OSB currently offers the bachelor of business administration (BBA).
Philosophy
The BBA program is for university entrants focused on translating their thinking and interests into career opportunities in business. The program combines business and arts and sciences in a rigorous learning environment to help students gain a holistic understanding of the social, cultural, and economic environment in which they operate. The curriculum’s liberal arts-based operational focus is deeply grounded in analytics while emphasizing soft skill areas such as leadership, decision-making, and ethical reasoning.
Direct Admission
Students are admitted as sophomores to the BBA program. These students are normally admitted directly from secondary school into the sophomore class at OSB. For complete and detailed information regarding admission to the university, see the Office of Admissions section of this catalogue. All direct admissions are decided by the university Unified Admissions Committee.
Transfers
As per OSB’s bylaws, all transfer decisions are made by the school’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee.
Transfer from the Freshman Class of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Eligibility conditions are:
- Successful completion of at least 26 freshman credits (advanced placement credits inclusive).
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- A minimum grade of B in one of the following courses: MATH 100, MATH 101, MATH 102, or MATH 203.
All final admission decisions depend on the overall quality of the eligible applicant pool and the number of available places for the term in question.
Transfer from Other Faculties at AUB
Non-OSB students at AUB, other than those from the freshman class of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, may apply for a transfer to OSB in order to pursue a BBA degree. To be eligible for an internal transfer, applicants must:
- have completed at least 24 sophomore credits (or 54 credits including freshman credits).
- not be on probation.
- have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Students with an overall GPA of less than 3.0 and have met the above conditions may be considered (through a petition at OSB) for an internal transfer, provided they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in any 5 of the following courses: ACCT 210L (or ACCT 211), FINA 210 (or FINA 211), INFO 200, DCSN 200, MNGT 215, MKTG 210, ACCT 215, DCSN 205, and BUSS 215.
All final admission decisions depend on the overall quality of the eligible applicant pool and the number of available places for the term in question.
It is important to note that for transfer purposes, late freshman students who have taken more than 30 credits but less than or equal to 45 credits are treated as freshman students (i.e., they must meet freshman transfer requirements).
Transfer from Outside AUB (Other Universities)
Students currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at another university in Lebanon or abroad may apply for transfer to the OSB sophomore or junior class. To be eligible for admission to AUB and to OSB’s business program, the applicants must:
- be transferring from an appropriately accredited university or institution of higher education recognized by AUB.
- have completed at least 24 sophomore credits (or 54 credits inclusive of the freshman year).
- have achieved a minimum overall cumulative average equivalent to the AUB GPA of 3.0; applicants should meet the Readiness for University Studies in English before registration.
All final admission decisions depend on the overall quality of the eligible applicant pool and the number of available places for the term in question.
It is important to note the following:
- Transfer of credit is considered only for courses completed in the five-year period preceding the proposed date of joining the BBA program.
- Students transferring to OSB from another institution will not be granted equivalency credits for core business courses. Core business courses are: ACCT 210L, ACCT 215, BUSS 200, BUSS 211, BUSS 215, BUSS 239, BUSS 245, BUSS 249, DCSN 200, FINA 210, INFO 200, MKTG 210 and MNGT 215.
- The students are required to achieve a minimum grade of “B” in all business courses for which transfer credit is sought.
The Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee reserves the right to require the students to sit for an exemption test prior to the approval of transferred courses. An exemption test may be taken only once.
Business as a Second Degree
The OSB Undergraduate Admissions Committee evaluates all applications for the BBA as a second degree and makes recommendations to the dean. To be eligible for admission, students must have a first degree from an appropriately accredited institution of higher education recognized by AUB with a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 (or its equivalent).
All final admission decisions depend on the overall quality of the eligible applicant pool and the number of available places for the term in question.
Application process is available in the General University Academic Information section of the catalogue.
