ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The admission requirements are as follows:

1. Proof of high school graduation or GED certification;
   
2. Official transcripts from all previous college or university study;
   
3. Prior completion of at least 60 transferable credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university; up to 40 hours of credit may be equivalent education assessed and approved through the portfolio process;
   
4. A minimum of two years of significant full-time work experience beyond high school.
   
5. Evidence of the equivalent of 3 credit hours of mathematics or statistics;
   
6. Business Information Systems students must provide evidence of a personal Internet Service Provider.

To graduate with a baccalaureate degree from the Division of Adult and Professional Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University, the following requirements must be met:

1. Completion of 124 semester hours;
   
2. Completion of the required core courses with a GPA of 2.25 or higher;
   
3. Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher;
   
4. Completion of 30 hours of liberal arts as specified;
   
5. Payment of all tuition and fees;

In addition to the regular core curriculum (major), a 30-credit liberal arts core is required of all students in baccalaureate programs in the division. This 30-credit liberal arts core includes:

1. 6 semester credits in Philosophy/Religion/Biblical Literature (3 of the 6 semester credits MUST be in Biblical Literature)
   
2. 6 semester credits in English/Composition/Speech/Literature
   
3. 6 semester credits in Social Sciences
   
4. 3 semester credits in Math/Science
   
5. 3 semester credits in Fine Arts/Foreign Language
   
6. 6 semester credits in liberal arts electives (from any of the above listed categories)

PREREQUISITES 

Students in the BSBIS program are required to demonstrate proficiency in the area of accounting prior to taking MGT412 Financial Planning and Control Systems by successfully completing one of the following options:

1. 1. Three hours of accounting taken within the past five years and documented on an official transcript.
   
2. 2. The IWU course BUS220 within the past five years.
   
3. 3. The prerequisite course (BUS220P) as scheduled within the BSBIS curriculum.
   
4. 4. Acceptable performance on a subject area proficiency exam supervised by Indiana Wesleyan University.

In addition, students in the BSBIS program must maintain a personal Internet Service Provider throughout the program.