Management, BA

(Available at Houston campus only) 

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:
57 semester hours

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

Accelerated BA-MGMT to MBA, MS BUSA, MSFA, MS NPMT, MSOL

Undergraduate students may earn credit toward the following degrees while completing a Bachelor of Business Administration (BA) in Management (MGMT) 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 MGMT 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 BA in MGMT 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 MGMT 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:

    Principles of Accounting I

    Principles of Accounting II

     Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

   Principles of Economics I

   Principles of Economics II

    Composition I (or equivalent)
    Composition II
    College Algebra

    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 )

CISS 8319      Information Systems for Management (substitutes for )

ECON 8305    The Economics of Global Business Conditions

FINC 8329      Corporate Finance (substitutes for )

MGMT 8334    Management Theory and Decision-Making Practices

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

MKTG 8305     Marketing Strategies and Policies (prerequisite is  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:

      Principles of Accounting I

      Principles of Accounting II

     Business Analytics I

       Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

     Principles of Economics I

     Principles of Economics II

      Composition I (or equivalent)
      Composition II
      College Algebra

      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  with grade of C- or better)

ECON 8310      Microeconomics with Econometric Applications

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:

       Principles of Accounting I

       Principles of Accounting II

        Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

      Principles of Economics I

      Principles of Economics II

       Composition I (or equivalent)
       Composition II
       College Algebra

         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:

    Principles of Accounting I

    Principles of Accounting II

     Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

    Principles of Economics I

    Principles of Economics II

     Composition I (or equivalent)
     Composition II
     College Algebra

     Principles of Management

     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  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

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:

     Composition I (or equivalent)
     Composition II
     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