Dual Degree
Students may, upon approval of the concerned faculty, complete the requirements for a second degree while registered in another faculty at AUB. In such a case, students will be granted two degrees at the same time upon graduation. If tuition differs, students will pay the higher of the tuitions. To be eligible for a dual degree with OSB, the applicants must:
- have completed at least 24 sophomore credits (or 54 credits including freshman credits).
- not be on probation.
- have completed all courses required for a minor in business: ACCT 210L (or ACCT 211), FINA 210 (or FINA 211), INFO 200, DCSN 200, MKTG 210, and MNGT 215.
- achieved a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.0.
All final admission decisions depend on the overall quality of the eligible applicant pool and the number of available places for the term in question.
Students interested in a dual degree must submit a dual degree petition form through the Online Petitions and Forms System (OPFS).
Minors
Business as a Minor Field of Study
Students who wish to obtain a minor in business are required to:
- Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in the following business courses: ACCT 210L (Financial Accounting - including Lab, 3 cr.) or ACCT 211 (Financial Accounting for Engineers, 3 cr.), DCSN 200 (Operations Management, 3 cr.), FINA 210 (Business Finance, 3 cr.) or FINA 211 (Introduction to Finance for Engineers, 3 cr.), INFO 200 (Foundations of Information Systems, 3 cr.), MKTG 210 (Principles of Marketing, 3 cr.) and MNGT 215 (Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior, 3 cr.)
- Pass the required six courses (ACCT 210L or ACCT 211, FINA 210 or FINA 211, MNGT 215, MKTG 210, INFO 200 and DCSN 200) and maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 in all business courses taken. ACCT 211 waives ACCT 210L and FINA 211 waives FINA 210 for engineering students. Other non-business students will receive credits only for either ACCT 210L or ACCT 211 and FINA 210 or FINA 211.
It is important to note the following: No business courses required by the faculty in which the students are pursuing their major field of study (the “major faculty”) may be counted towards the business minor. In cases where students have taken business courses as required by their major faculty, they must take additional business electives to achieve the total 18 credits required for the minor. In all cases, course prerequisites, as stipulated in OSB’s curriculum, apply, and are strictly enforced.
Business Sustainability as a Minor Field of Study
Students who wish to obtain a minor in business sustainability are required to complete 18 credit hours as follows:
- A required course in corporate sustainability: BUSS 224 (Business and Sustainability, 3 cr.)
- Two business courses from the following list: ACCT 210L (Financial Accounting - including Lab, 3 cr.) or ACCT 211 (Financial Accounting for Engineers, 3 cr.), DCSN 200 (Operations Management, 3 cr.), FINA 210 (Business Finance, 3 cr.) or FINA 211 (Introduction to Finance for Engineers, 3 cr.), MKTG 210 (Principles of Marketing, 3 cr.), and MNGT 215 (Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior, 3 cr.).
- One business sustainability course from the following list: DCSN 214 (Sustainable Supply Chain Management, 3 cr.), ENTM 240 (Social entrepreneurship, 3 cr.), FINA 249 (Introduction to Sustainable Finance, 3cr.), or another pre-approved business sustainability course. (Course prerequisites apply and are strictly enforced. DCSN 200 is a prerequisite for DCSN 214, ACCT 210L or ACCT 211 and FINA 210 or FINA 211 are prerequisites for FINA 249)
- Two courses in the science of sustainability and/or sustainability policy from the list below or other pre-approved courses.
- CHEM 202 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry (3 cr.)
- ENHL 220 Fundamentals of Environmental Health Sciences (3 cr.)
- GEOL 227 Alternative Energy and Climate Change (3 cr.)
- GEOL 290B/ AROL 235AJ/ Climate and Human Societies (3 cr.)
- LDEM 203 The Environment and Sustainable Development (3 cr.)
- LDEM 230 Water and the Environment (3 cr.)
- LDEM 262 Healing Nature: Theoretical Perspectives and Applications (3 cr.)
- MSCU 201 Coastal and Marine Environments: Introductory Course (3 cr.)
- MSUC 204 Coastal and Marine Environments: Maritime Cultural Heritage (3 cr.)
