ASC Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

The Academic Services Center is located on the second floor of Zane Showker Hall. ASC is not open during the evenings or on weekends; it runs on the university schedule.


Transfer Credit Policy


AACSB International-accredited colleges of business generally allow only a limited amount of business course work prior to the junior year. Because of that restriction, accredited colleges are required to detail a process for accepting transfer courses. To meet that requirement, the JMU College of Business has established the following transfer credit policy:

The College of Business normally does not award transfer credit for courses that were taken at the 100- or 200-level if those courses are offered at the 300- or 400-level at JMU. If you wish to receive credit for such a course, the following steps must be taken:

  • You must present the course syllabus and appropriate course materials to the department head of the relevant academic program in the JMU College of Business.
  • The department head must determine that the course covers material similar to that covered at JMU. If the material is not deemed sufficiently similar, then you must take the course at JMU. This decision is final and may not be appealed.
  • If the material is considered sufficiently similar, you may take a comprehensive examination covering the JMU course material and must pass it with at least a grade of 70 percent, or you may choose to complete the course itself.
  • If you pass the comprehensive examination, the department head will report that result to the College of Business Academic Services Center, which will prepare a course substitution form.

Additionally, each program in the College of Business will accept no more than two courses for transfer credit toward the major. The major is defined as the course work required by a major field of study in addition to the lower- and upper-level B.B.A. core courses. For a course to be considered for acceptance in the your major, it must have been completed in an AACSB International-accredited business program at a four-year university. Certain majors within the College of Business may have more restrictive policies on transfer credit.

The JMU College of Business prescribes that at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the B.B.A. degree be earned at JMU. Specifically, this statement means that no fewer than 28 of the required credit hours in the College of Business be completed at JMU. Required credit hours include the B.B.A. core and the courses required for the major. The following B.B.A. core courses do not count toward meeting this requirement: COB 191, ECON 201, and GECON 200.

Visit individual CoB program Web sites for additional requirements for transfer credit. Visit the Office of Admissions Web site for more information about JMU's Transfer Admission Process.