The IACBE accredits business programs that lead to degrees at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels in institutions of higher education worldwide that grant associate’s, bachelor’s and/or graduate degrees. For the purposes of inclusion in the IACBE’s scope of accreditation, a program of study is considered to be a ‘business program’ if and only if it satisfies all of the following three criteria:

• The program leads to the awarding of a degree, diploma, or other equivalent credential at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral level;
• The credit hours (or contact hours as applicable) in the traditional areas of business education in the courses, modules, subjects, etc. comprising the program constitute 20 percent or more of the total hours required for an undergraduate degree, diploma, or other equivalent credential, or 50 percent or more of the total hours required for a graduate degree, diploma, or other equivalent credential;
• The program appears on a student’s official transcript, diploma supplement, or other official record of program completion.

Furthermore, all majors, concentrations, specializations, emphases, options, and tracks contained within a program will also be encompassed by the IACBE’s scope of accreditation if and only if they satisfy the following two criteria:

• Fifty percent or more of the credit hours (or contact hours as applicable) required for any major, concentration, specialization, emphasis, option, or track are in the traditional areas of business education;
• The majors, concentrations, specializations, emphases, options, and tracks appear on a student’s official transcript, diploma supplement, or other official record of program completion.