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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2012-13

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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2012-13 [Archived Catalog]

Business Prelaw Major (B.B.A.)

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Major code BB6120

College of Business
Copeland Hall 401
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2060
www.cob.ohio.edu

Sheree Lucas, contact person

Program Overview

While law schools do not prescribe any rigid undergraduate curriculum, a substantial number of prelaw students choose one of the business fields of study as their major for the baccalaureate degree. You might wish to combine the business prelaw major with one of the other majors in the College of Business if the profession of law is your ultimate career goal.

The business prelaw major recognizes the business and economic emphasis of the practice of law and also provides the breadth of training and philosophical background that is conducive to success in law school.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

Freshmen will be admitted to the College on a selective basis. Normally, you will need to be in the top 20 percent of your high school class, with a strong college preparatory curriculum. You are expected to have above-average ACT or SAT scores and also have demonstrated leadership potential through participation in extracurricular activities or work experience. Members of groups that are historically underrepresented in business will receive special consideration.

Change of Program Policy

The College of Business allows limited number of students from other Ohio University academic colleges to apply for transfer into the College of Business. It should be noted that the transfer requirements differ for students at the end of their freshmen year and students in their sophomore and junior years. The College of Business reserves the right to limit transfer admissions as necessary.

External Transfer Admission

Any student considering transfer to the College of Business is strongly encouraged to contact the College’s Office of Student Services as early as possible. You must be enrolled in the College before your senior year to allow for the College’s 32-hour residency requirement. You must earn at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree at Ohio University.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

The business prelaw major recognizes the business and economic emphasis of the practice of law and also provides the breadth of training and philosophical background that is conducive to success in law school.

Requirements

Major Hours Requirement

The business prelaw major requires a minimum of 128 hours.

Universitywide Graduation Requirements

To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .

College-Level Requirements for the College of Business

View the College-Level Requirements for the College of Business.

Business Prelaw Program Requirements

Complete 4 courses from the following. At least one of the four must be a business law (BUSL) class. Students pursuing a business prelaw major must also complete a second major.

ACCT 3400 - Introduction to Federal Income Tax Planning Credit Hours: 3.0
ACCT 4400 - Single-entity Accounting and Tax Planning Credit Hours: 3.0
ACCT 4500 - Accounting for Non-Business Entities and Contemporary Professional Issues Credit Hours: 3.0
BUSL 3570 - Law of Corporate Governance, Commerce & Related Topics Credit Hours: 3.0
BUSL 3850 - International Business Law Credit Hours: 3.0
BUSL 4650 - Law of Sports Credit Hours: 3.0
BUSL 4810 - Seminar Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 2150 - Argumentative Analysis and Advocacy Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 3200 - Labor Economics Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 3600 - Money and Banking Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4300 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
FIN 3310 - Risk and Insurance Credit Hours: 3.0
FIN 3410 - Investments Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 3300 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 4300 - Managing Employee Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
PHIL 2400 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit Hours: 3.0
PHIL 4400 - Contemporary Social Philosophy Credit Hours: 3.0
PHIL 4420 - Philosophy of Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 2200 - The Politics of Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 3040 - State Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4010 - American Constitutional Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4250 - Environmental and Natural Resources Politics and Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4770 - Legal Theory and Social Problems Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4880 - Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 2600 - Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3600 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3660 - Punishment and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Courts Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 4640 - Law in Societies Credit Hours: 3.0

College of Business (COB) Requirements

Individual Core Requirements

Complete the following courses:

ACCT 1010 - Foundations of Accounting Credit Hours: 3.0
ACCT 1020 - Decision Making with Accounting Credit Hours: 3.0
BA 1000 - Introduction to the College of Business Credit Hours: 1.0
BA 1100 - Introduction to Business Credit Hours: 3.0
BUSL 2550 - Corporate Responsibility in a Legal Environment Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 3200 - Operations Management Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 4800J - Business Strategy Credit Hours: 3.0
MIS 2010 - Introduction to Information Analysis and Design Credit Hours: 3.0
QBA 3710 - Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3.0

Cluster Requirements

Complete the following courses:

FIN 2400 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 2100 - Introduction to Management and Organization Credit Hours: 3.0
MIS 2020 - Business Information Systems Credit Hours: 3.0
MKT 2400 - Introduction to Marketing Management Credit Hours: 3.0

Non-Business Required Hours

Every COB major must complete a minimum of 42 hours of classwork outside of the College of Business. The non-business required classes count in the 42 hour requirement. The remaining hours consist of elective classes taken outside of the College of Business.

