Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Business Administration, B.S.B.A.


The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) degree requires successful completion of 120 hours of coursework.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the B.S.B.A. program will be:

  • effective and professional communicators;
  • knowledgeable of ethical, global, and social environmental factors and how they relate to business decisions; and
  • knowledgeable of the functional areas of business.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience


Core Curriculum and First Year Experience


General Curriculum


Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement.  

Business Core


Business majors must earn a grade of C or higher (unless noted otherwise) in each of the business core courses in order to meet requirements for graduation.

Major Required Courses (18-31 hours)


Students pursuing the B.S.B.A. may major in accounting , computer information systems economics , energy management , finance international business and language , management , or marketing ; or they may apply to enroll in accelerated graduate or law  programs.

General Education Electives (9 hours)


Only courses from outside the Collins College of Business may be used for general education electives.

Free Electives (0-12 hours depending on major)


Any non-required undergraduate course the institution offers.

Suggested Sequence of Study


Students are admitted to the Collins College of Business as freshmen and are encouraged to explore and study all the disciplines in which they could declare a major. To supplement this process and to build on a hierarchy of knowledge and general education, the following sequence of courses is presented as a guideline for study. Specific majors have their own required and suggested sequence of courses. The suggested sequence of study is different for the majors in energy management  and international business and language 

Freshman


Second Semester


  • Foreign Language (4 hours)
  • Block II Historical and Social Interpretation
  • Block III Scientific Investigation without lab

Sophomore


Junior


First Semester


Second Semester


Senior


First Semester


  • Major course
  • Major course
  • Lower level general education elective
  • Lower level free elective
  • Upper free elective

Second Semester


Note:


**ECON 2013  and ECON 2023  are required courses in the business core which are also used to fulfill part of the Tulsa Curriculum Block II requirement.

The number of required major courses varies by major. The number of general education and free electives also varies by major.  See specific major requirements for more information.