The mission of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and
Economics is to foster scholarship and to offer distinctive, innovative
educational opportunities related to the successful management and
leadership of organizations operating in an environment of scarce
resources, rapid change, global competition, and advances in
technology.
The Lerner College offers baccalaureate degrees in Accounting,
Economics, Economics Education, Finance, Hotel, Restaurant and
Institutional Management, International Business Studies,
Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and
Operations Management. Honors degrees are available in many
degree programs.
Minors are offered in Business Administration, Economics,
Entrepreneurial Studies, International Business, and Management
Information Systems. Enrollment in minors is limited and certain
qualifications must be met. The Certificate in Business Essentials is
also offered to non-business majors.
Undergraduate students are admitted as new students into the
Accounting, Economics, Economics Education, Finance, Hotel,
Restaurant and Institutional Management, International Business
Studies, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing,
or Operations Management degree programs, or into Undeclared
Business. The undeclared students must select a major in the Lerner
College by October 1 of their sophomore year. Students already
admitted to the University of Delaware who are matriculated in other
programs may apply to change their degree program to Accounting,
Economics, Finance, International Business Studies, Management,
Management Information Systems, Marketing, or Operations
Management after successfully completing the required
microeconomics course, macroeconomics course, and calculus
course, and earning a minimum of 28 credits at the University of
Delaware. Students should consult with the appropriate department
as to application deadlines within the Lerner College. Review for
admission consideration will first be performed for students who
have completed all their coursework (including the microeconomics,
macroeconomics, and calculus courses) at the University of
Delaware. The major criterion used for admission selection is
academic performance. The average grade point of those accepted
over the past five years is 2.8. Applications for admission to the
minors are also reviewed and have similar criteria. Additional
information and application forms are available in the four
departments; application forms are also available on-line.
Note that Lerner College students who were previously
dismissed for academic deficiency and are now applying for
readmission to the University may be eligible for readmission into
their degree program in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and
Economics if they: (1) had met with the Lerner College’s assistant
dean during advance registration of each semester and term in which
they were dismissed, and obtained the dean’s prior approval to take
courses in the University of Delaware Division of Professional and
Continuing Studies to qualify for readmission into the Lerner
College, (2) had a minimum of 60 earned credit hours at the time they
were dismissed, (3) were enrolled as a Lerner College student at the
time of their dismissal, and (4) have a minimum cumulative grade
point index of a 2.0 after taking courses in the University of
Delaware Division of Professional and Continuing Studies. Only
courses that were approved by the Lerner College’s assistant dean
prior to enrolling in the courses will count towards readmission into
the Lerner College.
Also note that Lerner College students who have earned 59
credit hours or less at the time they were dismissed will not
automatically be considered, nor are they guaranteed readmission
into the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. The
major criterion for readmission selection is academic performance.
Upon dismissal from the Lerner College, the student must meet with
the Lerner College’s assistant dean to discuss and determine a
University major that he or she is best academically qualified to
pursue prior to enrolling in courses during the dismissal period. If a
major in business continues to be the most appropriate major for the
student to pursue, in order to qualify for readmission, the student
must: (1) have obtained the assistant dean’s approval, prior to the
beginning of each semester or term, to take courses in the University
of Delaware Division of Professional and Continuing Studies, and (2)
have a cumulative grade point index of a 2.0.
All dismissed Lerner College students who seek readmission
into the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, regardless
of their total number of credit hours must, with prior approval of the
assistant dean, take courses in the University of Delaware Division of
Professional and Continuing Studies. Students will only be permitted
to take a maximum total of 7 credit hours each semester or term in
the Division of Professional and Continuing Studies during their
dismissal period. If a major outside of the Alfred Lerner College of
Business and Economics is determined to be more appropriate for the
student to pursue, the student must meet with the assistant dean of the
college in which the major is offered and comply with that college’s
readmission policy.
