The baccalaureate core — or bacc core — are the OSU general education classes that give broad foundational knowledge in a number of subjects. You’ll select one class from eight different categories, for example, western culture, literature and arts, cultural diversity, biological sciences and others to earn 48-52 credits towards your diploma.

You’ll take business core or design core classes through all four years of learning — to accrue a little more than half of all your degree credits — 98-101 credits. Business core and design core classes start in 100 levels in your first year, and move into 200-, 300- and 400-level courses as you advance. The sequential setup allows you the opportunity to prepare for the advanced learning of upper-level courses, sometimes through prerequisite coursework and also through class standing (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior).

Part of our re-designed core curriculum is an award-winning series of classes that focus on professional skills and leadership training, specifically designed to better prepare you for your college-to-career transition. Every student will graduate with the knowledge, skills and network needed to excel in the workplace. With a strong emphasis on financial literacy, students learn about financial goal setting, credit management, loan repayment, savings and investing, salary negotiations and more.

En route to earning enough credits to reach 180 is where our students start choosing their program major, perhaps adding a double major or a minor, or gaining specialized knowledge through one of our options. We offer these majors, minors and options for 21 to 40 more credits.

All students in the College of Business (COB) must abide by the following general policies related to coursework:

• Students must satisfy all OSU Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
• Students must satisfy all COB Academic Progression Standards.
• Students must satisfy all COB Academic Professional Standards.
• Students must uphold the COB Honor Code.

Retaking Courses

• COB will use the second OSU grade to compute a student’s COB GPA and All-Inclusive Business/AIB GPA (this is also the university policy for OSU cumulative GPA).
• Students who retake an OSU grade at another college or university may use that grade to clear a requirement, but the OSU grade will remain in their OSU, AIB/AID, and COB GPAs.

Business

You must earn at least a "C" grade in specific prerequisite courses in order to progress through the major, as noted in the chart below.

	Available Campus		Grade Requirement1		Grade Requirement2
BUSINESS MAJORS	Corvallis	E-Campus	Prereq "C" or better	Major Course	Prereq "C" or better	Major Course
Accountancy	Yes	Yes	BA 211	ACTG 317	BA 213	ACTG 317
Business Analytics	Yes	Yes	BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT courses	BA 252 or BA 352	300/400 Level MGMT courses
Business Information Systems	Yes	Yes	BA 252 or BA 352	MGMT 364
Finance	Yes	Yes	BA 240 or BA 360	300/400 Level FIN courses
Management	Yes	Yes	BA 252 or BA 352	300/400 Level MGMT courses
Marketing	Yes	Yes	BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT courses
Supply Chain & Logistics Management	Yes	Yes	BA 252 or BA 352	300/400 Level MGMT Courses
Business Administration*	Yes	Yes
Digital Marketing Option	No	Yes	BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT Courses
Family Business Option	Yes	Yes	BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT Courses	BA 252 or BA 352	300/400 Level MGMT Courses
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Option	Yes	Yes	BA 223 or BA 390	If you choose to take a MRKT Elective
Sports Business Option (available to multiple Business and Design majors)	Yes	Yes	BA 252 or BA 352	300/400 Level MGMT Courses	BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT Courses

*Additional Business Administration Major Information:

• This major, without an option, is a stand-alone major and cannot be combined with any other business major.
• Suggested elective credits to reach the 180 total needed to graduate include completing an option in International Business through a COB international business exchange OR completing a non-business minor.

If you plan to pursue multiple COB majors, you can request those at the same time. Online students are not eligible to double major with an on-campus business major.

Design

You must earn at least a "C" grade in specific prerequisite courses in order to progress through the major, as noted in the chart below.  Design majors are currently for Corvallis campus students only.  Schedule an appointment with a COB advisor to declare a non-studio program.

	AID GPA Requirement		Grade Requirement1		Grade Requirement2
DESIGN MAJORS	Eligible GPA	Competitive GPA	Prereq "C" or better	Major Course	Prereq "C" or better	Major Course
Required of all Design majors:			BA 223 or BA 390	300/400 Level MRKT Courses	BA 252 or 352	MGMT 364
Design & Innovation Management
Apparel Design Major**	2.50	2.75
Interior Design Major**	2.75	3.00
Product and Merchandising Management			DSGN 276	DSGN 372

AID GPA: The AID GPA is your All-Inclusive Design GPA. It consists of grades from all the Design Program Coursework including those taken at OSU and transfer institutions.

**Studio majors

Eligibility AID GPA:  To be eligible to apply to a major, students must have an AID that is equal to or higher than the Eligibility AID GPA. 

