Anderson BBA Admission Requirements

BBA Application All new and re-admitted students, who enroll at UNM or with an institution with whom we have an articulation agreement, are required to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in the required UNM/Anderson Core Curriculum classes, and a 2.5 overall GPA (includes grades for all classes taken at UNM plus grades for all transfer credits) for admission to the BBA Program.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Senior Advisors Lisa Gilmore (gilmore@mgt.unm.edu) or Mary Huskey (huskey@mgt.unm.edu) or call the Advisement Office - 277-3888.

University College - Pre-Major Advisement
Missy Garoza
Senior Academic Advisor
Phone:  (505) 277-7977
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Please note that even if the above stated requirements are met, this does not guarantee admission to the BBA program. There must be space available for a student to be admitted to the Anderson Schools of Management BBA degree program.

Core Curriculum Requirements & Pre-Admission Schedule ("Purple Sheet")


Course Requirements

The following courses should be completed before applying to the BBA Program.

  • Writing & Speaking (9 Hours):

    • English 101,
    • English 102,
    • and English 219 or 220

  • Mathematics (6 Hours):

    • Math 121 (or Math 150)
    • and Math 180 (or Math 162)
  • Physical and Natural Sciences (7 Hours):
    Two courses, plus one corresponding laboratory (designated "L"), from:

    • Anthropology (ANTR) 150/151L, 121L, 160 and 161L;
    • Astronomy (ASTR) 101/101L;
    • Biology (BIOL) 110/112L, 121L, 122L, 123L, 124L, (credit not allowed for both 121L and either 110 or 123L);
    • Chemistry (CHEM) 111L, 121L, or 131L, 122L, or 132L (credit not allowed for both 111L and 121L);
    • Earth and Planetary Sciences (E&PS) 101/105L, 201L;
    • Environmental Science (ENVSC) 101/102L;
    • Geography (GEOG) 101/105L;
    • Natural Science (NAT SC) 261L, 262L, 263L;
    • Physics (PHYSCS) 102/102L, 105, 151/151L, 152/152L, 160/160L, 161/161L.

  • Social Science and Behavioral Science (15 Hours):

    • Economics 105 and Economics 106
    • Psychology 105 or Sociology 101

    Plus two more courses from:

    • American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology (Psych 105 or Soc 101 may be used to satisfy three credit hours of this requirement).
    • Community and Regional Planning 181 and Engineering F-200 are also acceptable.

  • Humanities (3 Hours): One course from:

    • American Studies 186;
    • Classics 107, 204, 205;
    • Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies 223, 224;
    • English 150, 292, 293;
    • Foreign Languages (M Lang) 101;
    • History 101L, 102L, 161, 162;
    • Philosophy 101, 201, 202;
    • Religious Studies 107, 263, 264;
    • Honor's Legacy Seminars at the 100 and 200 level.
    • Note: The UNM Core Curriculum requires 6 hours of Humanities. Anderson requires students to fulfill three hours of this requirement with upper-division coursework after admission to the BBA program.

  • Foreign Languages (3 Hours):
    One course from any of the lower-division non-English language offerings of the Departments of Linguistics:

    • Spanish and Portuguese;
    • Foreign Languages and Literatures, including American Sign Language 201, 210, 211, or 310, or Foreign Languages in the other department and programs.

  • Fine Arts (3 hours):
    One course from:

    • Architecture 101;
    • Art History 101, 201, 202;
    • Dance 105;
    • Fine Arts 284;
    • Media Arts 210;
    • Music 139, 140, and 172;
    • Theatre 122
    • Or a 3-hour studio course from the Department of Art and Art History, Music, Theatre and Dance, Media Arts.

  • Computer Science (3 Hours):
    150/L (Computing for Business Students or successful completion of computer skills competency test.
  • Management (6 Hours):

    • Management 202 Principles of Financial Accounting (MGMT 202)
    • Management 290 Introduction to Business Statistics (MGMT 290) or STAT 145, 245, or 345

Total Hours: 55 (52 if test out of CS 150/L)