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Old Core Requirements

Business Core Curriculum: 76 credits

The Core Curriculum in Business involves course work in Business, Math, Writing, Communication and Economics. Refer to the Business Core Checklist, for the specific courses required each year.
Freshman Review Group (18 credits)
Sophomore Review Group (27 credits)
Junior Review Group (24 credits)
Senior Review Group (7 credits)

Business Option: 23-32 credits

Students select an area of specialization within Business from one of the areas listed below. The credits required vary from 23 to 32, depending upon the option chosen. Accounting, Marketing Management, and Management Information Systems are options that require coursework in your junior year. Refer to the option descriptions.

Accounting (32 credits)
Finance (24 credits)
International Business (25 credits)
Management (24 credits)
Management Information Systems (24 credits)
Marketing Management (23 credits)
General Business (24 credits)

Minor: minimum of 27 credits

Students select an area of specialization, or minor. Any University approved minor (other than Business) is acceptable as a minor for business students. The minor is noted on the transcript upon graduation. Refer to the OSU General Catalog for University approved minors. Please contact the academic department offering the minor for additional information.

Baccalaureate: 48 credits

Students must complete 48 credits of Baccalaureate Core (BAC) courses PLUS the Writing Intensive Course (WIC). The WIC course for College of Business students is BA 469, Strategic Management and Business Policy, which is completed in the senior year.
An approved list of Baccalaureate Core courses is available in the OSU General Catalog and Schedule of Classes. BAC requirements include:
Skills (15 credits)
Perspectives (24 credits)
Difference, Power and Discrimination (3 credits)
Synthesis (6 credits)
BAC courses which will be satisfied with College of Business requirements include:
Skills : Writing I - WR 121
Writing III - COMM 111 or COMM 114
Mathematics - MTH 111 or above

Electives

The number of elective credits will vary depending upon the option and minor selected. Students are advised to complete Baccalaureate Core course requirements early in their program and to work with their advisor in computing the number of electives available.

Additional Requirements

Minimum of 91 credits in NON Business Administration (BA) courses

Minimum of 60 credits in Upper Division (300-400 level)

Minimum of 180 credits total to graduate

Meet all College of Business retention standards

Candidates for the B.A. degree must complete a minor offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures or complete 27 pre-approved credits of foreign language and culture studies, 12 of which must be at the upper division level. Students who choose the latter must also demonstrate a foreign language proficiency equivalent to that attained at the end of a second year language sequence.



Credits maximums on certain electives are as follows:

PAC 11 cr
ALS 15 cr
MUP 12 cr
BA 199 16 cr
BA 405 16 cr
BA 406 16 cr
BA 407 16 cr
BA 410 16 cr

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