Individual Non-Business Required Courses

Complete the following courses:

ECON 1030 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 1040 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
MATH 1350 - Survey of Calculus Credit Hours: 4.0
PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3.0

Global Requirement

Complete one of the following three components:

1. Global Course Component

Complete 6 hours from the following courses:

ANTH 3800 - Cultures of South Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3810 - Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3830 - Cultures of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3850 - Cultures of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3.0
CLWR 3340 - Hinduism Credit Hours: 3.0
CLWR 3350 - Buddhism Credit Hours: 3.0
CLWR 4330 - Political Islam Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 4100 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 3530 - European Economic History Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4550 - Economics of Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4730 - Economics of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4740 - Economics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4750 - Economics of China Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4760 - Economics of Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 1200 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 3290 - World Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 3350 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 3380 - Geography of Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 2460 - The Rise of Modern Asia Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3231 - Latin American History: From Independence to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3232 - History of Brazil Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3233 - The History of Modern Mexico Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3250 - History of U.S.- Latin American Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3330 - Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3340 - Zionism and Modern Israel Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3355 - History of Modern Iran Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3360 - History of North Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3380 - History of West Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3381 - History of East Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3411 - History of Africa Since 1850 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3420 - History of South Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3440 - History of Vietnam Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3452 - Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present:The Search for Stability Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3462 - Modern China Since 1911 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3481 - Modern Japan Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3641 - Contemporary Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3661 - Modern France in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3731 - Balkan dreams and nightmares: Southeastern Europe from 1908 to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3820 - History of Russia Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3822 - Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3865 - Churchill’s Britain Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3871 - European Intellectual and Cultural, 20th- Century Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4902 - Colloquium in Latin American History Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 1100 - Modern Africa Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 1400 - European Studies Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 1600 - Interdisciplinary Survey of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 2100 - Africa’s Children Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 3201 - Focus on Malaysia Credit Hours: 3.0
INST 3202 - Tun Razak Seminar: Southeast Asia Studies Credit Hours: 3.0
LING 2750 - Introduction to Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 1500 - Themes in Global Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 2500 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4440 - East Asia in World Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4310 - Politics in Eastern Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4340 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4360 - Government and Politics of Brazil Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4410 - African Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4450 - Government and Politics of Japan Credit Hours: 3.0

2. Global Experience Component

You may arrange to meet this requirement by completing one of the following:

a Global Consulting Project experience through the College of Business
an approved international experience through the Ohio University Education Abroad Office
an approved international experience through the Global Leadership Center

Contact the College of Business Student Services Office for details.

3. Foreign Language Component

Complete a foreign language through at least 2120.

Probability and Statistics Requirement

Complete the following course:

QBA 2010 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hours: 3.0

Behavioral Science Requirement

Complete one of the following courses:

ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3.0
PSY 1010 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0

Diversity Requirement

Complete any African American Studies (AAS) course or any Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) course or any of the following courses:

AH 4111 - The Representation and Theorization of Gender in the History of Art Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3450 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 3.0
CLWR 4350 - Women in Buddhist Traditions Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 1100 - Communication Among Cultures Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 3410 - Women and Health Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 4110 - Communicating with People with Disabilities Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 4200 - Gender and Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
ENG 3060J - Women and Writing Credit Hours: 3.0
ENG 3250 - Women and Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
ENG 3260 - Lesbian and Gay Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
ENG 3370 - African American Literature to 1930 Credit Hours: 3.0
ENG 3390 - African American Literature from 1930 to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3020 - Survey of American Indian History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3130 - American Jewish History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3150 - Survey of African American History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3200 - Women in American History Before 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3201 - Women in American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3202 - Women’s Health and Medicine in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3270 - Slavery in the Americas Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3320 - History of Women in the Middle East Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3390 - Women in African History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3601 - Women in Modern European History, 1800-present Credit Hours: 3.0
MGT 4420 - Gender Issues in Management Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4067 - Women and Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4190 - Gay and Lesbian Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4210 - The Politics of Law and Sexuality Credit Hours: 3.0
SASM 4000 - Diversity and Sport Credit Hours: 3.0

Economics Elective Requirement

If your major is finance or accounting, you must take ECON 3050. If you have any other major, you must take a 3000- or 4000-level economics course except ECON 3000 or ECON 3810.

Internship Requirement

Complete 3 hours of internship credit.