- PHIL 209 Environmental Ethics (3 cr.)
- Capstone project (3 cr.)
- Other pre-approved courses from OSB or outside OSB
Students are required to pass all the required six courses (18 credits) and maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 across these courses to earn the minor in business sustainability.
It is important to note the following: no business courses required by the faculty in which the students are pursuing their major field of study (the “major faculty”) may be counted towards the business minor. In cases where students have taken business courses as required by their major faculty, they must take additional business electives to achieve the total 18 credits required for the minor. In all cases, course prerequisites, as stipulated in OSB’s curriculum, apply, and are strictly enforced.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation as a Minor Field of Study
Students who wish to obtain a minor in entrepreneurship and innovation are required to complete 18 credit hours as follows:
- Three required business courses: ENTM 220 (Entrepreneurship and Business Planning 3 cr.), BUSS 220 (Personal Financial Planning 3 cr.), and MNGT 215 (Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior, 3 cr.).
- One business course from the following list: DCSN 200 (Operations Management, 3 cr.), INFO 200 (Foundations of Information Systems 3 cr.), and MKTG 210 (Principles of Marketing, 3 cr.).
- Two courses from the entrepreneurship and innovation concentration courses (ENTM).
- One required zero-credit workshop on funding strategies for entrepreneurs as part of ENTM 253 (Technical Skills Workshop in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 0 cr.).
Students are required to pass all the required six courses (18 credits) and the workshop, and maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 across these courses to earn the minor in entrepreneurship and innovation.
It is important to note the following: no business courses required by the faculty in which the students are pursuing their major field of study (the “major faculty”) may be counted towards the business minor. In cases where students have taken business courses as required by their major faculty, they must take additional business electives to achieve the total 18 credits required for the minor. In all cases, course prerequisites, as stipulated in OSB’s curriculum, apply, and are strictly enforced.
For further information on minors, refer to the General University Academic Information section of the catalogue.
Academic Policies
All information on registration requirements, academic advisers, classification of students, class attendance, correct use of language, cross registration, dean’s honor list, academic probation, dismissal, directed study, disclosure of student records, English proficiency, grading system, graduation with distinction and high distinction, and policy on transfer within the university, refer to the General University Academic Information section of this catalogue.
Other OSB-specific academic rules and regulations follow.
Credit Load
The credit load of students is available in the General University Academic Information section of the catalogue. Business students who wish to increase their credit load to 18 credit hours a term must have completed ENGL 203 and ENGL 204 and then petition the OSB Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Student Affairs Committee for permission to do so. Normally, junior and senior students with an overall GPA of at least 3.3 or a GPA of at least 3.3 in the last two terms are given such permission.
Business students who are registered in the BUSS 245 course (internship) may register for no more than three other credit hours, provided that the other course(s) taken do not conflict with the working hours of the summer internship. Honor students may petition to be allowed to register for a maximum of seven credit hours, including internship.
Readmission
Refer to the General University Academic Information section of this catalogue.
Normally, transfer credits are considered from AACSB accredited universities and after evaluation of the students’ coursework. The students must have achieved a minimum grade equivalent to the AUB GPA of 3.0 in each of the courses for which transfer of credits may be granted.
Regulations on readmission also apply to students who are dropped from other AUB faculties and apply for admission to OSB.
Readmission of students dropped from the school by the Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee requires the approval of that committee, whereas the readmission of students dropped from other AUB faculties requires the approval of the OSB Admissions Committee.
Incompletes (Final Exam Policy)
Students who, at the end of a term, are missing a major requirement of a course (e.g., final examination), they (or their family member) must, within 72 hours of the final exam date, submit a paper or online makeup petition along with evidence of a valid excuse. Medical reports and/or qualified professional opinions issued by an AUBMC doctor or by the University Health Services are normally accepted. Should the validity of an excuse be in question, the OSB Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee may not allow the students to sit for a makeup examination.
