Managment Admission Index (MAI)
The Mangement Admission Index (MAI) is a sequence of courses that must be completed with the required grade point average to be eligible for upper division management classes.
- Management and Accounting Majors
- Industrial Management Majors
- Transfer Students
- Additional Requirements
- Calculating your MAI
Mangement and Accounting Majors:
The following courses are the MAI courses for Management and Accounting majors:
MA 159, MA 223, MA 224, ENG 106 or ENG 108, COM 114, MGMT 200, ECON 251, CS235
To be admitted to upper division management a student must have:
- a 3.00/4.00 MAI
- 2.50/4.00 grade point average (GPA)
- have a "C" or nigher in all MAI and School of Management courses
- student cannot be on probation.
The following courses are the MAI courses Industrial Management majors:
MA 161 or MA 165, MA 162 or MA 166, ENG 106 or ENG 108, COM 114, MGMT 200, ECON 251, CS 235
To be admitted to upper division management a student must:
- have a 2.85/4.00 MAI
- have a 2.40/4.00 GPA
- have a "C" or higher in all MAI and School of Management courses
- have completed their science requirement
- not be on probation.
A student seeking CODO to management or who is a transfer will need to establish 15 credit hours of Purdue University coursework meeting the MAI requirements.
- A student may enroll in a MAI courses only two times for a grade or W.
- A maximum of three MAI courses may be retaken for a grade.
- Math courses numbered below your highlest level of recorded achievement may not be retaken.
- Grades of "F" earned in MAI, School of Management, and minor courses may only be retaken at Purdue University, West Lafayette.
The following example will demonstrate how to calculate your MAI.
| Grade Equivalents: | Letter Grade | equals | Numeric Value | |
| A | 4 | |||
| B | 3 | |||
| C | 2 | |||
| D | 1 | |||
| F | 0 | |||
| Course | Letter Grade | Numeric Value | Hours | Points |
| Ma 151/159 | A | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Ma 223 | B | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Ma 224 | B | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Engl 106 | B | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Com 114 | B | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Mgmt 200 | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| CS 235 | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Econ 251 | B | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Totals: | 27 | 80 |
MAI = Total points divided by Total hours for the MAI courses
MAI Example 80 points divided by 27 hours = 2.96