Economics, BBA

This major does not require a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours required in major:
72 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
57 semester hours

Accelerated BBA-ECON to MBA, MS BUSA, MSFA, MS NPMT, MSOL

Undergraduate students may earn credit toward the following degrees while completing a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Economics (ECON) through the Business Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s (ABM) degree program: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BUSA), Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA), Master of Science in Nonprofit Management (MS NPMT), and Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL). Students accepted into the Business ABM program will be eligible to take up to two courses (six credit hours) from the list of courses below concurrently with their undergraduate courses, depending on the particular graduate program. These two courses will count toward both the aforementioned graduate degree(s) and the advanced business-related course requirement in the undergraduate ECON degree. The graduate courses also allow undergraduate students to build specific career-oriented focus areas that expand on advanced undergraduate course work.

Students in the Business Accelerated Bachelor-to-Master (ABM) degree program must adhere to the following admission requirements, deadlines, and specific program restrictions:

Admission Requirements

1. Current OLLU student
2. Overall GPA: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
3. GPA in major: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
4. At time of application, completed 75 or more credit hours that apply to a BBA in ECON undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements
5. Prior to enrolling in first graduate course, completed 90 or more credit hours that apply to the ECON undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements completed
6. Two faculty endorsements, submitted by:
   1. Student’s faculty advisor
   2. Another full-time faculty member in the ABM discipline

Deadlines

• To begin taking graduate course in summer or fall semesters: February 1
• To begin taking graduate courses in the spring semester: September 1

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:

ACCT 2311              Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2312              Principles of Accounting II

CISS 1310               Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

ECON 2301             Principles of Economics I

ECON 2302             Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313             Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314             Composition II
MATH 1304             College Algebra

MGMT 3350           Principles of Management

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

ACCT 8310           Managerial Control Systems

BLAW 8301           Legal and Ethical Environment of Business and Global Decision Making (substitutes for BADM 3362 )

CISS 8319             Information Systems for Management (substitutes for CISS 3350 )

ECON 8305           The Economics of Global Business Conditions (substitutes for advanced ECON elective course)

FINC 8329              Corporate Finance (substitutes for FINC 3321 )

MGMT 8334           Management Theory and Decision-Making Practices

MGMT 8347           Supply Chain and Operations Management (prerequisites are BADM 3318  and MGMT 3344  with grade of C- or better)

MKTG 8305            Marketing Strategies and Policies (prerequisite is MKTG 3331  with grade of C- or better)

4. Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
5. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses

6. Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
7. Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major

Restrictions: Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BUSA)

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:

ACCT 2311              Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2312              Principles of Accounting II

BADM 3318             Business Analytics I

CISS 1310               Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

ECON 2301             Principles of Economics I

ECON 2302             Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313             Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314             Composition II
MATH 1304             College Algebra

MKTG 3331             Principles of Marketing

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

BUSA 8325              Mathematics for Finance & Business Analytics 

BUSA 8339              Dashboards, Scorecards and Visualization

CISS  8341               Database Management Systems (prerequisite is CISS 3350  with grade of C- or better)

ECON 8310              Microeconomics with Econometric Applications (substitutes for ECON 4350 )            

FINC  8330               Data Analytics in Finance            

MKTG 8310              Marketing Analytics

4. Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
5. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
6. Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
7. Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major

Restrictions: Master of Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA)

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:

ACCT 2311              Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2312              Principles of Accounting II

CISS 1310               Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

ECON 2301             Principles of Economics I

ECON 2302             Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313             Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314             Composition II
MATH 1304             College Algebra

FINC 3321               Business Finance

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

FINC 8301               Financial Economic Theory

FINC 8302               Statistical Analysis in Finance

FINC 8303               Math for Finance and Business Analytics

FINC 8305               Corporate Reports & Fin. Stat. Analysis

FINC 8311               Valuation and Portfolios

FINC 8329              Corporate Finance

FINC 8330               Data Analytics in Finance

4. Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
5. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
6. Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
7. Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major

Restrictions: Master of Science in Nonprofit Management (MS NPMT)

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:

ACCT 2311              Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2312              Principles of Accounting II

CISS 1310               Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

ECON 2301             Principles of Economics I

ECON 2302             Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313             Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314             Composition II
MATH 1304             College Algebra

MGMT 3350            Principles of Management

MKTG 3331            Principles of Marketing

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

     NPMT 8305            Marketing for Nonprofits

NPMT 8307            Talent Volunteer and Diversity Management in Nonprofits

NPMT 8310            Finance Accounting for Nonprofits

NPMT 8311            Social Media and Information Technology for nonprofits

NPMT 8314            Quality and Risk Management of Nonprofits (prerequisite is BADM 3318  with grade of C- or better)

4. Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
5. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
6. Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
7. Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major

Restrictions: Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL)

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:

ENGL 1313             Composition I (or equivalent)
ENGL 1314             Composition II
MATH 1304             College Algebra

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

LEAD 6314             Leadership Decision Making

LEAD 6351             Readings in Leadership

LEAD 6360             Multicultural Issues in Leadership

LEAD 6362             Written Communication for Leaders

4. Students may take courses beyond the minimum required courses for their major, but no more than 6 credit hours of graduate courses per semester
5. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses
6. Must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program)
7. Must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major