Finance: General Option, 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) (or higher MATH designated "A" (except for MATH 1493)) | 3 |
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 | ||
First Year 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 minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in these 72 hours | ||
Common Body 2 | ||
ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting 3 | 3 |
or ACCT 2103 & ACCT 2203 | Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting | |
BADM 3113 | Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills 1 | 3 |
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 |
Finance Major Requirements | ||
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in these 45 hours of Finance Major Requirements | ||
23 of these 45 hours must be in residence at OSU | ||
Core Courses: | ||
ACCT 3004 | Foundational Accounting and Data Skills | 4 |
ACCT 3104 | Intermediate Accounting I and Data Analysis | 4 |
ACCT 4901 | Advanced Accounting Tools and Technologies | 1 |
ECON 2203 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECON 3313 | Money and Banking | 3 |
FIN 4223 | Investments | 3 |
FIN 4333 | Financial Management | 3 |
STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) | 3 |
or STAT 2053 | Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (A) | |
or STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | |
Select 3 hours of the following: | 3 | |
Written Communication | ||
Oral Communication | ||
Business Communication for International Students | ||
Technical Writing | ||
Small Group Communication | ||
Business and Professional Communication | ||
Intercultural Communication (I) | ||
Organizational Communication | ||
Option Requirements | ||
Select 18 hours from Upper-Division Finance courses. | 18 | |
Hours Subtotal | 72 | |
Electives | ||
Select 5 hours 3 | 5 | |
May be selected from any upper- or lower-division area except activity courses in LEIS and PE and lower-division AERO and MLSC. 12 credit hours earned in advanced AERO and MLSC, exclusive of credit earned for summer camp, may be included in the 120 hours. | ||
Hours Subtotal | 5 | |
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 or 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 |
MSIS 2103 | Business Data Science Technologies | 3 |
Social Science (S with D or I designation) | 3 | |
MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (A) (or higher MATH designated A except for MATH 1493) | 3 |
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
ECON 2003 | Microeconomic Principles for Business | 3 |
ENGL 1213 or ENGL 1413 |
Composition II or Critical Analysis and Writing II |
3 |
POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
MSIS 2233 | Business Analytics Fundamentals (A) | 3 |
Natural Science (N) | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Sophomore | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting | 3 |
BADM 2111 | Career Planning for Business Success | 1 |
EEE 2023 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
ECON 2203 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
STAT 2023 |
Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) or Elementary Statistics (A) or Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (A) |
3 |
MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) | 3 |
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
ACCT 3004 | Foundational Accounting and Data Skills | 4 |
MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) | 3 |
FIN 3113 | Finance | 3 |
MSIS 3223 | Principles of Data Analytics | 3 |
Humanities (H with D or I designation) | 3 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 3104 | Intermediate Accounting I and Data Analysis | 4 |
BADM 3111 | Professional Development for Business Success | 1 |
ECON 3313 | Money and Banking | 3 |
LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 |
FIN 4333 | Financial Management | 3 |
Humanities (H with D or I designation) | 3 | |
Hours | 17 | |
Spring | ||
BCOM 3113 | Written Communication | 3 |
BADM 3113 | Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills | 3 |
FIN 4223 | Investments | 3 |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
Natural Science with Lab (LN) | 4 | |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
3 hours of electives | 3 | |
Hours | 13 | |
Spring | ||
MGMT 4513 | Strategic Management | 3 |
ACCT 4901 | Advanced Accounting Tools and Technologies | 1 |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
3 hours of upper division FIN | 3 | |
2 hours of electives | 2 | |
Hours | 12 | |
Total Hours | 120 |