Filing a degree plan

Filing a degree plan (declaring a major) is the process of switching your major from Pre-Business (PREBUS) to a specific concentration.

Degree requirements for any particular major are subject to change and may occur as often as every two years. Filing a degree plan secures students to the requirements specific to a catalog year.  Consecutively enrolled students may remain on a degree plan for a period not to exceed seven years.

Students should submit Degree Plan requests while enrolled in all  remaining courses to fulfill degree plan requirements as early in the filing period as possible. You must have a valid UH e-mail alias on your request form in order to receive the status of your Degree Plan Request.

Students that have reached the five course limit on 3000-level business courses must file for a degree plan during these designated periods to take any remaining 3000-level and any 4000-level business courses.

Filing degree plan checklist

• You must be a PREBUSINESS major in good academic standing at UH.
• You must have at least 12 hours completed at UH
• You must have a minimum 2.5 UH GPA by the official closing of that particular semester.
• You must have brackets one and two completed on the degree plan, which include:
• UH CORE COURSES
  1. ENGL 1303 and ENGL 1304
  2. 6 hours of UH approved History
  3. POLS 1336 & POLS 1337
  4. PSYC 1300 or SOC 1300 required for business majors 
  5. 6 hours of UH approved Natural Science
  6. MATH 1310
• PRE-BUSINESS COURSES (require a grade of 'C' or better)
1. MATH 1313
2. MATH 1314
3. ACCT 2331
4. ACCT 2332
5. DISC 2373
6. ECON 2304
7. ECON 2305
• You must complete the online component to the Bauer Experience.  **NOTE: if you were a pre-business student before fall of 2005, this does not apply to you. 
• You must complete the Business Writing Evaluation (BWE) located in the Bauer Experience.  **NOTE: Students who do not meet the minimum standards on the BWE will be referred to a Business Writing Tutorial (BWT) the following semester, but may still file a degree plan after taking the BWE.

**NOTE: Students following the Pre-2005 degree plan must file for a minor in either an International Area of Study or approved Foreign Language in order to earn a BBA at the University of Houston.  You may declare your minor when filing a degree plan to change your major.

** If you reach an error when submitting your application, please contact your advisor for your intended area of concentration.