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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE MICHAEL F. PRICE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GENERAL REQUIREMENTS For Students Entering the Oklahoma State System Minimum Total Hours ...... 128 Management for Higher Education Minimum Overall Grade Point Average ...... 2.50 0506A Minimum Grade Point Average in Major ...... *2.50 Summer 2000 through Minimum Grade Point Average in Upper-Division Business Courses ...... ‡2.50 Major Spring 2001 Minimum Grade Average—OU Residence ...... 2.50

LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS Subject Hours Courses Core Requirements - Major Requirements - 9-19 ENGL 1113, Principles of English Composition (Core I) 15 hours 18 hours Communications ENGL 1213, Principles of English Composition (Core II) FIN 3303, Business Finance NO CORRESPONDENCE COURSES COMM 1113, Principles of Communication L S 3323, Legal Environment of Foreign Language, 0-10 hours, (Core I)—Students who have com- Business MGT 3513, Human Resource pleted two years of high school foreign language are exempt from MGT 3013, Principles of Organization Management Practice the general education foreign language requirement. and Management MGT 3523, Production/Operations MKT 3013, Principles of Marketing Management †B AD 4013, Business Strategy and Policy—Capstone (to be taken Balance of 12 hours to be chosen from: 9 P SC 1113, American Federal Government (Core III) last semester of senior year) 4013, Operations Planning & Control Behavioral & 4023, Principles of Inventory and Social Science Elect 6 hours from the following fields: Materials Management Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Geog- 4123, Industrial Relations raphy (Economic, Human or Political Geography). A maximum of 4153, Current Issues in Human Resource three hours of Pol. Sci. will count toward this requirement. Management † = requires completion of all other 4363, Organizational Behavior 12 HIST 1483 or 1493, U.S. (Core IV) College of Business core courses prior to 4513, Problems in Administration Humanities enrollment and permission from Under- 4523, History of Management 1 course from each of the following 3 fields (Core IV): graduate Programs. 4710, Special Problems in Management (may be repeated with change in topic §Understanding Artistic Forms - ______up to 6 hrs.)

§Western Civilization and Culture - ______

§Non-Western Culture - ______

One upper-division course from the approved University-Wide General Education course list (outside the major) must be selected in addition to the capstone course, B AD 4013. Courses taken to fulfill the University-Wide General Education requirements must be chosen from the list of approved courses printed in the class schedule. This course may be taken as an upper-division elective. 17 §Natural Sciences—8 hours, 2 courses taken from the biologi- Upper-Division Business Science & cal and/or physical sciences. The two courses must be from Electives - 6 hours Mathematics different disciplines and at least one course must include a laboratory component. (Core II) 6 hours selected from the following areas: Accounting, Bus. Admin., Bus. ______Comm., Economics, Energy Management, Finance, Legal Studies, Management ______Information Systems, and Marketing.

MATH 1643, Precalculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences

MATH 1743, Calculus I for Business, Life & Social Sciences (Core I—Substitute: 1823, Calculus & Analytic Geom. I)

MATH 2123, Calculus II for Business, Life & Social Sciences (Substitute: 2423, Calculus & Analytic Geom. II) Free Electives Upper-Division Electives 14 hours 21 ACCT 2113, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 7 hours if exempt from foreign language. Upper-division electives may be taken in Basic ACCT 2123, Fundamental Managerial Accounting any area inside or outside the College of Business B C 2813, Business Communication Free electives may be taken in any lower- Business except management. ECON 1113, Principles of Economics—Macro (Core III) or upper-division area outside the ECON 1123, Principles of Economics—Micro College of Business. ECON 2843, Elements of Statistics MIS 2113, Computer-Based Information Systems

