OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15
[Archived Catalog]
Business Economics Major (B.B.A.) |
Major code BB6124
College of Business
Bentley Annex 360
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2040
Fax: 740.593.0181
www.cob.ohio.edu
Rosemary Rossiter, contact person
Program Overview
The business economics major develops core skills which allow the analysis of business economics phenomenon and relationships. The major also studies the collective behavior of businesses and industries, governments and countries, and the globe as a whole. The major emphasizes logical thought used in problem-solving, observation and inference from data, and presenting ideas in writing and speech. The major includes the study of microeconomics and macroeconomics, classes in economic fields such as labor economics, managerial economics or energy economics, and the study of statistical analysis.
Admissions Information
Freshman/First-Year Admission
Freshmen will be admitted to the College on a selective basis. Normally, you will need to be in the top 20 percent of your high school class, with a strong college preparatory curriculum. You are expected to have above-average ACT or SAT scores and also have demonstrated leadership potential through participation in extracurricular activities or work experience. Members of groups that are historically underrepresented in business will receive special consideration.
Change of Program Policy
The College of Business allows a limited number of students from other Ohio University academic colleges to apply for transfer into the College of Business. It should be noted that the transfer requirements differ for students at the end of their freshmen year and students in their sophomore and junior years. The College of Business reserves the right to limit transfer admissions as necessary.
External Transfer Admission
Any student considering transfer to the College of Business is strongly encouraged to contact the College’s Office of Student Services as early as possible. You must be enrolled in the College before your senior year to allow for the College’s 32-hour residency requirement. You must earn at least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the business degree at Ohio University.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Students majoring in business economics find employment as business analysts, financial analysts, market researchers and public policy researchers.
Requirements
Universitywide Graduation Requirements
To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .
College-Level Requirements for the College of Business
View the College-Level Requirements for the College of Business.
Economics Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- ECON 3040 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4850 - Economic Methodology Credit Hours: 3
Economics Electives
Complete two of the following courses:
- ECON 2130 - Current Economic Problems Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3000 - Mathematics for Economists Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3020 - Games and Economic Behavior Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3080 - Behavioral Economics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3120 - Economics of Poverty Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3130 - Economics of the Environment Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3140 - Natural Resource Economics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3150 - Economics of Health Care Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3160 - Economics and the Law Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3200 - Labor Economics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3220 - Economics of Human Resources Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3320 - Industrial Organization Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3340 - Economics of Antitrust Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3350 - Economics of Energy Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3370 - Economics of Regulation Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3400 - International Trade Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3410 - International Monetary Systems Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3430 - Financial Economics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3500 - Development Economics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3510 - Agricultural Development Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3520 - Economic History of the United States Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3530 - European Economic History Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3600 - Money and Banking Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3710 - Cost Benefit Analysis Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4060 - Monetary Theory and Policy Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4250 - Government and Economic Policy Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4300 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3
Economics Option
Complete one of the following courses:
- ECON 3030 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3050 - Managerial Economics Credit Hours: 3
College of Business (COB) Requirements
Individual Core Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- ACCT 1010 - Foundations of Accounting Credit Hours: 3
- ACCT 1020 - Decision Making with Accounting Credit Hours: 3
- BA 1000 - Introduction to the College of Business Credit Hours: 1
- BA 1100 - Introduction to Business Credit Hours: 3
- BA 2000 - Career Management Strategies Credit Hours: 1
- BUSL 2550 - Corporate Responsibility in a Legal Environment Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 3200 - Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4800J - Business Strategy Credit Hours: 3
- MIS 2010 - Introduction to Information Analysis and Design Credit Hours: 3
- QBA 3710 - Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
Cluster Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- FIN 2400 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 2100 - Introduction to Management and Organization Credit Hours: 3
- MIS 2020 - Business Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
- MKT 2400 - Introduction to Marketing Management Credit Hours: 3
Non-Business Required Hours
Every COB major must complete a minimum of 42 hours of classwork outside of the College of Business. The non-business required classes count in the 42 hour requirement. The remaining hours consist of elective classes taken outside of the College of Business.
