Consumer Economics & Finance


Admissions Requirements

GPA

It is expected that applicants to this program will have a minimum GPA of 3.25 (A = 4.0). A technical GPA, which includes all required courses listed and RHET 105 if taken, of 3.25 or higher is also required for admission.

Coursework

Students With Fewer Than 45 Graded, Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Enrollment

If you’ll enroll at Illinois with fewer than 45 graded, transferable credit hours, you must complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

  • ACE 100, Intro to Applied Microeconomics
    • or ECON 102, Microeconomic Principles
  • MATH 112, Algebra (College Algebra) or higher

Students With More Than 45 Graded, Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Enrollment

In addition to the courses listed above, if you’ll enroll at Illinois with more than 45 graded, transferable credit hours, you must complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

  • ACCY 201, Accounting & Accountancy I, or an intro to financial accounting course
  • ECON 103, Macroeconomic Principles
  • MATH 220, Calculus
    • or MATH 234, Calculus for Business I

Admissions Recommendations

Coursework

Although it isn’t required that you do so in order to be admitted, we also recommend that you complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

  • ACE 161, Computer Concepts & Applications
    • or CS 105, Intro Computing: Non-Tech
  • CMN 101, Public Speaking
  • Composition I
    • Common options include RHET 105 (requires a two-course English composition sequence at most schools) and transfer coursework articulated as UCI and UCII. See the Illinois General Education website for a complete list of options.
  • ECON 202, Economic Statistics I
  • Language other than English through the third level either in high school or college


General Education Courses

Included in our graduation requirements are general education (gen ed) courses. These classes allow you to gain and use broad knowledge beyond the specialized learning you’ll do through your major. Learn more about our general education requirements. You may be able to use Transferology to find gen ed courses that will transfer over from your institution to UIUC.

Language Other than English

Although this program doesn’t require you to complete our language graduation requirement for admission, we strongly encourage you do so before transferring.

For AdmissionFor Graduation
No RequirementLevel 3

Learn More About This Major

To learn more about this program, including degree requirements and similar majors, we encourage you to check out the below resources.

Transfer Handbook
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
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