Competitive AID GPA: This is the minimum AID GPA needed in order to be competitive when applying for a given major.

Please also see additional application information below.

Courses that can be substituted for Business requirements:

• MTH 251, MTH252 or MTH254: C- or better satisfies MTH 241 requirement
  • COB will use whichever math course has the highest grade
  • For Design, MTH 251, MTH 252, MTH 254, MTH 241, or MTH 112 satisfy the MTH 111 requirement
• BA 315: B or better satisfies BA 211 (business majors)
  • Exception: Accountancy majors

Business/Design required courses that also satisfy Baccalaureate Core categories:

• Business majors
  • ECON 201 or ECON 202 satisfies Social Processes category
  • COMM 111Z, 114 or 218 satisfies Speech class
  • WR 222, 323 or 227Z satisfies WR II

• Design majors

  • ECON 201 satisfies Social Processes category

  • COMM 111Z, 114 or 218 satisfies Speech class

  • WR 222, 323 or 227Z satisfies WR II

  • ART 101 satisfies Literature and Arts category

  • ART 204 or ART 205 satisfies Western Culture category

  • DSGN 475 satisfies Contemporary Global Issues category

  • ART 367 satisfies Science, Technology & Society category

Information on Grade Calculation and Incompletes

Need help calculating your AIB or AID? Schedule with an advisor

Grading Basis - Should I S/U, Withdraw, or Stay A-F?

• Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Grades
  • Detailed information available regarding equivalencies and maximums at AR18
  • Students may not S/U any COB courses or major requirements. This includes any courses that are part of the Business Core (ECON 201, COMM 111, etc.) or COB major. 
  • Request a change of grading basis to S/U [deadlines vary for partial term courses]
• Drop/Withdraw from a Course
  • If you drop a course by the deadline, the course will be removed from your schedule and you are not responsible for the tuition and fees associated with the course.  There will be no record of the class on your transcript.
  • Dropping a course after the drop deadline is considered a course withdrawal. If you wish to withdraw from a course, you must do so by the withdrawal from course deadline.  You may be responsible for a portion of the tuition and fees associated with the course.   A "W" will appear on your transcript.
  • See your advisor before dropping or withdrawing from a course to find out how it may impact your academic plans.

Struggling with a course? View our tutoring resources.

Have you met with your assigned advisor and need to request an exception? Visit our internal student petition.

If your primary college is the College of Business (COB), the COB advisors distribute your registration PIN.  There are different rules about what PIN students receive based on their status.  For the majority of students, the rules below apply and will help in understanding when to get a new PIN.

COB Continuing Students	Common COB PIN: 262746
It is your first term registering at OSU (excluding Summer)	Receive PIN at START orientation.
First Year Freshmen	New PIN each term your first year
Athletes	Special athlete PIN once a year
Veterans Receiving Benefits	Special veterans PIN each term
Disability Access Services students needing early registration services	Special DAS PIN each term
Post-Baccalaureate Students	New PIN each term
International Exchange Students	New PIN each term

Detailed registration day & time information is available on the Registrar's website.  Registration at OSU is divided into 2 parts: 

Phase 1: Register for up to 16 credits, no waitlisting may occur during this time.
Phase 2: Register for up to 19 credits, waitlisting and special course request overrides begin.

You are assigned a specific day and time to register for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 based on the number of credits you have completed plus credits in-progress coursework.

Senior = 135+ credits 
Junior = 90-134 credits 
Sophomore = 45-89 credits 
Freshman= 1-44 credits

We do not allow second week adds for any College of Business course (COB follows the University calendar for dates; no departmental approvals will be given after the 'last day to add without department approvals'). 

Term Traditional or Non-Traditional Course and Summer Deadlines

• Getting Started
• MyDegrees Tutorials
• Scheduler Information and Tutorials
• Waitlist Information and Tutorials
• Course Substitutes and Double Counts

We enforce prerequisites including class standing.  Use this form to request an override to a course without having to schedule an advising appointment. Requests are reviewed within 1-3 business days and results will be emailed to you. Form completion does not guarantee an override is granted.

If you have taken an equivalent course and need an override, please contact a COB advisor.

If your major or minor is not coded to register for a course, contact COB academic advising to meet with an advisor to discuss possible access to a particular course. You must meet all prerequisite and class standing requirements.  For majors or minors that have a COB course in a "pick one" type list, appointments and/or overrides might be held until Phase 2.

Use this form to request an override to a course without having to schedule an advising appointment. Requests are reviewed within 1-3 business days and results will be emailed to you. Form completion does not guarantee an override is granted.