Individual Non-Business Required Courses
Complete the following courses:
- ECON 1030 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 1040 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- MATH 1350 - Survey of Calculus Credit Hours: 4
- PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3
1. Global Course Component
Complete 6 hours from the following courses:
- ANTH 3800 - Cultures of South Asia Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3810 - Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3830 - Cultures of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3850 - Cultures of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3340 - Hinduism Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 3350 - Buddhism Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 4330 - Political Islam Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4100 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 3530 - European Economic History Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4550 - Economics of Africa Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4730 - Economics of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4740 - Economics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4750 - Economics of China Credit Hours: 3
- ECON 4760 - Economics of Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 1200 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3290 - World Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3350 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3380 - Geography of Asia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 2460 - The Rise of Modern Asia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3231 - Latin American History: From Independence to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3232 - History of Brazil Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3233 - The History of Modern Mexico Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3250 - History of U.S.- Latin American Relations Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3330 - Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3340 - Zionism and Modern Israel Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3355 - History of Modern Iran Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3360 - History of North Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3380 - History of West Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3381 - History of East Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3411 - History of Africa Since 1850 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3420 - History of South Africa Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3440 - History of Vietnam Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3452 - Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present: The Search for Stability Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3462 - Modern China Since 1911 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3481 - Modern Japan Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3641 - Contemporary Europe Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3661 - Modern France in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3731 - Balkan dreams and nightmares: Southeastern Europe from 1908 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3820 - History of Russia Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3822 - Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3865 - Churchill’s Britain Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3871 - European Intellectual and Cultural, 20th- Century Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 4902 - Colloquium in Latin American History Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1100 - Modern Africa Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1400 - European Studies Credit Hours: 3
- INST 1600 - Interdisciplinary Survey of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- INST 2100 - Africa’s Children Credit Hours: 3
- INST 3201 - Focus on Malaysia Credit Hours: 3
- INST 3202 - Tun Razak Seminar: Southeast Asia Studies Credit Hours: 3
- LING 2750 - Introduction to Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 1500 - Themes in Global Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 2500 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4440 - East Asia in World Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4310 - Politics in Eastern Europe Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4340 - Government and Politics of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4360 - Government and Politics of Brazil Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4410 - African Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4450 - Government and Politics of Japan Credit Hours: 3
2. Global Experience Component
You may arrange to meet this requirement by completing one of the following:
- a Global Consulting Project experience through the College of Business
- an approved international experience through the Ohio University Education Abroad Office
- an approved international experience through the Global Leadership Center
Contact the College of Business Student Services Office for details.
Probability and Statistics Requirement
Complete the following course:
- QBA 2010 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hours: 4
Behavioral Science Requirement
Complete one of the following courses:
- ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
- PSY 1010 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
- SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
Diversity Requirement
Complete any African American Studies (AAS) course or any Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) course or any of the following courses:
- AH 4111 - The Representation and Theorization of Gender in the History of Art Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3450 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 3
- CLWR 4350 - Women in Buddhist Traditions Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 1100 - Communication Among Cultures Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 3410 - Women and Health Communication Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4110 - Communicating with People with Disabilities Credit Hours: 3
- COMS 4200 - Gender and Communication Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3060J - Women and Writing Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3250 - Women and Literature Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3260 - Lesbian and Gay Literature Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3370 - African American Literature to 1930 Credit Hours: 3
- ENG 3390 - African American Literature from 1930 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
- GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3020 - Survey of American Indian History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3130 - American Jewish History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3150 - Survey of African American History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3200 - Women in American History Before 1877 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3201 - Women in American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3202 - Women’s Health and Medicine in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3270 - Slavery in the Americas Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3320 - History of Women in the Middle East Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3390 - Women in African History Credit Hours: 3
- HIST 3601 - Women in Modern European History, 1800-present Credit Hours: 3
- MGT 4420 - Gender Issues in Management Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4067 - Women and Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4190 - Gay and Lesbian Politics Credit Hours: 3
- POLS 4210 - The Politics of Law and Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
- SASM 4000 - Diversity and Sport Credit Hours: 3
Economics Elective Requirement
If your major is finance or accounting, you must take ECON 3050. If you have any other major, you must take a 3000- or 4000-level economics course except ECON 3000 or ECON 3810.
Internship Requirement
Complete 3 hours of internship credit from the following:
- ACCT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- ACCT 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- BA 4915 - International Business Experience Credit Hours: 3
- FIN 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- FIN 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MGT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-4.0
- MGT 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MIS 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MIS 4910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MKT 3910 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0
- MKT 4910 - Sales Internship Credit Hours: 1.0-3.0