If granted permission, students should be ready to take the makeup exam during the final exams period. In rare and exceptional circumstances, the OSB Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Student Affairs Committee may grant the students additional time, normally no later than the first month of the subsequent term. Students who have already sat for a final examination may not re-take that examination.
Examinations and Quizzes
Undergraduate business courses, other than tutorial and seminar courses, have final examinations unless otherwise authorized by the OSB Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee. In all courses in which final examinations are given, students would not receive a passing grade without taking a final examination. Even though final examinations are not required in tutorial and seminar courses, the instructor may choose to give a final examination.
- Students who miss a major quiz or a midterm exam or the final exam without a valid reason will receive a grade of zero. No make-up is allowed.
- No shift in weight to the final exam is allowed.
- The midterm exam policy should be stated clearly in the syllabus of the course.
- No extra sessions will be given during the reading period.
- No final exams will be held during or before the reading period.
- Students should be informed that any form of solicitation of grades will be subject to disciplinary action.
In order to receive permission for a make-up, and only for serious medical reasons, students must provide to the instructor, within 72 hours of the missed quiz or exam, an approved medical report signed by an ER or a University Health Services (UHS) doctor at AUB Medical Center (AUBMC), and/or qualified professional opinions issued by an AUB employee for further consideration. If the make-up quiz or midterm exam is approved, then the students will sit for the make-up on any of the following three days: the last day of term classes or the first two days of the reading period as decided by the director of the undergraduate program. Should the students appeal the instructor’s decision, the matter should be referred to the OSB’s Student Affairs Committee.
Study Abroad and Exchange Program
Business students who have started their undergraduate program at AUB and who wish to study abroad must seek prior approval from the OSB Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee if the students wish to spend up to one year and earn up to 30 credits at another university. However, the students must spend their last term at AUB. They must achieve an average grade of “B” in all the courses (business or non-business) for which transfer credit may be granted. Courses with a grade less than “C+” will not be transferred. Courses with online or hybrid method of delivery will not be transferred. Business students wishing to study abroad through an exchange program (mainly AACSB accredited schools) approved by the Office of International Programs, are allowed to transfer two core and two concentration business courses provided they receive an average grade of “B” in all the courses with a minimum grade equivalent to a “C+” in any of the courses. Non-business students, who are working towards a minor offered by the BBA program and wishing to study abroad through an exchange program approved by the Office of International Programs, are allowed to transfer one of the six courses that are required for a minor in business.
Graduation Requirements
Refer to the General University Academic Information section of this catalogue. Graduation requirements for the bachelor of business administration (BBA) are as follows:
- A minimum of six terms beginning with the sophomore class is required.
- A maximum of six calendar years is allowed for the graduation of students who begin with the sophomore class, four calendar years for juniors and two calendar years for seniors. Students who fail to complete their degree program within these specified times must petition the OSB Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee for an extension.
- Students transferring to AUB from another recognized institution of higher learning must register in the final three regular terms and complete at least 45 credits at AUB, of which a minimum of 24 credits must be in business before they are allowed to graduate with a BBA. For the purpose of this requirement, two summer terms shall be considered equivalent to one term.
- Transfer students from within AUB must meet the residency requirement before they graduate with a BBA degree. The residency requirement stipulates that students must spend a minimum of one regular term (i.e., fall or spring) and one summer term in the school, during which they must complete a minimum of 24 credits, 12 of which are business credits. During this period, the students must meet all minimum academic standards set forth by the school.
- Sophomore students should complete a minimum of 90 credits. With the approval of the OSB Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs and Curriculum Committee, tracks may establish programs that exceed these minimum credit requirements.
- Students should complete 51 credits in business courses comprising 36 credits of core courses and 15 credits of business electives in a concentration area. Students must achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 2.3 in these 51 credits and GPA of 2.3 on the 36 credits of core courses.
- For students to graduate with a concentration, the 15 credits in the concentration area must be completed with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.3. Normally a maximum of two courses completed outside OSB may count towards the concentration.