§Courses taken to fulfill the University General Education Requirements must be chosen from the University-Wide General Education Approved Course List. * A 2.50 cumulative and OU grade point average is required for upper-division management ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS beyond 3013. 1. Thirty-nine hours of upper-division business courses (3000-4000-level) are required. ‡ A 2.50 cumulative and OU grade point average is required for upper-division business courses (3000-4000 level). 2. No more than 18 hours of 3000-4000-level management courses beyond 3013 can be taken to count toward the required 128 hours. A combined maximum of 8 hours of military science, aviation and physical education activity 3. Candidates for the B.B.A. degree must complete their last 30 hours as resident students in courses will count toward the 128 hours. the College of Business. However, if a candidate has completed the last 51 hours as a resident student at the University of Oklahoma, 9 of the last 60 hours may be taken at another university or by correspondence from OU. 4. Pass/No Pass WILL NOT be accepted for any Business courses or any specifically required courses. Revised 5-00 Management—0506A—Page 2 COURSES IN MANAGEMENT (MGT) 3013 Principles of Organization and Management. Prerequisite: junior standing. An introduc- COURSES IN ACCOUNTING (ACCT) tory course presenting the basic concepts and practices of management, both private and public. 2113 Fundamental Financial Accounting. Basic principles of financial accounting. Emphasis on Historical development of management; basic definitions and philosophy; fundamental mana- the preparation and use of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of funds flow for gerial functions, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling; a survey ap- corporations. Coverage includes the analysis and recording of transactions involving cash, inven- proach to quantification in organizational life; current trends in management; possible future tories, fixed assets, bonds and capital stock as well as closing, adjusting and reversing entries for developments in organization and administration. (F, Sp, Su) revenue and expense items. (F, Sp, Su) 3513 Human Resource Management Practice. Prerequisite: 3013. A survey course that focuses 2123 Fundamental Managerial Accounting. Prerequisite: 2113. Introduction to managerial ac- on developing students' understanding of human resource issues and the practical application of counting. Analysis of cost behavior and the use of this knowledge for both short- and long-term methods for solving these issues. Topics covered include job analysis, recruitment, interviewing, decision. An introduction to budgeting and the accumulation of product costs for planning and selection, performance appraisal, training, compensation, and equal employment opportunity. performance evaluation. Specific coverage includes cost-volume-profit analysis, capital budget- Issues are reviewed within the context of historical and current social, labor market, legal and ing, allocations, variances from standard costs and the measurement of divisional performance. global economic conditions influencing practice. (F, Sp) (F, Sp, Su) 3523 Production/Operations Management. Prerequisite: Economics 2843, Mathematics 1743, junior standing. A study of the principles and practices related to production and opera- COURSES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B AD) tions management including product decisions, process planning, project planning, work mea- 4013 Business Strategy and Policy. Prerequisite: senior standing and completion of all other surement, plant location, facilities layout, scheduling and associated analytical techniques. (F, Sp, College of Business Administration core courses. Administrative decision making with emphasis Su) on analyzing business problems, formulating policies and implementing plans for action; com- G4013 Operations Planning and Control. Prerequisite: 3523 or permission; junior standing. A prehensive cases provide the opportunity to study the proper interrelationships among produc- study of the problems of operations planning and control with emphasis on computer application, finance, marketing and the many other functions involved in managing a business tions. Topics include: forecasting, master scheduling, production control, inventory control, pur- enterprise. Should be taken in student's final semester. (F, Sp, Su) chasing, maintenance and quality control. (F, Sp, Su) G4023 Principles of Inventory and Materials Management. Prerequisite: 3523 or permission; COURSES IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (B C) junior standing. A study of inventory management with emphasis on order quantities, inventory 2813 Business Communication. Prerequisite: English 1113 and 1213 or equivalent, Communi- cost, forecasting, perpetual inventory systems, periodic inventory systems and material require- cation 1113 and sophomore standing. This course is writing intensive. Focuses on oral and writ- ments planning. (F, Sp) ten communication as well as critical thinking skills. Also covers persuasive strategies and moves G4123 Industrial Relations. Prerequisite: 3513 or permission. Survey of history and theory of sequentially from analytical skills to composition strategies to written and oral reports. (F, Sp, Su) trade union, labor law, factors in the labor market, contract negotiations and administration. Identification and definition of the role of management, unions and government in the industrial COURSES IN ECONOMICS (ECON) relations process. (F, Sp) 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro. The functioning and current problems of the aggregate G4153 Current Issues in Human Resource Management. Prerequisite: 3513 or permission. An economy: determination and analysis of national income, employment, inflation and stabiliza- in-depth coverage of selected human resource issues. Issues covered include human resource tion; money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy; and aspects of international interdepen- costing, equal employment opportunity, recruiting, interviewing, selection, training and devel- dence. Laboratory (F, Sp, Su) opment, and performance appraisal. Focus is on the application of research results to problems 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro. Goals, incentives and allocation of resources resulting and opportunities presently confronting human resource practices. (F, Sp, Su) from economic behavior with applications and illustrations from current issues: operation of G4363 Organizational Behavior. Prerequisite: 3013 and senior standing, or permission. Covers markets for goods, services and factors of production; the behavior of firms and industries in dif- the structure of organizations and the dynamics of behavior within organizations. Included are ferent types of competition and income distribution. Laboratory (F, Sp, Su) such topics as job design, perception, communication, decision making, motivation, groups, 2843 Elements of Statistics. Prerequisite: Mathematics 1503 or equivalent. Basic statistical leadership, and organizational change and effectiveness. (F, Sp) techniques emphasizing business and economic applications. Topics covered include data sum- G4513 Problems in Administration. Prerequisite: 3513, 3523 and senior or graduate standing. mary techniques, elementary probability theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, simple regres- An advanced course in the area of theory and practice of organization and administration. Em- sion, time-series and index numbers. Laboratory (F, Sp, Su) phasis is placed upon the basic functions of management operating in a dynamic world. Primarily COURSES IN FINANCE (FIN) concerned with senior executives in dealing with matters of high decision. (F, Sp) G4523 History of Management. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission. The historical de- 3303 Business Finance. Prerequisite: Accounting 2113, 2123, and Economics 1113, 1123 and velopment of the theory and practice of organization and administration, both private and pub- 2843. An introductory course in financial administration of the firm. Topics include the finance lic, from earliest times to the present day. Managerial patterns and techniques as influenced by function, concepts of sources and uses of funds, analysis and estimation of need for funds (short- changing social concepts and the impacts of technology. Consideration of individual organiza- and long-term), short-term sources, working capital management policy, long-term sources, cap- tions and managerial personalities. (F, Sp) ital structure policy and implementation, capital budgeting and the cost of capital. (F, Sp, Su) G4710 Special Problems in Management. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing and per- COURSES IN LEGAL STUDIES (L S) mission. May be repeated with change of subject matter; up to six hours with 18-hour major and three hours with 15-hour major. (F, Sp, Su) 3323 Legal Environment of Business. Prerequisite: junior standing. The legal environment of business organizations with ethical considerations and the social and political influences affecting COURSES IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS) such environments. (F, Sp, Su) 2113 Computer-Based Information Systems. Prerequisite: undergraduate major in business. Covers theory and practice for design and use of computer-based information systems in organizations. Project work includes using a relational database and designing a personal web page. Students demonstrate their ability to use a personal computer for word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation applications by passing a competency exam. Laboratory (F, Sp, Su) COURSES IN MARKETING (MKT) 3013 Principles of Marketing. Prerequisite: Economics 1113, 1123, Accounting 2113, 2123, junior standing. Focuses on the relationship between the firm and its customers and the other members of the channel of distribution. Introduces students to: the marketing function of an organization; the environmental factors influencing marketing decisions; the discovery of market opportunities; the development of marketing strategy; and the development of marketing programs. (F, Sp, Su)