About the Kelley Undergraduate Program

Course and Degree Requirements

I-Core Prerequisites

The 2012 Kelley Degree includes eighteen I-Core prerequisite courses (45 credit hours). Most of these courses have honors versions (H) or higher level courses that can be used to satisfy the requirement. See the course descriptions for details about the credit hours, prerequisites, and the number of weeks per course.

I-Core Prerequisites
Taken in First Year
  • Basic Accounting: BUS-A 100
  • Business Presentations: BUS-C 104 or BUS-C 106 (H)
  • Kelley Compass I - The Individual: BUS-T 175
  • The Computer in Business: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 (H)
  • English Composition: ENG-W 131, ENG-W 170, CMLT-C 110, or waiver based on standardized test score
  • Finite Math: MATH-M 118 or MATH-S 118 (H)
  • Calculus: MATH-M 119 or MATH-M 211
  • English Language Improvement courses (if required): SLST-T 101
Taken in First or Second Year
  • Financial Accounting: BUS-A 201 or BUS-A 205 (H)
  • Managerial Accounting: BUS-A 202 or BUS-A 207 (H)
  • Microeconomics: ECON-E 201 or ECON-S 201 (H)
  • Technology: BUS-X 201 or BUS-X 202 (H)
Taken in Second Year 
  • Global Foundations Core
    • Business, Government, & Society: BUS-G 202
    • Global Business Environments: BUS-D 270
    • *Global Business Analysis OR Immersion: BUS-X 271 OR BUS-X 272
  • The Legal Environment of Business:  BUS-L 201 or BUS-L 293
  • Business Communication: BUS-C 204 or BUS-C 205
  • Kelley Compass II - The Team: BUS-T 275
  • Statistics: ECON-E 370 or STAT-S 301 or MATH-K 310 or STAT-K 310

*Students may substitute any course from a department in the business school that ends in 271 or 272 for these courses (e.g., F271, A271, G272, L272)

Other Options Before I-Core
  • IUB General Education courses
  • Macroeconomics: ECON-E 202 or ECON-S 202 (H) - required before studying abroad with a Kelley program
  • Some business major courses; most majors have at least one course that may be taken prior to I-Core

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