Current Undergraduates

The Undergraduate Academic Programs Office provides academic advisement to admitted accounting, business administration, and information technology and management majors in 204 Alfiero Center.

• Student service hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to Noon, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
  
• Review the Academic Advising Services offered to current students in the major.
• If you are a current UB student interested in becoming a management major, you must submit a major change request before scheduling a meeting with our advisors or attend one of our major information sessions.

The School of Management conducts an academic review of all approved majors every fall and spring semester.

• BS Accounting
• BS Business Administration
• BS Information Technology and Management 

Students who are enrolled in lower-level foundation courses for their management major are reviewed each semester to ensure that the standards to continue to the major's upper-level requirements are maintained.  See the "Good Standing in Major" charts below for the minimum standards for each of the management majors.

* If MTH 121 or MTH 141 is successfully completed prior to changing to the accounting or business administration major, these substitute for MTH 131. The School of Management's repeat policy is applied to all attempted calculus courses.

• If you repeat a foundation course for your major, the second grade is counted, even if that grade is lower than the grade you earned the first time. You may not take a course for a third time. 

Important note: Although students must meet all of the conditions in the chart above, it is possible the academic review process directs students to choose an alternative major as soon as the end of their first semester or first-year if performance indicators are too low to improve to the minimum standards in a timely fashion. Transfer students should note that they will also be subject to this review process.

Good Standing in Upper-level requirements for majors

Once students enter the upper-level (300/400 level) management courses, to maintain good academic standing in your major, you must achieve a minimum upper-level major GPA of 2.0 in addition to a UB cumulative and an overall cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Accounting majors must also achieve minimum grades of C in MGA 301, MGA 311, MGA 302 and MGA 314 to continue to the senior year accounting courses. “C” grades in both MGA 301 and MGA 311 are required to remain enrolled in MGA 302 and MGA 314. Students who are dismissed from the accounting major in the junior year can join the business administration major provided their upper-level requirements GPA is still a minimum of 2.0 and they have not failed a required management course during a second enrollment in the course. 

Entering first-year students who were admitted directly to one of the 4+1 programs. must earn an overall, UB, and management undergraduate GPA of 3.25* to move seamlessly to the MS program.

* BS/MS Accounting students must also achieve a minimum junior-senior year Accounting GPA of 3.0 to continue to the graduate courses.

Add value to your academic degree by engaging in experiences beyond the classroom.

• Career Resource Center's Career Passport program provides you with comprehensive and coordinated opportunities for career development, emphasizing interpersonal and social skills required for success in business.
  
• Internships and Experiential Learning Office will assist you in gaining academic credit and experience related to your career interests.
  
• Student clubs within the School of Management are an excellent way to get involved with your peers and meet with professionals in your area of interest.
  
• UB Study Abroad programs may be a way to enhance your education and increase your global awareness and cross-cultural skills.
  
• UB's Startup and Innovation Collaboratory powered by Blackstone LaunchPad is a hub for entrepreneurship at UB, a destination for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to come together in the spirit of innovation. It offers many programs and engagement opportunities for students, alumni, faculty and staff to develop their skills and ideas as they become integral contributors to the larger WNY entrepreneurial ecosystem.
• The Undergraduate Management Poster Competition is an exclusive School of Management contest in which our undergraduates can showcase their work in poster format to compete for cash prizes during the UB Spring Open House.  

• Learn about and apply for scholarships awarded to juniors and seniors in the School of Management.
  
• Stewart Study-Abroad Scholarship offers a limited number of scholarships to support study-abroad experiences through a competitive application process.
• Scholarship information from the Accounting Department
  
• Other UB-administered scholarships
  

• Leadership, Learning and Community Center
  As a School of Management student, you have an exclusive space to study, work on group projects and receive academic tutoring. Center-certified tutors provide help with several prerequisite and core courses.

• Tutoring and Academic Support Services (TASS) at UB 

Review the current handbook for academic policies and procedures specific to the School of Management's undergraduate programs.