NIU College of Business
(Articulation for Prairie State College)
To enroll in UBUS 310, the first course taken in our upper-level programs, a student must
complete a Transcript Review Form in the Undergraduate Studies Office, and have completed
the following criteria:
 Be in junior standing (have at least 60 semester hours completed)
 Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 (Transfer & NIU Hours)*
 Complete the following 100-200 level business core with a C grade or better
 Complete a transcript review form the semester before enrolling in the upper-level
program
NIU
Course #
Course Title
Prairie State
Course #
ACCY 206
Introductory Financial Accounting
BUS 131
ACCY 207
Introductory Cost Management
BUS 132
MGMT 217
Legal Environment of Business
BUS 201 or BUS 210
OMIS 259
Introduction to Business Information Systems
ITAPP 101
UBUS 223
Introduction to Business Statistics
BUS 240 or MATH 153
ECON 260
Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 202
ECON 261
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 201
ENGL 203
Rhetoric and Composition II
ENG 102
MATH 211
or
MATH 229
Calculus for Business & Soc Sci
or
Calculus I
MATH 157
or
MATH 171
PSYC 102
Introduction to Psychology
PSYCH 101
Note: Some of our departments require additional criteria (higher GPA’s or certain grades) for
retention in their programs. Please see individual departments for their retention criteria.
* GPA is based on all transferable work attempted at both community colleges and universities and
attempted NIU work. Meet with an advisor for further information.
Effective for NIU Catalog 2015-2016