Class Standing

Class standing is based on the number of credit hours completed toward graduation:

• Freshman:  fewer than 30 credits
• Sophomore:  30 - 59 credits
• Junior:  60 - 89 credits
• Senior: 90 or more credits

Term Load

A typical academic load is 15 credit hours per term. Students wishing to register for more than 19 credit hours in a given term should have a cumulative program grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above. To enroll in more than 19 credit hours, students must see a Kelley academic advisor for authorization. The maximum number of credits any Kelley student will be authorized by a Kelley advisor to take in a semester is 21 credits.

Kelley Bloomington Business Course Residence Policy

For students pursuing a bachelor’s degree within the Kelley School of Business, all BUS (Business) courses, with the exception of BUS-A 201 and BUS-A 202, must be taken through IU Bloomington or during a preapproved Kelley overseas study program.

For students completing a Kelley minor or Business Foundations Certificate, please review the requirements here.

Internships

Kelley School students are encouraged to pursue internships; those interested should contact Kelley Undergraduate Career Services (UCS). If a student is pursuing an internship during the summer term, they can enroll in BUS-W 499 (no credit). If a student is pursuing an internship during the fall or spring terms, they can enroll in BUS-X 498 for (2 credits). Students apply for authorization to enroll in either of these courses through the UCS website.

Public Health Activity Courses

A maximum of 4 credit hours of public health activity courses (SPH-I OR SPH-W xxx) courses may be used for supplemental credits and applied toward the 120 total credits required for graduation.

0-level Music Courses

Successfully completed 0-level Music (MUS-? 0xx) courses may be used for supplemental credits and applied toward the 120 total credits required for graduation.

Prerequisites for Business Courses

Students must have the prerequisites on their IU transcript or be currently enrolled in the prerequisites exactly as indicated in the Schedule of Classes for each course.  A student who does not have documentation of completion of a course's prerequisite(s) will be removed from the course at the time of departmental prerequisite review.

Repeat Course Credit

Before enrolling in any course in which a student has already earned credit, they are strongly advised to check with an academic advisor about potential problems with course repeats. Retaking a course a student has already have earned credit for will result in a loss of credit. Students are only able to earn credit for the same course or equivalent course once. An exception to this policy is topics based courses approved for a student to repeat for credit.

Total Number of Declared Majors and/or Minors

Kelley School of Business students must complete one Kelley major to graduate. Students may declare and graduate with up to three total Kelley major(s) and/or co-major(s). Thus, students have the following options for declaring and completing majors/co-majors: three majors OR two majors and one co-major OR one major and two co-majors.

Kelley School of Business students can complete up to a maximum of three minors.

Kelley students can declare and change their majors, co-majors and/or minors online.