- Students must complete two required 0-credit business workshops: Business Communication Skills workshop and one Technical Skills workshop in the students’ chosen concentration. Students may enroll in one optional Critical Thinking Skills workshop.
- Students must successfully complete the assurance of learning requirements.
- When students repeat a course, the highest grade obtained in the course is used in computing the students’ average for graduation purposes. Students may repeat any course.
- Students must have grades of C+ or more in at least 50 credits numbered 200 or above.
- All students entering at sophomore, junior or senior level must satisfy the Arabic language requirements by taking one Arabic course.
- All business students must take Understanding Communication - English courses as determined by placement upon matriculation. These required courses may be taken immediately upon matriculation and must be continued without interruption until completed.
- For example, students entering at the lowest level may take four terms of English (Intensive ENGL 100A or 100B, if required, and/or 102, 203 and 204); students entering at the third level must take two terms (203 and 204; i.e., six credits). If ENGL 203 was taken during freshman year, students must substitute it with any 3-credit elective.
- All business students must take MATH 203, MATH 204 and CMPS 208. Students who are exempted from MATH 203 must take, in addition to MATH 204 and CMPS 208, any other free elective course offered at AUB faculties. If MATH 203 or MATH 101 was taken during freshman year, students must substitute it with any 3-credit elective.
- All business students must take ECON 211 and ECON 212.
- As per the university general education requirement, all business students must take three courses (9 credits) from the General Education Cultures and Histories courses. Of those, 3 credits should be in the History of Ideas and 3 credits should hold both “Cultures and Histories” AND “Social Inequalities” attributes. In addition, students are required to take BUSS 215, which is designated as a Human Values course for the general education requirement. Students must also take a course (3 credits) in Community Engaged Learning.
- All business students must take one course (3 credits) from Understanding the World from the General Education Program.
- Students must complete ACCT 210L, FINA 210, INFO 200, MNGT 215, and MKTG 210 as prerequisites to BUSS 245.
- All business students must take one free business elective course from OSB offerings. Students pursuing a minor at any other AUB faculty, dual degree or premedical may use this free business elective to take a non-business course towards fulfilling the minor, dual degree, or premedical requirements.
- All business students must satisfy the general education requirements as specified for all AUB students.
- Students already holding a bachelor’s degree outside business and wishing to obtain a BBA must complete 51 business credit hours after admission. However, students who have completed a minor in business or who have taken 18 or more business credit hours prior to applying for the BBA as a second degree must take no fewer than 33 business credit hours. All second-degree students must also fulfill other non-business graduation requirements.
Bachelor of Business Administration Curriculum
The undergraduate program, leading to a BBA degree, requires students to complete 120 credit hours for those beginning at the freshman level and 90 credit hours for those joining the university as sophomores. Of the total required credit hours, the BBA program requires 51 credit hours, including a 1-credit internship program, to be satisfactorily completed in business courses, with the remainder allocated to liberal arts/non-business courses. In addition, and as a condition for graduation, all students are required to successfully complete two 0-credit pass/fail workshops designed to enhance their business communication skills and technical skills within the business concentration. Students have the option to enroll in an additional 0-credit workshop designed to enhance their critical thinking skills.
Assurance of Learning Requirements
To comply with AACSB Assurance of Learning guidelines and standards, all students are required, as a condition for graduation, to successfully complete work assigned by the school for this purpose during their last term.
Business Requirements
Of the total required credit hours, 51 must be satisfactorily completed in business courses. Of these 51, a general business core comprising 33 credit hours is common to all business students, and one free 3-credit business elective. In addition to this general business core (which includes the two 0-credit workshops mentioned above), the students must complete 15 additional credit hours of business electives in one of the following concentration areas which include:
Concentration
| Discipline
| Track
|
Accounting
| Accounting
| Finance, Accounting, and Managerial Economics (FAME)
|
Finance
| Finance
| Finance, Accounting, and Managerial Economics (FAME)
|
Marketing
| Marketing
| Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship (MME)
|
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship (MME)
|
| Management and Organization | Management
| Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship (MME)
|
Information Systems
| Business Information and Decision Systems | Business Information and Decision Systems (BIDS)
|
Operations Management
| Business Information and Decision Systems | Business Information and Decision Systems (BIDS)
|
| General Business | Multidisciplinary | NA
|
Students selecting the finance concentration have the option to select a sub-emphasis in either corporate finance or investment management. All courses qualifying as business electives must be offered by OSB.
