Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, B.B.A.
View ChecksheetMinimum 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: B380
To enroll in upper-division business courses, students must be certified for degree candidacy and meet all prerequisites.
A maximum of six hours of transfer work will apply toward the major.
Major Requirements
Any 3000- or 4000-level ENT course will count in the Entrepreneurship and Venture Management major grade point average unless otherwise specified, including additional hours taken to fulfill electives.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| B AD 3013 | Integrated Business Core Practicum 1 | 3 |
| ENT 3113 | New Venture Development I | 3 |
| ENT 3513 | Venture Capitalization I | 3 |
| ENT 3603 | New Venture Development II | 3 |
| ENT 4603 | New Venture Development III | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
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B AD 3013 is preferred; any 3000/4000 level ENT course not used in the major or as a required ENT course may be substituted.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements 1 | 12 | |
| 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) 2 | ||
| Additional Requirements | 8 | |
| Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace | ||
| Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace | ||
| Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| Business Finance | ||
| Required ENT Courses | 9 | |
Choose three 3000/4000 level courses from any ENT course not used in the major or 3000/4000 level courses as approved by the ENT Division | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 29 | |
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The Integrated Business Core is strongly recommended.
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Requires completion of all other business core courses prior to enrollment and permission from Price Academic Advising Services.
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.
UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION (MINIMUM 40 HOURS) AND COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Area I: Symbolic and Oral Communication | 6-16 | |
| Principles of English Composition (Core I) | ||
| Principles of English Composition (Core I) | ||
or EXPO 1213 | 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) | ||
| Mathematics | 6 | |
| Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1 | ||
| Calculus I 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 1113 | American Federal Government (Core III) | 3 |
| Core Area IV: Arts and Humanities | 12 | |
| United States to 1865 (Core IV) | ||
or HIST 1493 | 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 Experience | 3 | |
Choose one course | ||
| Basic Business 4 | 22 | |
| Fundamental Financial Accounting 5 | ||
| Fundamental Managerial Accounting | ||
| Personal Computing Productivity Tools | ||
| 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 Hours | 59-69 | |
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Substitute: MATH 1523 for MATH 1643; MATH 1823 or MATH 1914 for MATH 1743
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Two courses, 6 hours, of Core III Social Science are required and one course must be P SC 1113. ECON 1113 or ECON 1123 will meet the other 3 hours of this requirement.
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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.
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College requirement: courses are part of the degree candidacy application process that students must complete to earn degree candidacy and begin upper-division business courses.
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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 2110, B AD 2113, MGT 2013, and MKT 2013 will not count for credit toward a BBA.
Additional Requirements
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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.
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Pass/No Pass will not be accepted for any upper-division Business or General Education courses or any specifically required courses.
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Sixty hours, excluding physical education activity courses, must be taken at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution.
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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.
During the second semester, sophomore year:
- Apply for degree candidacy
- Recommended semester to study abroad
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| ECON 1113 | Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III) | 3 |
| ENGL 1113 | Principles of English Composition (Core I) | 3 |
| MATH 1643 | Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences | 3 |
| General Education Artistic Forms (Core IV) 1 | 3 | |
| First-Year Experience (Core V) 1 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| B AD 1001 | Personal Computing Productivity Tools | 1 |
| ECON 1123 | Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III) | 3 |
| ENGL 1213 or EXPO 1213 | Principles of English Composition (Core I) or Expository Writing | 3 |
| MATH 1743 | Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) | 3 |
| MIS 2113 | Computer-Based Information Systems | 3 |
| Natural Science (Core II) 1 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ACCT 2113 | Fundamental Financial Accounting | 3 |
| B AD 2091 | Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace | 1 |
| B C 2813 | Strategic Communication for Business Professionals | 3 |
| ECON 2843 | Elements of Statistics | 3 |
| P SC 1113 | American Federal Government (Core III) | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ACCT 2123 | Fundamental Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ENT 2113 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| FIN 2303 | Business Finance | 3 |
| PHIL 1273 | Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture) | 3 |
| Natural Science with lab (2nd discipline) (Core II) 1 | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| 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 |
| MKT 3013 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| General Education World Culture (Core IV) 1 | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Integrated Business Core Practicum | ||
Free Elective | ||
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ENT 3113 | New Venture Development I | 3 |
| HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 | United States to 1865 (Core IV) or United States, 1865 to the Present | 3 |
| Required ENT Course (Upper-Division) | 3 | |
| Required ENT Course (Upper-Division) | 3 | |
| Upper-Division General Education Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ENT 3513 | Venture Capitalization I | 3 |
| ENT 3603 | New Venture Development II | 3 |
| Required ENT course (Upper-Division) | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 1 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| B AD 4013 | Business Strategy and Policy | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
Free Elective | ||
| Integrated Business Core Practicum (substitute course) | ||
| ENT 4603 | New Venture Development III | 3 |
| Free Elective | 1 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
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University-Wide General Education course, refer to online listing.
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May be free elective if artistic form, World culture, or science is 3000- or 4000-level.