Applying for Admission into the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship (RCVCoBE)
Admission Requirements
All students following an RCVCoBE degree must meet the following RCVCoBE Admission Requirements to apply:
- Students must complete all 18 hours of Business Foundation Courses, and a minimum of 27 credit hours in the General Education Core Curriculum including ECON 2301, before applying to RCVCoBE
- Grades of ‘C’ or better in all Business Foundation Core courses
- Grade of ‘C’ or better in ECON 2301
- A minimum 2.6 GPA in the combined General Education Core Curriculum, Business Foundation Core, and in any of the following completed advanced courses: BLAW 3337, QUMT 3341, MARK 3300, and MGMT 3361. This GPA calculation will include transfer coursework
- All students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from RCVCoBE, must apply for and be admitted to RCVCoBE before they are allowed to enroll in the Advanced Major coursework for their degree
Notes:
- Admission to UTRGV does not guarantee admission to RCVCoBE
- All grades must show on Degree Works or Transcript on file, in order for the application to be considered
- If a student is denied, a student will need to re-apply after requirements are met
Submitting Your Application for Admission into RCVCoBE
Before starting your application, make sure to read the following instructions and prepare to submit your application.
Estimated time to complete the application is 10 minutes. You would need to complete all steps to submit your application. If you do not complete all steps, you may return to restart your application but your information will not be saved until submitted.
All requirements must be completed. All Admission Requirements listed above must be completed and your final grades must be posted to your Degree Works. If you are pending your final grades to post, you would need to wait until your final grades are posted.
Your Completed General Education Core Curriculum Credits. As part of the admission requirements, you must complete 27 credits of General Education Core Curriculum. This is calculated by adding up the completed courses on your Degree Works or GPA Guide that are part of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements.
You will need to submit a GPA Guide as part of your application. In this excel file, you will list your completed courses with grades and this will help you in calculating your Admission GPA. There will be a part of the application that asks you to upload this document. The GPA Guides for the application can be downloaded below:
- BBA Majors: For Accountancy, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Global Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, International Business, Management and Marketing Majors, you can download the GPA Guide using this link
BBA GPA Guide - Economics (BA) Majors: You can download the GPA Guide using this link
Economics (BA) GPA Guide - Hospitality and Tourism Management Majors: You can download the GPA Guide using this link Hospitality and Tourism Management GPA Guide
You can submit an Unofficial Transcript if your final grades have not posted to your Degree Works/Student
Record. You can upload a pdf copy of your unofficial transcript to your application for Admission into RCVCoBE if you have completed courses at another college/university that have not posted to your student record.
Once you have read all the information above, completed all requirements and have your documents/files ready, you can sign into the application using the weblink below:
Apply for Admission into RCVCoBE
If you have any questions regarding your requirements, your Admission GPA or when you should submit your
application, you can schedule a meeting with your Academic Advisor by calling (956) 665-7120.