Program: Management, BBA - Our Lady of the Lake University (2024)

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:
63semester hours

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

Accelerated BBA-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 (BBA) 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 BBA 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 endorsem*nts, 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

Restrictions: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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 1310Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

ECON 2301Principles of Economics I

ECON 2302Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)

MGMT 3350Principles of Management

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

ACCT 8310Managerial Control Systems

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

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

ECON 8305The Economics of Global Business Conditions

FINC 8329Corporate Finance (substitutes for FINC 3321)

MGMT 8334 Management Theory and Decision-Making Practices

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

MKTG 8305Marketing Strategies and Policies (prerequisite is MKTG 3331with 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 3318Business 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)

MKTG 3331 Principles of Marketing

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

BUSA 8325Mathematics for Finance & Business Analytics

BUSA 8339Dashboards, Scorecards and Visualization

CISS 8302 Database Management Systems (prerequisite is CISS 3350with grade of C- or better)

ECON 8310Microeconomics with Econometric Applications

FINC 8330Data Analytics in Finance

MKTG 8310Marketing 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 2312Principles 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)

FINC 3321Business 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 8329Corporate 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 2302Principles of Economics II

ENGL 1313 Composition I (or equivalent)

MGMT 3350 Principles of Management

MKTG 3331Principles of Marketing

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

NPMT 8305 Nonprofit Outcomes-Oriented Marketing

NPMT 8307 Nonprofit Talent Development

NPMT 8310 Finance Accounting for Nonprofits

NPMT 8311 Nonprofit Technology Applications for Effectiveness

NPMT 8314 Nonprofit Risk Management for Operational Continuity (prerequisite is BADM 3318with 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)

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

LEAD 6314Leadership Decision Making

LEAD 6351Readings in Leadership

LEAD 6360Multicultural Issues in Leadership

LEAD 6362Written 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