Business Honors Transfer Advising Guide

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Transfer Advising Guides are for planning purposes only. This Advising Guide does not replace the need for regular and timely meetings with your assigned Pathway Advisor.

Visit the Business Honors web page for detailed program information.

What is the Business Honors Program?

As part of the Honors Program at The School of Business, students who are pursuing a business degree apply to the honors program, to start in the Fall term of their Junior year.

Students attend a variety of honors classes, workshops, and events that will help polish their business skills. They will have the opportunity to take core business courses with other honors students and network with our deans and business professionals in the Portland area.

Business Honors Courses and Program Requirements

Junior Year

BA 301 (H): Research & Analysis Business Problems, Honors Section (fall)
BA 311 (H): Marketing Management, Honors Section (winter)
BA 385 (H): Business Environment, Honors Section (spring)

Senior Year

BA 423 (H): Executive Perspectives on Leadership (fall or spring)
BA 495 (H): Business Strategy, Honors Section (spring)

Service Project Requirement

Students must complete 30 hours (15 hours per academic year) of service to The School of Business and/or PSU during the program. Students can choose from a variety of events or design their own service projects. Get involved with fundraisers, partnerships, and events with PSU resource centers or the local community, and more.

Planning Your Transfer

Courses taken to meet Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science requirements are great options for courses to be taken at the community college in advance of your transfer. You can complete all of your BA or BS requirements at any Oregon community college.

Most of your major course work, all of your Sophomore Inquiry and/or Upper Division Cluster courses, as well as your Senior Capstone, will be completed at PSU.

If you are participating in a co-admission program, your placement may need to be adjusted. For more information, please contact askdars@pdx.edu.

Honors Progam Eligibility

Applications are accepted in spring and early summer from students who are on track to complete prerequisites and who are entering their junior year the following fall term.

For admission to the program:

Minimum 3.25, preference for higher GPAs
Upon graduation from PSU:
- 3.5 PSU GPA and 3.5 PSU Business GPA
- All Business Honors Program students must earn 72 or more graded credits at PSU in order to obtain the honors designation.

The Business Honors Program is open to freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are pursuing a business degree. For more information, please view the admission requirements and admission process (PDF).

Application

The Business Honors Program website has additional information about the program, a schedule of upcoming information sessions, and a link to the Honors Program application form.