Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics at Otterbein College


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Minor in Business
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Business Administration

A major in business administration provides students with concepts and skills useful for decision-making in organizations. The curriculum covers functional areas of business such as marketing, management theories and practices, and basic financial analysis. Students also develop mathematical and computer skills useful to decision-making, and communication skills essential in any interpersonal situation. Otterbein's business administration program stresses the overall development of the individual, offering sufficient background for able students to pursue careers in business, management, government, graduate school, or law school. Our approach is toward analytical problem-solving and business-related case studies. Students may choose to combine this major with a second major or a minor, such as accounting or economics.

Business Administration Curriculum

Otterbein offers a four-year degree in business administration, requiring 180 quarter hours for graduation. Course offerings are designed to include a broad foundation (liberal arts), knowledge and experience from the major, and a number of electives. The major in business administration offers four concentrations which provide some degree of specialization. They are: finance, international business, management, and marketing. If a student wishes to acquire a concentration, then four courses related to the concentration must be selected.

Normally, a student schedules at least 15 quarter hours (three or four courses) during each of the three 10-week quarters every year. Approximately 40 percent of the academic work is in courses in the major field. About 30 percent of the academic work is selected from Otterbein's liberal arts core courses (the Integrative Studies program) designed to increase your understanding of society and yourself. The remaining 30 percent are electives -- courses which you may choose on the basis of your interests and career goals.

Degree Programs

The major in business administration consists of 12 or 13 required courses and four additional business administration elective courses or a concentration emphasizing a functional area of business administration. A student may choose one of several majors in Business Administration -- finance, management, or marketing.

B.A. or B.S. degree with a major in Business Administration
Requirements in the Core Curriculum:

Integrative Studies - 50 hrs
Foreign Language - 10 hrs for B.A. or 15 hrs for B.S.
Mathematics - 5hrs for B.A. or 15 hrs for B.S.
Physical Education - 3 hrs
Senior Year Experience - hrs depend upon course selected

Requirements in the major (85 hrs or equivalent):

ACCT 200	Financial Accounting	5 hrs
ACCT 210	Managerial Accounting	5 hrs
BADM 300	Principles of Management	5 hrs
BADM 310	Principles of Marketing	5 hrs
BADM 340	Business Finance	5 hrs
BADM 370	International Business and Economics	5 hrs
BADM 440 or	Market Analysis and Planning	5 hrs
BADM 450 or	Financial Planning Theory	5 hrs
BADM 470 or	International Business Policy and Strategy	5 hrs
BADM 480 or	Business Policy	5 hrs
ECON 210	Principles of Microeconomics	5 hrs
ECON 220	Principles of Macroeconomics	5 hrs
ENGL 335	Technical and Report Writing	5 hrs
MATH 230	Elementary Statistics I	5 hrs
MATH 260	Decision Making for Business (req'd for BA degree only)	5 hrs
COMM 100 or	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	5 hrs
COMM 280	Business and Professional Speech	5 hrs

An internship is highly recommended

When pursuing an internship, BADM 380:Transition to the Workforce is recommended.

One of the following 20-hour concentration or elective areas is also required:
1. Business elective area
20 hours of electives from any other BADM electives

2. Finance Concentration (at least four courses required)

ACCT 310	Taxes	5 hrs
BADM 420	Corporate Finance	5 hrs
BADM 460	Investments Analysis	5 hrs
ECON 380	Money and Banking	5 hrs
BADM 450	Financial Planning Theory (If used as part of core, cannot count towards concentration)	5 hrs

A minor in Accounting or Economics is highly recommended.

3. International Business Concentration (at least four courses required)

BADM 370	International Business and Economics	5 hrs
BADM 375	International Marketing	5 hrs
BADM 385	International Comparative Management	5 hrs
ECON 320	Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis	5 hrs
ECON 440	Economic Development and Growth	5 hrs
BADM 470	International Business Policy and Strategy (If used as part of core, cannot count towards concentration)	5 hrs

Three or four more terms of foreign language are recommended.

4. Management Concentration (at least four courses required)

BADM 320	Personnel and Human Resources Management	5 hrs
BADM 330	Operations Management	5 hrs
BADM 385	International Comparative Management	5 hrs
BADM 415	Training and Development	5 hrs
BADM 499	Seminar in Business Practice	5 hrs
ECON 360	Labor Economics and Industrial Relations	5 hrs

5. Marketing Concentration (at least four courses required)

BADM 365	Sales Management	5 hrs
BADM 375	International Marketing	5 hrs
BADM 410	Retailing Management	5 hrs
BADM 430	Advertising and Promotion	5 hrs
BADM 440	Market Analysis and Planning (If used as part of core, cannot count towards concentration)	5 hrs

A minor in Psychology or Public Relations is recommended.
When pursuing an internship, BADM 380:Transition to the Workforce is recommended.
When preparing for graduate study in Business Administration, the following courses should
also be taken:

ECON 310	Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis	5 hrs
ECON 320	Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis	5 hrs
MATH 170	Calculus I	5 hrs
MATH 180	Calculus II	5 hrs

Required total hours for the degree:
At least 180 (click here for exceptions/additional comments)

Application for Degree:
A prospective graduate must request an Application for Degree at the Registrar's Office two
terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

Minor in Business Administration

Required (at least 30 hrs):
Two ACCT courses, one ECON course, and any BADM course may count towards a minor.
For a minor that may complement majors in other academic disciplines, the following set of
courses is recommended:

ACCT 200 or	Financial Accounting	5 hrs
ACCT 210	Managerial Accounting	5 hrs
BADM 300 or	Principles of Management	5 hrs
BADM 310 or	Principles of Marketing	5 hrs
BADM 340	Business Finance	5 hrs
ECON 210	Principles of Microeconomics	5 hrs

Internships

An excellent way to prepare for a career is to supplement your education with on-the-job experience. At Otterbein, we offer a program that can help you do just that. With an internship, you'll get ten weeks of experience in a business-related industry, learning to apply your knowledge to the work that needs to be done. We'll help you find a position that suits your needs.

Otterbein business administration faculty work closely with their industry counterparts to plan for and supervise quality work-based learning experiences for the internship participants. Many of the internships are with "excellent" companies located close to campus. Some of our graduates got started on their careers through positions they held as interns. Others find that just having experience makes them more confident in their job search and interviews. National and international opportunities for internships are available.