Sports Business, B.B.A.

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 40


Overall GPA - Combined and OU: 2.50

Major GPA - Combined and OU: 2.50

Upper-Division Businesses Courses GPA - Combined and OU: 2.50

Program Code: B856

In order to progress to upper-division business courses, students must earn grades of C or better in all Basic Business prerequisite course requirements..

A maximum of six hours of transfer work will apply toward the major. 

Major Requirements

Sports Business Core
MGT 3153An Introduction to the Business of Sports3
MGT 4173Strategic Sports Business Project3
Sports Business Internship 1
MGT 3700Management Internship for Credit3
Sports Business Functions
Choose one of the following:3
Sports Marketing and Management
Sports Sales and Revenue Generation
Financing in Sports Business
The Economics of Sports Business
Sports Business Electives 2
Choose 3 courses from the Sports Business Electives9
Total Credit Hours21
1

Internship must be pre-approved by Sports Program Director.

2

MGT 3193, MGT 3213, MGT 3243, and/or MGT 3253 allowed in 9 hours of Sports Business Elective if not used to satisfy the Sports Business Functions requirement.

 Required Courses 

Core Requirements15
Business Finance
Legal Environment of Business
Principles of Organization and Management
Principles of Marketing
Business Strategy and Policy (Capstone - to be taken last semester of senior year) 1
Additional Requirements8
Fundamental Managerial Accounting
Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace
Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Total Credit Hours23
1

Requires completion of all other business core courses prior to enrollment and permission from Price Academic Advising Services.

Sports Business Electives

Choose three from the Division’s approved Sports Topics course list (see the Sports Business Program webpage for the current list).

Available courses include the following:
MGT 3163Licensing and Intellectual Property Management in Sports3
MGT 3173Sports Logistics3
MGT 3193Sports Marketing and Management3
MGT 3203The Business of College Sports3
MGT 3213Sports Sales and Revenue Generation3
MGT 3223Sports Analytics3
MGT 3243Financing in Sports Business3
MGT 3253The Economics of Sports Business3
MGT 3263The Future of Sports Business3
MGT 3333Leadership in Sports3
MGT 4173Strategic Sports Business Project3

NOTE: Internship must be pre-approved by Sports Program Director. 

General Education and College Requirements

Courses taken to fulfill the University General Education Requirements must be chosen from the approved General Education course list published at http://www.ou.edu/gened/courses.

MINIMUM OF 40 HOURS REQUIRED FOR UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION

Core Area I: Symbolic and Oral Communication6-16
Composition I (Core I)
Composition II (Core I)
Expository Writing
Language (Core I) - Students who have completed two years of high school language are exempt from this general education requirement (0-10 hours).
Mathematics3
Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1
Core Area II: Natural Science 7
Natural Sciences - Choose two courses taken from the biological and/or physical sciences. The two courses must be from different disciplines and at least one course must include a laboratory component (Core II)
Core Area III: Social Science 2
P SC 1113American Federal Government (Core III)3
Core Area IV: Arts and Humanities 12
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
United States, 1865 to the Present
Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture)
Choose one course in each of the following fields (Core IV):
Artistic Forms 3
World Culture 3
Core Area V: First-Year Experience3
Choose one course
Basic Business 419
Fundamental Financial Accounting 5
Personal Computing Productivity Tools 5
Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 5
Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Elements of Statistics (Core I-M) 5
Computer-Based Information Systems 5
Total Credit Hours53-63
1

Substitute: MATH 1523, MATH 1743, MATH 1823, or MATH 1914 for MATH 1643.

2

Two courses, 6 hours, of Core III Social Science are required and one course must be P SC 1113ECON 1113 or ECON 1123 will meet the other 3 hours of this requirement.

3

It is recommended students take either World Culture or Artistic Forms at the 3000/4000 level to fulfill the university requirement of one upper-division course outside the major from the approved University-Wide General Education. It may also be satisfied in the upper-division or free elective categories. 

4

College requirement: in order to progress to upper-division business courses, students must earn grades of C or better in all Basic Business prerequisite course requirements. 

5

Minimum grade of C required. 

Free Electives

Electives to bring total applicable hours to the minimum total required for the degree including a minimum of 40 upper-division hours. B AD 2110B AD 2113MGT 2013, and MKT 2013 will not count for credit toward a BBA.

Additional Requirements

  1. Candidates for the B.B.A. degree must complete their last 30 hours as resident students in Price College. However, if a candidate has completed the last 51 hours as a resident student at the University of Oklahoma, 9 of the last 60 hours may be taken at another university or by correspondence from OU. Students must take a minimum of 24 hours of their upper-division business courses in residence for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

  2. Pass/No Pass will not be accepted for any upper-division Business or General Education courses or any specifically required courses.

  3. Sixty hours, excluding physical education activity courses, must be taken at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution.

  4. A combined maximum of 8 hours of general military experience and flight instruction courses will count toward the required hours.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Additional hours may be required if remedial math or language is required. Please see an academic counselor to develop a plan of study.

This major normally requires three semesters of study beyond the business core requirements.

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
First SemesterCredit Hours
ECON 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III) 1 3
ENGL 1113 Composition I (Core I) 3
MATH 1643 Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences 3
First-Year Experience (Core V) 2 3
Artistic Forms (Core IV) 2 3
 Credit Hours15
Second Semester
B AD 1001 Personal Computing Productivity Tools 1 1
ECON 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III) 1 3
ENGL 1213
Composition II (Core I)
or Expository Writing
3
MIS 2113 Computer-Based Information Systems 1 3
Natural Science (Core II) 2 3
HIST 1483
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
or United States, 1865 to the Present
3
 Credit Hours16
Sophomore
First Semester
ACCT 2113 Fundamental Financial Accounting 1 3
B AD 2091 Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace 1
B C 2813 Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 1 3
ECON 2843 Elements of Statistics 1 3
P SC 1113 American Federal Government (Core III) 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
ACCT 2123 Fundamental Managerial Accounting 3
PHIL 1273 Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture) 3
FIN 2303 Business Finance 3
ENT 2113 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3
Natural Science with lab (2nd discipline) (Core II) 4
 Credit Hours16
Junior
First Semester
B AD 3091 Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace 1
L S 3323 Legal Environment of Business 3
MGT 3013 Principles of Organization and Management 3
MGT 3153 An Introduction to the Business of Sports 3
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing 3
World Culture (Core IV) 2 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
MGT 3700 Management Internship for Credit 3
Sports Business Functions Course 3
Sports Business Elective (Upper-Division) 3
Upper-Division General Education Elective 3 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours15
Senior
First Semester
Sports Business Elective (Upper-Division) 3
Sports Business Elective (Upper-Division) 3
Free Elective, Upper-Division 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 2
 Credit Hours14
Second Semester
B AD 4013 Business Strategy and Policy 3
MGT 4173 Strategic Sports Business Project 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours12
 Total Credit Hours120
1

Grade of C or better required.

2

University-Wide General Education course, refer to online listing.

3

May be free elective if artistic form, World culture or science is 3000- or 4000-level.