• Recognize entrepreneurial opportunities for new business ventures and evaluate their potential for business success.
• Understand the implementation issues including financial, legal, operational and administrative procedures involved in starting new business ventures.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in business situations through physical or virtual presence, writing, speaking, listening, and electronic media.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead by using team building skills and facilitating collaborative behaviors in the accomplishment of group goals and objectives.
• Recognize basic concepts and theories related to business ethics and social responsibility.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the ethical behavior appropriate to specific business situations.
• Identify and analyze business problems and opportunities and formulate recommendations for courses of action.
• Use quantitative and qualitative tools and methodologies to support organizational decision making.
• Assess how organizations create value in their global supply chains through the integrated production and distribution of goods, services and information.
• Describe the concept of competitive advantage and how it may be achieved through strategic and tactical methods.
• Analyze the information content of organizational processes.
• Define markets and apply marketing concepts and principles using a customer focus to effectively sell products and services.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to ethical, legal and strategic concerns relating to human resource and organizational management.
• Make basic investment and financing decisions for a business using financial management concepts, and methods.

Finance major requirements are divided into two parts – lower-division and upper-division. The lower-division business core program involves completion of courses within the first and second year (see core curriculum below) that build a solid foundation for the upper-division finance and business curricula. The lower-division business core course work may be completed at OSU or any accredited college or university that offers equivalent courses transferable to OSU.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Summary of Requirements
Lower Division		63
Business Classes (43)
Finance Classes (4)
Math, Economics, Writing and Communications (16) 1
Upper Division		65
Business Courses (26)
Writing (3) 2
Finance Classes (36)
University General Education Requirements		40
Unrestricted Electives		12
Total Credits		180

1

11 credits from lower-division course work satisfy University General Education Requirements

2

3 credits for the upper-division business core satisfy General Education Requirements

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CORE CURRICULUM (91)1

The business administration core curriculum provides students with a broad overview of business; basic skills in accounting and quantitative methods; an understanding of the legal and social environment of business; a background in management and organizational behavior, marketing, finance, and operations management; an understanding of the entrepreneurial process; and the opportunity to integrate course work and further develop decision-making skills through the analysis of business cases.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
First Year
BA 160	B-ENGAGED	3
or BA 163	B-ENGAGED
BA 161	INNOVATION NATION--AWARENESS TO ACTION	3
BA 162	INNOVATION NATION--IDEAS TO REALITY	3
COMM 111	*PUBLIC SPEAKING	3
or COMM 114	*ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE
or COMM 218	*INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
MTH 241	*CALCULUS FOR MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE	4
Second Year 2
BA 281	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	3
BA 282	DRAFTING YOUR CAREER BLUEPRINT	1
BA 283	CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND THE WORKPLACE	1
BA 284	FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FINANCE I	1
BA 211	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING	4
BA 213	MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING	4
BA 223	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	4
or BA 390	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
BA 230	BUSINESS LAW I	4
BA 260	INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP	4
BA 270	BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT	4
BA 275	FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE	4
ECON 201	*INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS	4
ECON 202	*INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS	4
Third Year
BA 311	FRAMING YOUR CAREER PLAN	1
BA 312	FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FINANCE II	1
BA 313	THE ORANGE AND BLACK CASE COMPETITION	1
BA 347	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS	4
BA 352	MANAGING INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM PERFORMANCE	4
BA 354	^MANAGING ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY	4
BA 357	OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT	4
BA 375	APPLIED QUANTITATIVE METHODS	4
WR 222	*ENGLISH COMPOSITION	3
or WR 323	*ENGLISH COMPOSITION
or WR 327	*TECHNICAL WRITING
Fourth Year
BA 411	NAVIGATING YOUR WORKPLACE	1
BA 412	FINANCIAL PLANNING I	1
BA 413	FINANCIAL PLANNING II	1
BA 466	INTEGRATIVE STRATEGIC EXPERIENCE	4
Total Credits		91

