Program Overview

Finance: General Option, BSBA

The Finance: General Option, BSBA program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of finance and its applications in business. The program requires a minimum of 120 hours to complete.

Degree Requirements

• Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.50
• Total Hours: 120

Course List

The following courses are required for the program: | Course List Code | Title | Hours | | --- | --- | --- | | General Education Requirements | | | | English Composition | | | | 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 | | Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | | | | MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (Q) | 3 | | Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H) | | | | Courses designated (H) | | 6 | | Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | | | | Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course | | | | Courses designated (N) with one (L) | | 7 | | Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | | | | MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) | 3 | | Diversity (D) | | | | Courses designated (D) | | 3 | | Global Cultural Competency (G) | | | | Courses designated (G) | | 3 | | Additional General Education | | | | Additional general education credit hours may be required | | 0 | | MSIS 2233 | Business Analytics Fundamentals (Q) | 3 | | Hours Subtotal | | 40 | | College/Departmental Requirements | | | | UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar | 1 | | BADM 2111 | Career Planning for Business Success | 1 | | BADM 3111 | Professional Development for Business Success | 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 | | or ACCT 2103 & ACCT 2203 | Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting | | | BADM 3113 | Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills | 3 | | ECON 2003 | Microeconomic Principles for Business | 3 | | EEE 2023 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 | | FIN 3113 | Principles of Finance | 3 | | LSB 3213 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 | | MGMT 4513 | Strategic Management | 3 | | MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) | 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 42 hours | | | | 23 of these 42 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 | | FIN 4223 | Investments | 3 | | FIN 4333 | Financial Modeling | 3 | | STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (Q) | 3 | | or STAT 2053 | Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences (Q) | | | or STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (Q) | | | FIN 4213 | International Financial Management | 3 | | or FIN 4813 | Portfolio Management | | | FIN 4113 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 | | or FIN 4103 | Securities Industry Essentials | | | Option Requirements | | | | Select 15 hours from Upper-Division Finance courses | | 15 | | Hours Subtotal | | 72 | | Electives | | | | Select 5 hours | | 5 | | May be selected from any upper- or lower-division area except activity courses in LEIS and PE and lower-division AERO and MLSC | | | | Hours Subtotal | | 5 | | Total Hours | | 120 |

Other Requirements

1. A minimum of 50 percent of the business hours required for a degree must be OSU delivered in residence or OSU online courses.
2. 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 2031.

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

• Fall:
  • UNIV 1111: First Year Seminar
  • ENGL 1113: Composition I
  • HIST 1103: Survey of American History
  • MSIS 2103: Business Data Science Technologies
  • 'G' designated course
  • MATH 1483: Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (Q)
• Spring:
  • ECON 2003: Microeconomic Principles for Business
  • ENGL 1213: Composition II
  • POLS 1113: American Government
  • MSIS 2233: Business Analytics Fundamentals (Q)
  • 'N' designated course

Sophomore

• Fall:
  • ACCT 2003: Survey of Accounting
  • BADM 2111: Career Planning for Business Success
  • EEE 2023: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  • ECON 2203: Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • STAT 2023: Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (Q)
  • MKTG 3213: Marketing (S)
• Spring:
  • ACCT 3004: Foundational Accounting and Data Skills
  • MGMT 3013: Fundamentals of Management (S)
  • FIN 3113: Principles of Finance
  • MSIS 3223: Principles of Data Analytics
  • 'H' designated course

Junior

• Fall:
  • ACCT 3104: Intermediate Accounting I and Data Analysis
  • BADM 3111: Professional Development for Business Success
  • LSB 3213: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • FIN 4333: Financial Modeling
  • 3 hours of upper division FIN
  • 'H' designated course
• Spring:
  • BADM 3113: Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills
  • FIN 4223: Investments
  • 3 hours of upper division FIN
  • FIN 4113: Financial Markets and Institutions
  • 'D' designated course

Senior

• Fall:
  • FIN 4213: International Financial Management
  • 'LN' designated course
  • 3 hours of upper division FIN
  • 3 hours of electives
• Spring:
  • MGMT 4513: Strategic Management
  • ACCT 4901: Advanced Accounting Tools and Technologies
  • 3 hours of upper division FIN
  • 3 hours of upper division FIN
  • 2 hours of electives

Total Hours

Total Hours: 120