200 Bexell Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
97331-2603
541-737-3716
Web site: http://www.bus.oregonstate.edu/

ADMINISTRATION

Ilene Kleinsorge, Dean and Sara Hart Kimball Chair, 737-6024, ilene@bus.oregonstate.edu
James R. Coakley, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, 737-3716, coakley@bus.oregonstate.edu
Jack Drexler, Associate Dean for Faculty, 737-4276, drexler@bus.oregonstate.edu
Brenda Sallee, Head Advisor, 737-3716, brenda.sallee@bus.oregonstate.edu

FACULTY

Accounting:

Professor Graham
Associate Professors C. Brown, Kleinsorge
Assistant Professors Caplan, Moore, Mortenson
Instructors Bourne, Brown, L. Perez

Business Law:

Associate Professor King
Instructor Lykins

Entrepreneurship:

Associate Professor Dibrell
Assistant Professors Cromer, Garrett, Khoury, D. Neubaum
Instructors Archer, Dowling, C. Klemm, S. Neubaum, Turner

Finance:

Professor Brooks
Assistant Professors Berger, Elston, Mathew, Yang
Instructors Johnson, Romero

International:

Associate Professor Lawton
Assistant Professor Elston

Management:

Professor Larson
Associate Professors Baldridge, Dibrell, Drexler, Hacker
Assistant Professors Neubaum, Simpson, Swift, Wu
Instructors Cieri, Dowling, Gonzalez, R. Klemm, Shaw, Sloan, Stenson, Young

Marketing:

Professor McAlexander
Associate Professor Koenig
Assistant Professors Bee, Cromer, Knuff, Malkewitz
Instructors Elton, Hartman

MIS:

Associate Professors Coakley, Reitsma
Assistant Professor Marshall
Instructors Curry, VT Raja

Quantitative Methods:

Associate Professor Hsieh
Instructor Moran

The College of Business is currently experiencing an exciting period of change. During this time, many improvements are being made, including some modifications to the degree curricula. For the most up-to-date information about new or potential changes, contact the College of Business's Office of Student Services in 214 Bexell Hall or call 541-737-3716.

The College of Business provides nationally recognized research-based education that prepares profession-ready graduates who can excel in an innovative knowledge-based economy. The undergraduate and graduate programs in business and the undergraduate program in accounting are all accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The College of Business offers two undergraduate degree programs and one graduate degree program. Curricula lead to Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees. For advanced degrees see the Graduate School section of this catalog.

Students wanting to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Business will need to:

1. Demonstrate proficiency through the second year of a foreign language (foreign language is defined as completing the 213 level of that language with a C or better or getting a signed letter by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures that states they have determined the student has that level of proficiency without needing the course work), and
2. Demonstrate cultural awareness by either:
   1. Completing 6 credits of upper-division course work focusing on the culture of regions that commonly use the foreign language in which the student is proficient, or
   2. Successfully complete a study abroad, global internship, or research experience of at least 10 weeks in a non-English speaking foreign country while enrolled at OSU. This experience must be clearly documented for audit purposes.

The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in business administration offer options in accounting, finance, general business, international business, management, management information systems, marketing management, and entrepreneurship.

College of Business undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in student exchange programs around the world.

The College of Business encourages experiential learning through its Arthur Stonehill International Exchange Program, Business Solutions Group, Austin Entrepreneurship Program, Austin Family Business Program, Close to Customer (C2C) Marketing Project, student clubs, and internships.

Undergraduate Majors

Option
Accounting Information Systems

Business Administration (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

Options
Accounting [Terminated winter 2010]
Entrepreneurship for Business Majors
Finance [Terminated winter 2010]
General Business (Cascades Campus only)
International Business
Management [Terminated winter 2010]
Management Information Systems [Terminated winter 2010]
Marketing Management [Terminated winter 2010]

Business Information Systems (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

Finance (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

Management (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

Marketing (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

Minor

Certificate Program

Graduate Major

Graduate Area of Concentration
Business Administration

Graduate Minor

High School Preparation

Transfer Students

Advising and Experiential Learning

Concurrent Degrees

International Degree

Minor Programs

The Arthur Stonehill International Business Exchange Program

Austin Entrepreneurship Program

The Austin Entrepreneurship Program (AEP) at Weatherford Hall is dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship and developing entrepreneurial thinking. By combining formal entrepreneurship curriculum with a broad range of informal curriculum activities in a unique residential college facility, students live, study, work and dream together...sharing ideas, thinking creatively and learning practical life skills through hands-on experience.

Austin Family Business Program

Located within the College of Business since 1985, the Austin Family Business Program fosters family businesses through workshops, checklists, videos, academic courses, and Internet resources. The program helps business-owning families manage day-to-day operations and plan for future generations.

Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Accounting

Business Solutions Group

The Business Solutions Group (BSG) is an experiential learning program that provides product testing and custom software solutions to various business partners-including Fortune 500 companies, state agencies, and OSU departments. In a real-world environment, students hone technical and business skills including troubleshooting, networking, problem solving, object oriented programming, team work, project management, and customer relations. BSG leverages emerging technologies to solve business problems, preparing students for the business community of tomorrow. Paid student positions include test engineer, developer, analyst, project manager, and administrative assistant. Paid internships for OSU credit are also available.

Close to the Customer Project (C2C)

The C2C Project delivers market research to entrepreneurship students, as well as external clients, while providing experiential learning for students.

Graduate Program

Master of Business Administration

With the IBP, student teams are tasked with creating fact-based, research-driven business plans for the companies of their choice. Whether developing an entrepreneurial venture from scratch or providing an established business with new direction and growth potential, students become active in their own education. As the cornerstone of the College of Business MBA, the IBP program has a lasting impact, not only on students, but on commerce and industry in Oregon.

The MBA program is an intensive, fast-paced program designed to guide students through a rigorous foundation and core curriculum, while allowing them to pursue their interests and push their boundaries. Throughout, students learn to build teams, integrate disciplines, work under pressure and multitask. In short, the same skills they will rely on when they leave campus.

College of Business Academic Progression Standards

Definitions

1. Business Academic Program: The Business Academic Program includes all Business Administration (BA) courses taken within the COB and all non-BA courses taken to meet Business major or option degree requirements.
2. Progression Groups:
   • Freshman Core: BA 101, MTH 241, MTH 245, COMM 111 or COMM 114;
   • Sophomore Core: BA 211, BA 213, BA 233, BA 260, BA 276, BA 302, ECON 201, ECON 202, WR 222, WR 323 or WR 327;
   • Junior Core: BA 333, BA 340, BA 347, BA 352, BA 353, BA 357, BA 370 or ACTG 378, BA 376, and BA 390.
   • Senior Core: BA 466 and all 400-level business courses.
3. Option/discipline course work: All course work taken that fulfills the requirements for the option/discipline (Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management).
4. Acceptable course work:
   1. Upper division (300-level and above) course work must be completed at academic institutions accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.
   2. Lower division (100-level and 200-level) course work may be completed at any accredited institution of higher learning.
   3. Over 50 percent of the business course work required to fulfill the major or option requirements must be completed in residence at OSU.

GPA Computation

1. GPA computation for the Business Academic Program only includes course work completed at OSU. Although course work completed at other accredited academic institutions (with grades of C– or better) may satisfy degree requirements, the grades received in these courses are not included in the GPA computation to determine compliance with progression standards. They are used to compute pro-school application GPA.
2. If a course completed at OSU must be repeated to earn a higher grade, then the course must be repeated at OSU for the grade to be included in the GPA calculation. If a course is repeated at another academic institution, the grade will not be used in the GPA computations for the COB or OSU.
3. The College of Business allows students to repeat courses only once. If a student withdraws from a course, that counts as an attempt to complete the course.
4. When classes are repeated, both the college and the university will use the second grade to compute the business and university GPA, respectively, not the best grade.
5. Any BA course or any course taken to complete business degree requirements must be taken using the A–F grade mode. The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grade basis may not be used. If a course is completed with the S/U grade basis prior to declaring the business major, the original earned grade (A–F) will be used to compute progression standard GPAs.
6. A student may not graduate with a grade of Incomplete (I) in any BA course. The grade of Incomplete must be resolved within one year and prior to graduation. Incomplete grades that are not resolved within this time period will be changed to the original grade earned when the Incomplete grade was submitted.

Academic Actions

Academic Actions within the COB are intended to notify students that they are not making satisfactory progress toward completing their business degree requirements. The academic standing of each student is evaluated at the end of every term, and the Academic Action pertains to the next term in which the student registers for classes.

1. Academic Warning. A warning generally represents a minor deviation from the 2.50 minimum GPA (within two grade points), or receipt of an inferior (D) or failing (F) grade in a course required to fulfill business degree requirements. An Academic Warning alerts the student of the need for corrective action to maintain satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements.
2. Academic Probation. Academic Probation generally occurs after a student has received an Academic Warning and continues to be out of compliance with the Academic Progression Standards. Academic Probation requires the student to take specific actions to correct the academic deficiencies and regain satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements.
3. Continued Academic Probation. Academic probation may be continued for an additional term as long as the student is making progress toward correcting the academic deficiencies. Continued Academic Probation requires the student to take additional actions to correct the academic deficiencies and regain satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements.
4. Academic Suspension. A student who is not making progress in correcting identified academic deficiencies may be suspended from the COB. Students who are suspended from the COB must wait at least one academic term before applying for readmission. Students applying for readmission must meet the Academic Progression Standards in force at the time of readmission. 
   
   Students who are suspended from the university will automatically be suspended from the COB. Students who are readmitted to the university may reapply to the COB once they meet the Academic Progression Standards in force at the time of readmission to the COB.