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.
  

Industrial Management Majors:

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.
  
  

Transfer Students

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.

Additional 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.

Calculating your MAI

Download a MAI calculator (requires EXCEL)

The following example will demonstrate how to calculate your MAI.

MAI = Total points divided by Total hours for the MAI courses
MAI Example    80 points divided by 27 hours = 2.96