Degree Requirements

A BBA degree is granted after a student completes degree requirements and a minimum of 120 semester hours (or credits). The final 45 credit hours of the 120 required for graduation must be completed at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus.  Of the 120 credit hours required, students must complete: all core requirements, 3 of 4 Distribution Requirements, a minimum of 45 Business Administration credits, and a minimum of 54 non-business credits (see BBA Bulletin for program requirements). 

The junior and senior years of study in the BBA program are organized around a core of required courses.  Beginning Fall 2003, First-Year BBAs will be pre-registered into their core courses, which must be taken in this prescribed order:

Junior Year

Fall Term

BE 300, Economics of Enterprise
FIN 300, Financial Management
MKT 300, Marketing Management
BIT 301, Information Systems
Elective/ACC 272 (if not completed before entering program)

Winter Term

MO 300, Behavioral Theory in Management
OMS 311, Operations Management
OMS 301, Introductory Probability and Statistics
2 electives*

Senior Year

Fall Term

5 electives *
 

Winter Term

CSIB 390, Corporate Strategy
4 electives *
 

* Business Law (either LHC 305 or LHC 306) and Business Communications (LHC 350) may be taken at any time during the four terms of study.