Economics: Pre-Law, BSBA
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.50
Total Hours: 120
Code | Title | Hours |
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General Education Requirements | ||
English Composition | ||
See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
ENGL 1213 | Composition II | 3 |
or ENGL 1413 | Critical Analysis and Writing II | |
American History & Government | ||
HIST 1103 | Survey of American History | 3 |
or HIST 1483 | American History to 1865 (H) | |
or HIST 1493 | American History Since 1865 (DH) | |
POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (A) | 3 |
or MATH 1513 | College Algebra (A) | |
or MATH 1813 | Preparation for Calculus (A) | |
Humanities (H) | ||
Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
Natural Sciences (N) | ||
Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
Courses designated (N) with one (L) | 7 | |
Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
Course designated (S) | 3 | |
Additional General Education | ||
MSIS 2233 | Business Analytics Fundamentals (A) 1 | 3 |
MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) 1, 2 | 3 |
MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) 1, 2 | 3 |
Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
At least one Diversity (D) course | ||
At least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
College/Departmental Requirements | ||
Freshman Seminar | ||
UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
Career Planning for Business Success | ||
BADM 2111 | Career Planning for Business Success 1 | 1 |
Professional Development for Business Development | ||
BADM 3111 | Professional Development for Business Success 1 | 1 |
Hours Subtotal | 3 | |
Major Requirements | ||
A GPA of 2.00 is required in these 66 hours (one average) | ||
Common Body 2 | ||
BADM 3113 | Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills 1 | 3 |
ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting 3 | 3 |
or ACCT 2103 & ACCT 2203 | Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting | |
ECON 2003 | Microeconomic Principles for Business | 3 |
EEE 2023 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
FIN 3113 | Finance | 3 |
LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 |
MGMT 4513 | Strategic Management | 3 |
MSIS 2103 | Business Data Science Technologies | 3 |
MSIS 3223 | Principles of Data Analytics | 3 |
Economics Major Requirements | ||
A GPA of 2.00 is required in these 39 hours of Economics Major Requirements | ||
20 of these 39 hours must be in residence at OSU | ||
MATH 2103 | Business Calculus (A) (or higher MATH with (A) designation) | 3 |
ECON 2203 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 3113 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
ECON 3123 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 4933 | Applied Economics | 3 |
Select 12 hours from other upper-division ECON courses | 12 | |
PHIL 1313 | Logic and Critical Thinking (A) | 3 |
STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) | 3 |
or STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | |
or STAT 2053 | Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (A) | |
Select 6 hours of the following: | 6 | |
Law of Commercial Transactions and Debtor-Creditor Relationships | ||
Law and Entrepreneurship | ||
Law of Business Organizations | ||
Employment Law (D) | ||
Law of Real Property | ||
Legal Aspects of International Business Transactions (I) | ||
The Individual And The Law | ||
U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties | ||
U.S. Constitution: Separation of Powers | ||
Elements of Persuasion (S) | ||
Hours Subtotal | 66 | |
Electives | ||
Select 11 hours 3 | 11 | |
May be selected from any upper- or lower-division area except activity courses in LEIS and PE and lower-division AERO and MLSC | ||
Twelve credit hours earned in advanced AERO and MLSC, exclusive of credit earned for summer camp, may be included in the 120 hours | ||
Hours Subtotal | 11 | |
Total Hours | 120 |
- 1
Courses also meet College and Departmental Requirements and cannot be waived with an Associate’s degree.
- 2
MGMT 3013 Fundamentals of Management (S) and MKTG 3213 Marketing (S) are common body requirements, but are counted in general education requirements.
- 3
If ACCT 2103 and ACCT 2203 are substituted for ACCT 2003, hours in the Elective block are reduced by 3.
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 50 percent of the business hours required for a degree must be OSU delivered in residence or OSU online courses.
- Forty-five hours of upper-division courses required.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 and 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.
Finish in Four Plan of Study
The plan below is an example of how students can successfully complete degree requirements in four years. This suggested class schedule plan may be used as a guide and can be adjusted based on individual needs. Students are required to meet with an academic advisor prior to enrollment each semester to plan their class schedule, and students are ultimately responsible for completing all degree requirements.
Freshman | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1313 |
Composition I or Critical Analysis and Writing I |
3 |
HIST 1103 |
Survey of American History or American History to 1865 (H) or American History Since 1865 (DH) |
3 |
MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (A) (or MATH 1513 or MATH 1813) | 3 |
MSIS 2103 | Business Data Science Technologies | 3 |
Social Science (S with a D or I designation) | 3 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 1213 or ENGL 1413 |
Composition II or Critical Analysis and Writing II |
3 |
MATH 2103 | Business Calculus (A) | 3 |
ECON 2003 | Microeconomic Principles for Business | 3 |
MSIS 2233 | Business Analytics Fundamentals (A) | 3 |
EEE 2023 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
Hours | 15 | |
Sophomore | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting | 3 |
BADM 2111 | Career Planning for Business Success | 1 |
POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
ECON 2203 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) | 3 |
Humanities (H with D or I designation) | 3 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
MSIS 3223 | Principles of Data Analytics | 3 |
PHIL 1313 | Logic and Critical Thinking (A) | 3 |
STAT 2023 |
Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) or Elementary Statistics (A) or Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (A) |
3 |
Natural Science (N) | 3 | |
Humanities (H with D or I designation) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
BADM 3111 | Professional Development for Business Success | 1 |
FIN 3113 | Finance | 3 |
LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 |
ECON 3113 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
BADM 3113 | Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills | 3 |
3 hours of electives | 3 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
ECON 3123 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) | 3 |
3 hours of upper division ECON | 3 | |
3 hours of upper division ECON | 3 | |
Natural Science with Lab (LN) | 4 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
3 hours of upper division ECON | 3 | |
3 hours of upper division ECON | 3 | |
3 hours from 6 hour list in major | 3 | |
3 hours of electives | 3 | |
2 hours of electives | 2 | |
Hours | 14 | |
Spring | ||
MGMT 4513 | Strategic Management | 3 |
ECON 4933 | Applied Economics | 3 |
3 hours from 6 hour list in major | 3 | |
3 hours of electives | 3 | |
Hours | 12 | |
Total Hours | 120 |