The students must declare concentration(s) no later than the end of the junior year. BBA students are allowed to graduate with a maximum of two concentrations by completing 15 credits in the first concentration, 12 credits in the second concentration and one technical skills workshop in each concentration; however, the free business elective course can be counted towards the second concentration provided that the free business elective course is listed in the second concentration courses.
Required Core Business Courses (36 credits)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ACCT 210L | Financial Accounting - Including Lab | 3 |
| ACCT 215 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| BUSS 200 | Business Data Analysis | 3 |
| BUSS 211 | Business Law | 2 |
| BUSS 215 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| BUSS 239 | Business Communication Skills Workshop | 0 |
| BUSS 245 | Internship/Practicum | 1 |
| BUSS 249 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| DCSN 200 | Operations Management | 3 |
| FINA 210 | Business Finance | 3 |
| INFO 200 | Foundations of Information Systems | 3 |
| MNGT 215 | Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 210 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Free Business Elective | Any business elective course | 3 |
| Total Business Credit Hours | 36 |
Note:
- Students will neither receive credits for ECON 213, EDUC 219, EDUC 227, STAT 201, ENGM 500, AGSC 212, nor waive any of the business courses of similar nature.
- STAT 210 is considered as equivalent to BUSS 200 for students who completed STAT 210 with a minimum grade of B- prior to transferring to business. Business students may not take STAT 210 and receive credits for it.
Internship Requirements
All BBA students must successfully complete the internship requirement (BUSS 245). Normally, the internship takes place in the summer term directly following the completion of the junior year. Students must register for the summer internship and provide the school with an employer’s acceptance. All students applying for the internship program must:
- Be juniors or seniors who have completed the following courses by the end of the spring term: FINA 210 or FINA 211, MNGT 215, MKTG 210 and INFO 200.
- Have completed the following by the end of the fall term:
- at least 38 credit hours if they were admitted to the university as sophomores.
- or at least 68 credit hours if they were admitted to the university as freshmen.
Internship Guidelines
- The internship is normally eight weeks in duration and takes place during the summer term (i.e., any eight weeks between mid-May and end of August).
- Students must comply with the policy of the host company regarding working days and working hours.
- The workweek must not be less than five working days.
- Working hours are according to host company policies.
- The students may choose to complete their internship locally or abroad.
- The students will be supervised by a faculty member from OSB and the work supervisor at the company throughout the internship period.
- The internship is graded. The grade is based on the evaluations of both the direct work supervisor and the OSB faculty supervisor.
- The internship grade is included in the computation of the students’ overall GPA.
- The students cannot do their internship at a family business.
General Education Requirements
Starting at the sophomore level, of the required 90 credit hours of the BBA program, 39 credit hours must be satisfactorily completed in general education courses. These include 6 credit hours of English, 6 credit hours of economics (Societies and Individuals), 9 credit hours of Cultures and Histories including 3 credits from the History of Ideas and 3 credits that hold both “Cultures and Histories” and “Social Inequalities” attributes, 6 credit hours of mathematics (quantitative reasoning), 3 credit hours of computer science (quantitative reasoning), 3 credit hours of Arabic, 3 credit hours of Understanding the World, and 3 credits of Community Engaged Learning. For a list of specific required general education courses, refer to the next section.
Students who took required general education courses in their freshman year are exempted from them in the sophomore year. These students, as well as sophomore students who are exempted from specific general education course(s), must take additional free electives to fulfill the minimum of 39 credit hours of general education courses required for graduation. These free electives may be taken in business or non-business courses.
