Kelley Undergraduate Program
Business Degree Requirements
I-Core Prerequisites
The Kelley Degree includes eighteen I-Core prerequisite courses (45 credit hours) and was established in 2012. Many 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. All of the following courses must be completed with a C or higher to satisfy the degree requirement and for a student to start I-Core.
First Year
- ENG-W 131: English Composition (3 credits)
- Accepted substitutes include: ENG-W 170, CMLT-C 110, or waiver based on standardized test score (see below qualifications):
- For applications to IU received prior to August 1, 2017: SAT EBRW score of 670 or higher;
- For applications received August 1, 2017, and after: SAT EBRW score of 710 or higher;
- ACT English score of 32 or higher; or
- AP Program English: Composition and Literature score of 4 or 5; or
- AP Program English: Language and Composition score of 4 or 5
- Accepted substitutes include: ENG-W 170, CMLT-C 110, or waiver based on standardized test score (see below qualifications):
- BUS-C 104 / C 106 (H): Business Presentations (3 credits)
- BUS-T 175: Compass I (1.5 credits)
- MATH-M 118 / S 118 (H): Finite Math (3 credits)
- MATH-M 119 / M 211 / S211 (H): Calculus (3 credits)
- BUS-K 201 / K204 (H): Computers in Business (3 credits)
- BUS-A 100: Basic Accounting (8 weeks, 1 credit)
- ECON-E 201 / S 201 (H): Microeconomics
Second Year
- BUS-C 204 / C 205 (H): Business Communication (3 credits)
- BUS-T 275: Compass II (1.5 credits)
- BUS-K 303 / K 304 (H): Technology & Business Analysis (3 credits)
- BUS-L 201 / L 293 (H): Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
- BUS-A 201 / A 205 (H): Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS-A 202 / A 207 (H): Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- ECON-E 370 or STAT-S 301 or MATH-M 365: Statistics (3 credits)
- BUS-D 270: Global Business Environments (8 weeks, 1.5 credits)
- BUS-X 271: Global Business Analysis (8 weeks, 1.5 credits)* OR BUS-X 272: Global Business Immersion (8 weeks, 3 credits)*
- BUS-G 202: Business, Government, & Society (2 credits)
*Students may substitute any course from a department in the business school that ends in 271 or 272 for these courses (e.g., A271, F271, G272, L272)