As a candidate for the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree, you must complete the University’s General Education requirement for graduation and fulfill a minimum of 120 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 for all hours attempted, as well as all business and economics courses. You must also maintain a 2.2 minimum GPA for courses in your major and earn a grade of C- or better in each required course in the major. Courses included in the 120 hour minimum for the B.B.A. must be completed so at least 52 semester hours are earned in areas of business, and at least 30 semester hours are earned in nonbusiness areas.
The following core business courses are taken individually: ACCT 1010 , ACCT 1020 , BA 1500 ,
Three courses are grouped to form the integrated “Copeland Core”” which includes: BA 1000 , BA 1100 , UC 1500 or 1900 .
Four core business courses are grouped to form the integrated “Business Cluster” which includes: BA 2500 , MGT 2100 , MIS 2020 , and MKT 2400 .
In addition to meeting all Ohio University BRICKS General Education requirements, B.B.A. candidates are required to take coursework to meet the following targeted areas. Some of these courses will also meet BRICKS general education requirements.
Mathematics
MATH 1350
Economics
ECON 1030 and 1040
Cultural Perspectives
Cultural Perspectives courses prepare you for active participation in multicultural business contexts in the US and globally. Through these courses, you will learn cultural self-awareness, cultural frameworks, empathy, communications, curiosity, and openness. B.B.A candidates are required to complete a minimum of six total credit hours of coursework designated as:
Students who complete one of the following International Experience programs will fulfill the Cultural Perspectives requirement:
Note: The Cultural Perspectives requirement is waived for international students on a F1 visa.
Ethical Perspectives
Eithical Perspectives courses prepare you to make difficult decisions when ethical considerations are involved and when the answers are not straightforward. Through these courses, you will learn to recognize and evaluate ethical issues and use ethical self-awareness, perspectives, and concepts to make ethical decisions. B.B.A. candidates are required to complete a minimum of four total credit hours of coursework designated as BRICKS Ethics & Reasoning.
Major Courses
Five to nine courses. Varies by major.
First Year
Copeland Core
Plus electives from the targeted categories.
Second year
Plus electives from targeted categories.
Business Cluster (12) includes the following four courses:
Plus electives from targeted categories.
Third Year
Plus major courses and electives from targeted categories.
Fourth Year
Plus major courses and remaining electives
Four business courses are grouped to form the integrated “Copeland Core” which includes: BA 1000 , BA 1100 , UC 1500 or 1900 .
Four business courses are grouped to form the integrated “Business Cluster” which includes: BA 2500 , MGT 2100 , MIS 2020 , and MKT 2400 .
In addition to meeting all Ohio University BRICKS General Education requirements, B.S.M. candidates are required to take coursework to meet the following targeted areas. Some of these courses will also meet BRICKS general education requirements.
Mathematics
MATH 1350
Economics
ECON 1030 and ECON 1040
Major Courses
See the Sport Management Major program page
CoB Freshmen (B.B.A. and B.S.M.) candidates who earn a fall semester GPA of less than 2.5 will be required to attend a “Gaining Academic Progress (GAP) Workshop” and participate in a “Next-Semester Advising Intervention” as described below:
Students will be notified by email if they need to schedule a “Next-Semester Advising Intervention”. On-campus interventions are strongly recommended, but the meeting may also be conducted by telephone. NSAI appointments can be arranged by calling the CoB Office of Student Services at 740.593.2042.
At the end of their second consecutive semester, first year B.B.A. and B.S.M. candidates who have earned a cumulative GPA that is below 2.0 will be allowed one additional semester to bring their cumulative GPA to at least the 2.0 minimum. Failure to bring the cumulative GPA to at least the 2.0 minimum in the additional semester will result in being dropped from Ohio University.
To avoid this undesirable circumstance, the College of Business requires every first-year business major to participate in the following academic support activities if their fall semester GPA is below 2.5:
During winter break, CoB first-year students who earn a fall semester GPA of less than 2.5 will be required to speak with an academic advisor to discuss a strategy for improving their academic performance. This conversation can occur in person or by telephone.
Early in spring term, CoB first-year students who earned a fall semester GPA of less than 2.5 will be required to attend a “GAP Workshop” where they will work with an advisor to create a strategy for their own academic success.
Students who are required to leave Ohio University as result of this policy may apply for re-admission to the College of Business and Ohio University when they can demonstrate that that they have been able to be academically successful as a full-time student in a college/university setting.
At the close of the semester, the academic record of each enrolled undergraduate student (regardless of student enrollment status) will be reviewed to verify the accumulative GPA. At the time of the review, if you do not have the required 2.0 minimum accumulative GPA, you will be placed on academic probation. To be removed from probation, your accumulative GPA must reach at least a 2.0.
Students with fewer than 90 credit hours earned: If you have fewer than 90 semester credit hours earned and are not removed from probation, you will be continued on probation or academically dismissed. To be continued on probation, you must have either 1) semester GPA at least 2.0 or 2) accumulative GPA equal to or greater than the minimum GPA defined by your hours earned:
Total Hours Earned
Minimum Accumulative GPA to be Continued on Probation
If you are on probation and fail both of the criteria described above, you will be academically dismissed.
Students with 90 or more semester credit hours earned: If you are on probation in a given semester and you have 90 or more semester credit hours earned at the end of that semester, you must achieve a 2.0 accumulative GPA to avoid academic dismissal.
You will be limited to three attempts (two retakes) at the College’s core courses. If you have made three unsuccessful attempts at a required core course, you will be notified that you have been dropped from the College.
BA 2500 , MGT 2100 , MIS 2020 , and MKT 2400 must be taken in a 12-credit cluster during the late sophomore/early junior year (see recommended course sequence). Students failing one course in the cluster will be required to retake the course in a stand-alone or other equivalent form. Students failing more than one course in the cluster will be required to retake the entire cluster.
If you need to retake a core course that is part of a cluster, go to the College’s Office of Student Services in Copeland Hall 214 to obtain permission to get into the appropriate course(s).