Business Administration - BS
The Business Administration major is designed to provide an understanding of the core functional areas of a company, while also allowing for focused concentration in a particular area of interest. Through rigorous case study and practical application, students study the challenges and opportunities facing existing companies as well as new ventures. Students learn how a business can achieve its objectives in a competitive environment while maintaining a culture of sound and ethical principles and practices. They learn to analyze and evaluate business systems in terms of their efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, and profitability, and they learn to make convincing presentations to all levels of business management. Students gain an appreciation of how responsible business practices can improve economic standards, social stability, and international trade. Business Administration graduates leave with developed integrative critical-thinking skills and a proven ability to execute informed decision making processes. Graduates are prepared for a range of career opportunities in both for-profit and nonprofit private entities as well as in the public sector.
Degree Requirements
Foundation Courses
MAT 20043 is recommended to fulfill foundation requirement.
Required Major Courses
Bridge Option
Eligible students who meet the following criteria may qualify for Ottawa University's Five-Year Bridge Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration/Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
- Junior standing or higher (at least 90 credit hours)
- A minimum cumulative OU grade point average of 3.0
- Have earned a minimum of 12 credits in residence at Ottawa University
OU students should talk with their advisor about their qualifications for the bridge courses when completing their Degree Completion
Plan.
As a senior in the Five-Year Bridge BS Business Administration/MBA Program, students will enroll in three graduate-level classes
that will count toward the total degree requirements of 124 credit hours for their Business Administration undergraduate degree and
toward the 36 hours required for the MBA program. A special course number has been assigned to these courses taken by students
in the Five-Year Bridge program. Students will need to understand the requirements for these courses are more rigorous.
/bus-5200'>BUS 5200 Value Systems and Professional Ethics (may be taken in the junior year as a substitute for OAD 31664, but does not replace
OAD 31664 or any undergraduate ethics course on the student transcript).
/bus-5450'>BUS 5450 Strategic Marketing (may be taken senior as an elective).
One of the following courses may be taken senior year as an elective toward a concentration (as noted) in the MBA:
Elective Course Options
Elective Concentrations Available:
Actuarial Science
Economics
Educational Business Services
Finance
Health Care Management
Human Resources
Leadership and Management
Marketing