College Requirements
Requirements for All B.B.A. Majors
As a candidate for the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree, you must complete the University’s General Education requirements for graduation and fulfill a minimum of 192 quarter hours of credit with a GPA of 2.0 for all hours attempted. You must also maintain a 2.0 GPA for courses taken in business and economics, and a 2.2 GPA for courses in your major. The College of Business limits transfer credit for required business courses taken at a lower level to such courses as it offers at that lower level. Other transfer credits accepted by the University are evaluated as either business or nonbusiness electives.
Courses included in the 192-hour minimum for the B.B.A. must be chosen so at least 79 quarter hours are earned in areas of business and economics, and at least 80 quarter hours are earned in nonbusiness areas.
Core Curriculum
The following courses are taken individually: B A 100A , B A 100B , B A 470J ; ACCT 101 , ACCT 102 ; MIS 201B ; QBA 201 ; BUSL 255 ; and OPN 310 .
Four business core courses are grouped with a four-credit cluster project course (B A 340) to form an integrated, 20-hour cluster which includes: MGT 240 , MKT 240 , MIS 202 , FIN 240 and B A 340
Sections of the cluster can be found in each quarter’s Schedule of Classes under the heading “Business Cluster.” Every Athens Campus business student must complete these courses in the cluster format.
Students enrolling on the regional campuses will take these courses individually.
Nonbusiness Requirements
You must complete the following nonbusiness courses:
Communication
ENG 151 or ENG 151A (International students will complete ENG 151A)
Mathematics
MATH 163A and MATH 250
Economics
ECON 103 and ECON 104
Global Perspective
Three options exist:
- Completion of a foreign language to 213 or higher
- 12 hours of approved coursework from the following:
ANTH , , ,
CLWR 311 , 321 , 331 , 341
ECON 353
FR 348
GEOG 330 , 331 , 335 , 338
HIST 123 , 133 , 246 , 265A , 323A , 323B , 323C , 323D , 325 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 336A , 336B , 337A , 337B , 337C , 338 , 338A , 341A , 341B , 341C , 342A , 342B , 343 , 344A , 344B , 344C , 345A , 345B , 345C , 346C , 346D , 346E , 348A , 348B , 353C , 364B , 366B , 368B , 373B , 375 , 377 , 382A , 382B , 382D , 382C , 392C , 426 , 449
INST 103 , 113 , 118 , 121
JPC 250
POLS 432 , 434 , 435 , 441 , 445 , 447A
RUS 348
SPAN 348 , 349
Note: Only one of the following may be included in the 12 global hours: HIST 123 , 133
- Successful completion of a 12-hour Global Consulting Program experience (contact the College of Business Center for International Business at 740.593.2021 for more information about this option) or another approved international experience.
Note: The Global Perspective requirement is waived for international students on an F1 visa.
Breadth Cluster: 16 hours
One approved course from each of the following areas:
Ethical Issues
PHIL 130
Diversity Issues (Select on of the following)
AAS 106 , 150 , 220 , 250 , 341 , 345 , 350 , 352 , 482
ANTH 345
COMS 420
HIST 302 , 313 , 320C
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SOC 309
WGS 100 , 200
Economics
If your major is accounting, management information systems, management, business law, general business, international business, entrepreneurship, or business economics, take any 300- or 400-level economics course except ECON 300 , ECON 307 , or ECON 381 . If your major is finance or marketing, take ECON 305 .
Behavioral Science (Select one of the following)
ANTH 101
PSY 101
SOC 101
Recommended Course Sequence
Freshman
B A 100A
B A 100B
ACCT 101
ECON 103
ECON 104
ENG 151 or ENG 151A
MATH 163A
MATH 250
Approved electives (nonbusiness requirements) Credit hours: 22
Note: see Freshman Drop Policy
Sophomore
ACCT 102
MIS 201B
QBA 201
BUSL 255
Business Cluster (prerequisites are ACCT 101 , ACCT 102 , ECON 104 , MIS 201B , ENG 151 or ENG 151A and MATH 250 )
B A 340
FIN 240
MGT 240
MIS 202
MKT 240
Approved electives (nonbusiness requirements) Credit hours: 8
Junior
OPN 310
Major courses and approved electives. Credit hours: 40
Senior
B A 470J
Major courses and remaining electives. Credit hours: 44
Freshman Drop Policy, Academic Probation, and Dismissal
In addition to the University regulations listed in the Academic Policies and Procedures section, the College has established probation and drop regulations.
Freshman Drop Policy
Any freshman admitted to the College of Business on the Athens campus during the fall quarter will be dropped from the College of Business if he or she has earned less than a 2.5 accumulative GPA after his or her first three academic quarters.
Grades will be reviewed at the end of spring quarter. Freshmen with an accumulative GPA less than 2.5 at that time will have a hold put on their academic records, making them unable to register for future classes until they transfer out of the College of Business and into another Ohio University college.
Students who are dropped from the College of Business may apply for re-entry to the College of Business once their GPA is over 2.5.
Note: COB freshmen who earn a fall quarter GPA of less than 2.75 will be required to attend an academic success workshop. CoB freshmen who earn a winter quarter gpa at less than 2.5 will be required to attend an academic success workshop if they have not already attended one. Failure to do so will result in a hold being put on their academic records, making them unable to register for future classes.
College Probation and Dismissal
At the close of a quarter in which your accumulative GPA falls below a 2.0, you will be placed on college probation. You will remain on college probation until your accumulative GPA is above 2.0, but for no longer than two quarters. If you have not raised your accumulative GPA to at least 2.0 after two quarters of college probation, you will be dismissed from the College of Business. If you are dismissed from the College of Business with a GPA based on these college probation standards, but do not qualify for academic dismissal under the University standards, you might be able to transfer into another college within Ohio University. At that time the Ohio University standards for University-level academic probation and dismissal will apply.
Retaking a Core Course
You will be limited to three attempts at the College’s core courses. If you have made three unsuccessful attempts at a required core course, you will be notified that you have been dropped from the College.
To attempt a course is to be enrolled long enough for the course to appear on the transcript or grade report. A letter grade, W, WP, WF, or grade replacement counts as an attempt. Attempts at another institution count toward the limit if you take the course as a transient student after enrollment in the College of Business.
Core courses include ACCT 101 and 102 ; B A 100A , 100B , 340 , and 470J ; BUSL 255 ; FIN 240 ; MGT 240 ; MIS 201B , 202 ; MKT 240 ; OPN 310 ; and QBA 201 .
For students on the Athens campus, B A 340 , FIN 240 , MGT 240 , MIS 202 , and MKT 240 must be taken in a 20-credit cluster during the late sophomore/early junior year (see recommended course sequence). Students failing one course in the cluster will be required to retake the course in a stand-alone or other equivalent form. Students failing more than one course in the cluster might be required to retake the entire cluster. This does not apply to students on the regional campuses, who will fulfill the cluster requirement via the four-credit B A 340 cluster project course.
If you need to retake a core course that is part of a cluster, go to the College’s Office of Student Services to determine what needs to be done and obtain permission to get into the appropriate course(s). |
