distribution Management
• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurship
• Technology Management (Minor)

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What it Takes to Transfer

• Credit Hours
• You must have a minimum of
• 30 credit hours completed to
• apply.
• Grade Point Average
• The minimum transfer GPA
• will be determined based on
• the qualifications of the
• applicants.

• Required Courses
• Econ 102 (Microeconomics)
• Econ 103 (Macroeconomics)
• CS 105 (Computer Science)
• Math 220 or 221 (Calculus I)
• Math 231 (Calculus II)
• All required courses must be taken for a grade.
• AP course credit is accepted.

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Other courses (not prerequisites to transfer)

• Spcm 101 (unless you took Spcm 111-112)
• Language if not completed (4th level required)
• Accy 201 (Prerequisite Econ 102 103)
• Econ 202 (Prerequisite Calculus)

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What it Takes to Transfer

• Essays
• While your academic
• qualifications are
• important, your personal
• and professional
• statements really give us a
• better indication of why
• you want to study business
• at Illinois and tell us about
• the goals you have for your
• future.

• Resume
• Include any work
• experience that you may
• have.
• Include organizations you
• are involved with.
• Also include any honors
• you have received.

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What it Takes to Transfer

• Essay 1 Required
• Personal Statement
• What unique traits or personal characteristics
  will make you a
• successful business leader? What have you done
  to demonstrate your
• leadership potential?
• Essay 2 Required
• Professional Statement
• How will the College of Business fit into your
  future goals?
• Essay 3 Optional
• Additional Information
• Have you had any special circumstances that have
  impacted
• your academic performance and/or progress?

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How and When to Apply

• When to Apply
• Applications will be accepted once per year in
  the Spring semester for admission to the college
  the following Fall semester. See web site for
  deadlines.
• How to Apply
• Apply online at www.business.uiuc.edu/undrgrad

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Other Options

• What if I dont get in?
• Can I get a job in Business without a
• business degree?
• Other majors related to business
• Graduate School

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Business Leaders without Business Degrees

• Jill Barad, CEO of Mattel, Inc.  English and
  Psychology
• David Carter, CEO of Sonatix Theraby Corp,
  History
• Kevin W. English, Chairman and CEO of
  TheStreet.com, History
• Michael Fuchs, Chairman of HBO, Political Science
• Alan Gilman, President of Consolidated Products,
  History
• Mitch Kapor, Founder of Lotus Development Group,
  Psychology
• Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines, English
• Scott Krentz, Treasurer of EDS, History
• Frank Popoff, CEO of Dow, Chemistry
• Alan Stillman, Founder of TGI Fridays, CEO of
  Smith and Wollenskys Steak House and New York
  Restaurant Group, Music
• Jeff Vinek, Manager of the Magellen Fund, English

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Resources

• Consult an academic advisor in your
  
• present college, and

• The Career Center
• 715 S. Wright St. (333-0820)
• www.careercenter.uiuc.edu
• Take a self inventory test and see if a
• business degree is the right fit for
• you.
• Take a look at the career resource
• library and look at the different jobs
• available in the business world.
• Attend workshops

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Have you considered

• The College of ACES
• Agricultural and Consumer Economics
• Agribusiness Markets and Management
• Agricultural Accounting
• Agricultural Finance
• Consumer Economics and Finance
• Environmental Economics and Policy
• Farm Management
• Individually Planned Curriculum
• Policy, International Trade, and Development
• Public Policy and Law
• Environmental Economics and Policy
• LAS Degrees including Speech Communication,
  Economics and more
• College of Communications - Advertising

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Questions ?