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

1

MTH 241; ECON 201 and ECON 202; WR 222, WR 323 or WR 327, and COMM 111, COMM 114 or COMM 218 meet the university's Baccalaureate Core requirements for mathematics, social processes and institutions, writing II, and speech, respectively. All students must meet the other Baccalaureate Core requirements and the other requirements for baccalaureate degrees

2

For students who transfer into College of Business business-related programs, the Blueprint transition courses meet the same outcomes as the professional development (Blueprint) course series accounting for the student’s academic year when they transfer into the business program

FINANCE CURRICULUM (36)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
BA 240	FINANCE 1	4
or BA 360	INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
BA 370	BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS OVERVIEW 1	4
FIN 341	INVESTMENTS	4
FIN 342	ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT	4
Electives
Select four courses from the following:		16
FIN 440	FIXED INCOME SECURITIES
FIN 441	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIN 442	FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
FIN 443	PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
FIN 444	FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
FIN 445	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIN 447	COMMERCIAL BANKING
FIN 448	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIN 460	PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL PLANNING
FIN 499	SELECTED TOPICS IN FINANCE
Finance-Related Electives
Select one course from the following:		4
ACTG 317	EXTERNAL REPORTING I
ECON 330	MONEY AND BANKING
ECON 340	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Total Credits		36

1

Also part of the Business Core

Degree plans are subject to change and the following is only an example of how students may complete their degree in four years. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best degree plan for them. Contact details for advisors can be found on the Academic Advising page.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
FALL		CREDITS
BA 160	B-ENGAGED	3
WR 121	*ENGLISH COMPOSITION (Alpha coded)	4
Math through MTH 241		4
BC Science		4
	Credits	15
WINTER
BA 161	INNOVATION NATION--AWARENESS TO ACTION	3
COMM 111 or COMM 114 or COMM 218	*PUBLIC SPEAKING or *ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE or *INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION	3
Math through MTH 241		4
BC Science		4
	Credits	14
SPRING
BA 162	INNOVATION NATION--IDEAS TO REALITY	3
BC Science		4
Bacc Core: Fitness, Speech, CD, DPD		9
	Credits	16
Second Year
FALL
BA 230	BUSINESS LAW I	4
BA 260	INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP	4
BA 282	DRAFTING YOUR CAREER BLUEPRINT	1
ECON 201	*INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS	4
	Credits	13
WINTER
BA 211	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING	4
BA 223	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	4
BA 275	FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE	4
BA 281	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	3
BA 283	CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND THE WORKPLACE	1
	Credits	16
SPRING
BA 213	MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING	4
BA 240	FINANCE	4
BA 270	BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT	4
BA 284	FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FINANCE I	1
ECON 202	*INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS	4
	Credits	17
Third Year
FALL
ACTG 317 or ECON 330 or ECON 340	EXTERNAL REPORTING I or MONEY AND BANKING or INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS	4
BA 311	FRAMING YOUR CAREER PLAN	1
BA 375	APPLIED QUANTITATIVE METHODS	4
WR 222 or WR 323 or WR 327	*ENGLISH COMPOSITION or *ENGLISH COMPOSITION or *TECHNICAL WRITING	3
Bacc Core: Contemporary Global Issues		3
	Credits	15
WINTER
BA 312	FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FINANCE II	1
BA 352	MANAGING INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM PERFORMANCE	4
BA 354	^MANAGING ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY	4
BA 357	OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT	4
FIN 342	ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT	4
	Credits	17
SPRING
BA 313	THE ORANGE AND BLACK CASE COMPETITION	1
BA 370	BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS OVERVIEW	4
BA 347	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS	4
FIN 341	INVESTMENTS	4
	Credits	13
Fourth Year
FALL
BA 411	NAVIGATING YOUR WORKPLACE	1
Finance Elective		4
Bacc Core: Science, Technology & Society		3
Electives		7
	Credits	15
WINTER
BA 412	FINANCIAL PLANNING I	1
Finance Elective		4
Electives		10
	Credits	15
SPRING
BA 413	FINANCIAL PLANNING II	1
BA 466	INTEGRATIVE STRATEGIC EXPERIENCE	4
Electives		5
Finance Elective		4
	Credits	14
	Total Credits	180

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)