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 15-18 credit hours per term. Students wishing to register for more than 21 credit hours must contact a Kelley academic advisor. A student with a cumulative GPA below a 3.0 will not be able to exceed 21 credits under any circumstance. 

Kelley Bloomington Business Course Residence Policy

For students pursuing a bachelor’s degree within the Kelley School of Business, all BUS (Business) 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 and engage with Kelley Undergraduate Career Services. If students wish to enroll in a Kelley internship course (i.e. BUS-W 499 or BUS-X 498), they should contact Undergraduate Career Services.

Prerequisites for Business Courses

Students must have the completed prerequisites on their IU transcript as indicated in the Schedule of Classes.  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, which is usually one week prior to the start of the course.

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.

Major/Co-Major Requirement Terms

For an undergraduate student pursuing a major and/or co-major in the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington, the applicable major and/or co-major requirements are those in effect at the time the student first enrolls (matriculates) to IU Bloomington as a degree-seeking student. This  is know as the student's requirement term.

Students may elect to move their defaulted major and/or co-major requirement term to a later requirement term, if the new requirements better meet the student's needs. Students can only move their requirement term forward; not backward. Once an updated requirement term is requested, this change cannot be reversed. Students can formally request a requirement term change by emailing the Kelley School of Business Recorder at ksbrec@indiana.edu.