Overview
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.
Career Opportunities
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 non-profit private entities as well as in the public sector.
Bridge Option
The Bridge Option represents an opportunity for Ottawa University undergraduates who plan on pursuing a graduate degree at the University the chance for advanced, graduate learning as an undergraduate. The Bridge Option helps bridge the transfer between the undergraduate and graduate levels. The programs open to Bridge students will vary depending on when the courses are offered and student readiness.
As a senior in the Bridge Option, students will enroll in up to three graduate-level classes that will count toward the total degree requirements of 120 credit hours for the bachelor's degree and toward the 36 hours required for the graduate program. A special course number has been assigned to courses in the Bridge Option. Students will need to understand the requirements for these courses are more rigorous.
Eligible students who meet the following criteria may qualify for Ottawa University's Bridge Option.
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 this opportunity and their qualifications for the Bridge Option in their junior year before degree completion.
Bridge Option Course List
| BUS 5700 | ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THEORY (3) | |
| BUS 5720 | VALUE SYSTEMS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (3) | |
| BUS 5734 | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE WORKPLACE (3) | |
| BUS 5741 | HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION (3) | |
| BUS 5745 | STRATEGIC MARKETING (3) | |
| BUS 5770 | INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS | |