School of Business and Leadership

Dean: Dwayne A. Banks, PhD

The School of Business and Leadership (SBL) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs nationally accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). These include: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting, Computer Information Systems and Security (CISS), Management and Marketing. The school also offers other business-related degrees, including a BAS in CISS, BBA in Finance and Bachelor of Science BBA in Individualized Concentration (BS) degrees in CISS. In addition, minors are available to all non-SBL students (and for some SBL majors) in Business, CISS, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Management and Marketing. (See restrictions on minors for SBL students below.)

Business and CISS Majors
Students may declare any of the degrees offered by the SBL as their major upon admission to OLLU. After completion of 60 semester hours, students must also be admitted to the SBL to continue into advanced SBL coursework and complete a degree. To be admitted to the SBL, a student must meet the following minimum requirements.

SBL admission requirements:

Successful completion of 60 semester hours applicable to an SBL undergraduate degree
Minimum GPA of 2.0
A grade of C- or higher in any of the following courses required for the major that the student is pursuing.

CISS 1310 - Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology   (General Education)
MATH 1304 - College Algebra  (General Education)
ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I  (General Education)
All Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Core courses
All courses specific to the major

SBL graduation requirements:

In order to receive any SBL undergraduate degree, the student must earn a grade of C- or higher in all of the courses listed above that are required for that degree.

Bachelor of Business Administration Core

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Business Administration degree are required to complete the following core courses with a grade of C- or higher:

Requirements:

ACCT 2311 - Principles of Accounting I 3 hrs
ACCT 2312 - Principles of Accounting II 3 hrs
BADM 3318 - Business Analytics l 3 hrs
BADM 3351 - International Business 3 hrs
BADM 3361 - Professional Technical Communication 3 hrs
BADM 3362 - Legal Concepts of Business I 3 hrs
ECON 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 hrs
FINC 3321 - Business Finance 3 hrs
MGMT 3344 - Production/Operations Management 3 hrs
MGMT 3350 - Principles of Management 3 hrs
MGMT 4396 - Management Strategy and Policy 3 hrs
MKTG 3331 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs

Select Appropriate One for your Major:

For CISS majors CISS 3331 - Information Systems Analysis and Design 3 hrs
For ACCT majors ACCT 3319 - Financial and Administrative Information Systems 3 hrs
For other BBA majors CISS 3350 - Information Systems and Information Technology 3 hrs
Requirement cannot be fulfilled through DANTES exam.

Minors for SBL Students

Although minors are not required for SBL degrees, students may opt to pursue any minor offered at OLLU, with the exceptions: students pursuing any BBA degree, the BS in CISS may not minor in Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting or Marketing. Students who choose to pursue a minor must meet all of the requirements for the selected minor. Completion of the optional minor may require additional coursework over and above the minimum requirements of the business degree. In determining whether students have satisfied the requirements for a minor, “double counting” a course to satisfy more than one requirement is not acceptable.

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