Program Outline Important Notes
It is important to note the following:
- Holders of the Literature & Humanities or the Sociology & Economics BACC II must take MATH 203 and MATH 204. Holders of the General Sciences or Life Sciences BACC II must take only MATH 204 and an additional free elective to substitute for MATH 203 as per the minimum credit hour requirement for degree completion.
- French Baccalaureate holders who did not take math in grade 12 (Terminale) must take MATH 203 and MATH 204. French Baccalaureate holders who completed mathématiques expertes or spécialité mathématiques or mathématiques complémentaires in grade 12 (Terminale) must take only MATH 204 and an additional free elective to substitute for MATH 203 as per the minimum credit hour requirement for degree completion.
- International Baccalaureate diploma holders who completed math at the Standard Level (SL) or at the Higher Level (HL) must take only MATH 204 and an additional free elective to substitute for MATH 203 as per the minimum credit hour requirement for degree completion.
- IGCSE diploma holders who completed math at the Ordinary Level (O-Level) must take MATH 203 and MATH 204. IGCSE diploma holders who completed math at the Advanced Level (A-Level) must take only MATH 204 and an additional free elective to substitute for MATH 203.
- In order to complete the humanities requirement, students must complete 9 credit hours of Cultures and Histories courses. In addition, 3 credits must be completed from Human Values (BUSS 215). Please refer to the General Education section of this catalogue for more detail.
- Understanding the World courses must be chosen as per the university General Education guidelines (please refer to the General Education section of this catalogue).
- The Business Communication Skills workshop, the Technical Skills workshop and the Critical Thinking Skills workshop are graded on a P/F basis.
- ECON 213, EDUC 219, EDUC 227, ENMG 500, AGSC 212, STAT 201, STAT 210, as well as any other course that significantly overlaps with OSB core courses cannot be given equivalence to OSB required courses. These courses cannot be counted for credit as business or non-business free electives.
- Courses that may significantly overlap with business elective courses, such as MCOM 217, and SOAN 243, may be taken as free electives. However, students will not receive credit for any of these courses if they have taken the respective equivalent business elective.
- Students who are exempted from any required courses such as MATH 203 have to meet the 90 credit-hour graduation requirement by taking additional free electives.
Career Readiness Program
Career Readiness is an optional structured program that allows students to complete the requirements of the BBA degree while gaining significant work experience. It is a committed partnership between OSB and a selective number of companies to provide students with experiential learning opportunities and an in-depth understanding of the workplace by the time they graduate. Based on the principle that learning works best when academic achievement is enriched with practical experience, the program provides a match between employers seeking well-educated student talents and students seeking to reskill and upskill in a work integrated learning environment.
The program offers two courses: CO-OP education (BUSS 255) and Advanced COOP education (BUSS 256). These are 3 credits courses that are optional. Students who successfully complete BUSS 255 (3 credits) are exempted from the BUSS 245 Internship course; only one credit will count towards the 120 credits required to complete the BBA degree. All other CO-OP credits are not counted towards the BBA degree requirements.
Upon completing the CO-OP and/or Advanced CO-OP education, students will receive a Certificate of Completion (specifying the work duration) in addition to their BBA degree.
After each CO-OP education course, students must spend one term as full-time students at OSB.
To enroll in the CO-OP education course (BUSS 255), students must have applied and be selected in the preceding term. Selection to the course is based on academic performance, CV, interview, and a reference letter. Moreover, students must have completed 36 credits by the time of enrollment, including all the prerequisite courses, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
To enroll in the Advanced CO-OP education course (BUSS 256), students must have successfully completed the CO-OP education course (BUSS 255) followed by one term as full-time students. Students must have applied and be selected in the preceding term. Selection to the course is based on academic performance, CV, interview, and a reference letter. Moreover, students must have completed 48 credits by the time of enrollment, including all the prerequisite courses, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
Note: The final enrollment into either course is subject to the availability of vacancies approved by the Career Readiness Program Office and the partner company’s requirements.