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Degree
Bachelors
Major
Business Administration | Business Law | Legal Studies
Area of study
Business and Administration | Law
Course Language
English
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Program Overview


General Business: Pre-Law, BSBA

The General Business: Pre-Law, BSBA program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in business and prepare them for a career in law. The program requires a minimum of 120 hours to complete.


Degree Requirements

  • Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
  • Total Hours: 120

Course List

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)
3 hours of MATH or STAT designated "Q" 3
Understanding Humanities-Human Heritages & 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 to meet the total 40-hour minimum of general education credit if courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple general education designation hour requirements above.
Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F)
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 69 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
General Business Major Requirements
A GPA of 2.00 is required in these 39 hours
21 of these 39 hours must be in residence at OSU
Select 30 hours upper-division SSB electives from the following areas: ACCT, BADM, BCOM, ECON, EEE, FIN, HTM, MGMT, MKTG, MSIS 30
Select 9 hours of the following: 9
LSB 4323 Law of Commercial Transactions and Debtor-Creditor Relationships
LSB 4403 Law and Entrepreneurship
LSB 4413 Law of Business Organizations
LSB 4423 Employment Law (D)
LSB 4523 Law of Real Property
LSB 4633 Legal Aspects of International Business Transactions (G)
HTM 4103 Legal and Ethical Issues in Hospitality, Tourism, & Gaming
POLS 3983 Courts and Judicial Process (S)
POLS 4963 U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
POLS 4973 U.S. Constitution: Separation of Powers
Hours Subtotal 69
Electives
Select 8 hours 8
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 8
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.
  3. Students may not earn a General Business major in addition to another business major.

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.


Plan of Study Grid Freshman

Hours
Fall
UNIV 1111 First Year Seminar 1
ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1313 Composition I or Critical Analysis and Writing I 3
HIST 1103 or HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 Survey of American History or American History to 1865 (H) or American History Since 1865 (DH) 3
MSIS 2103 Business Data Science Technologies 3
3 hours of MATH or STAT designated 'Q' 3
'G' designated course 3
Hours 16
Spring
EEE 2023 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 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 (Q) 3
'N' designated course 3
Hours 15

Sophomore

Hours
Fall
ACCT 2003 Survey of Accounting 3
BADM 2111 Career Planning for Business Success 1
ECON 2003 Microeconomic Principles for Business 3
MGMT 3013 Fundamentals of Management (S) 3
MKTG 3213 Marketing (S) 3
'H' designated course 3
Hours 16
Spring
FIN 3113 Principles of Finance 3
LSB 3213 Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
'D' designated course 3
'H' designated course 3
Hours 15

Junior

Hours
Fall
BADM 3111 Professional Development for Business Success 1
BADM 3113 Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills 3
3 hours from 9 hour list in major 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
Hours 16
Spring
MSIS 3223 Principles of Data Analytics 3
'LN' designated course 4
3 hours from 9 hour list in major 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
Hours 16

Senior

Hours
Fall
3 hours from 9 hour list in major 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of electives 3
2 hours of electives 2
Hours 14
Spring
MGMT 4513 Strategic Management 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of upper division business 3
3 hours of electives 3
Hours 12
Total Hours 120
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