Online Bachelor of Business Administration in Management

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At a Glance

Advance your career with the University of Oklahoma’s online Bachelor of Business Administration in Management—a leadership-focused degree designed for working professionals and transfer students. Whether you’re moving beyond a supervisory role or finishing the degree you started, this flexible, AACSB-accredited program equips you to lead teams, make strategic decisions, and drive organizational success across industries.

Offered through OU’s Price College of Business, the program combines rigorous business education with practical application. You’ll learn to analyze complex challenges, optimize operations, and communicate with clarity—all in a 100% online format built for busy adults.

100% Online

Time to Complete:

24 to 48 months

Credit Hours:

120

Time Commitment:

15 to 20 hours weekly

start dates

Fall, Spring, Summer

cost

OU’s online BBA in Management is an investment in your future — and OU Online is committed to making that investment accessible and transparent.

Tuition and fees for the program are $600 per credit hour.

Books and additional materials are not included.

YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE

Complete the form below to learn more about our online programs and how to get started.

About the BBA in Management Degree

The University of Oklahoma’s online Bachelor of Business Administration in Management is a 120-credit-hour, fully online degree completion program designed for transfer students and working professionals who are ready to advance into leadership roles. Offered through OU’s Price College of Business, this AACSB-accredited program combines rigorous business education with practical application—preparing graduates to lead teams, optimize operations, and make strategic decisions that drive organizational success.

Built for working adults and transfer students with at least 24 hours of post-high school college credit, the program emphasizes leadership development, strategic planning, and ethical decision-making. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of management principles while learning to apply data-driven insights to real-world challenges. Coursework covers organizational behavior, human capital management, project leadership, and financial analysis—skills that translate across industries and position graduates for career mobility and higher earning potential.

Lead Across Industries: Career Opportunities for BBA in Management

OU’s online Bachelor of Business Administration in Management prepares professionals to lead with confidence in roles that demand strategic thinking, operational expertise, and strong leadership skills. Whether you’re advancing in your current organization or pivoting to a new industry, this degree opens doors to high-impact positions across sectors. Graduates are equipped for careers in corporate, nonprofit, and government settings, with opportunities that include:

Operations Manager
Project Manager
Sales Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Branch Manager

Human Resources Manager
Administrative Services Manager
Business Development Manager
Training and Development Manager
Department Manager

Management skills are universally valued, giving you flexibility to work in healthcare, technology, manufacturing, retail, finance, and beyond. With AACSB accreditation and a curriculum grounded in leadership and decision-making, OU’s BBA in Management positions you for advancement into roles that offer competitive salaries and long-term career growth.

Industry Insights: Management Careers Outlook

Management professionals are in high demand across every industry—from healthcare and technology to manufacturing, retail, and government. Organizations need leaders who can navigate complexity, optimize operations, and drive strategic growth. OU’s online BBA in Management equips you with the skills employers value most—leadership, decision-making, and business acumen.

Median Pay: $122,090 for management occupations
Job Outlook: Approximately 1.1 million openings annually through 2034
Career Flexibility: Management skills transfer across sectors, providing exceptional mobility and advancement opportunities

The median pay figures reflect earnings for professionals working in these occupations and may represent mid-career compensation. Entry-level salaries vary based on role, employer, experience, and geographic location.

With strong earning potential and universal demand, management roles offer stability and upward career trajectory. Whether you’re aiming for operations leadership, project management, or human resources, this degree positions you for success in a competitive job market.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – Management Occupations

Program Outcomes: Management Expertise for Career Growth

OU’s online Bachelor of Business Administration in Management equips you with the leadership, strategic thinking, and operational skills needed to thrive in management roles across industries. You’ll graduate prepared to lead teams, make data-driven decisions, and drive organizational success.

Through this program, you’ll learn how to:

Lead and Motivate Teams: Inspire high performance, manage organizational change, and resolve workplace challenges with confidence
Think Strategically: Formulate and implement strategies that align resources, respond to market opportunities, and create sustainable competitive advantage
Optimize Operations: Improve processes, manage projects using industry-standard methodologies, and oversee supply chain and quality initiatives
Manage Human Capital: Design HR strategies for talent acquisition, development, and compensation while fostering healthy workplace cultures
Communicate with Impact: Deliver clear, persuasive messages across written, verbal, and digital channels; collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
Apply Financial Acumen: Interpret financial statements, develop budgets, and assess the financial impact of strategic decisions
Leverage Data and Technology: Use analytics and decision-making tools to solve complex business problems and guide organizational growth

Whether you’re advancing in your current role or preparing for a leadership transition, OU’s BBA in Management gives you the tools to lead with clarity, integrity, and purpose.

Course Details

OU’s online BBA in Management delivers a curriculum that blends foundational business knowledge with advanced leadership and decision-making skills. Students begin with core courses in accounting, finance, marketing, and the legal environment of business, then progress to specialized management courses focused on organizational behavior, human capital management, and strategic planning.

The program is structured for working professionals, featuring 100% online, asynchronous, 8-week courses that allow you to balance education with career and family responsibilities. Each course emphasizes practical application, preparing you to solve real-world business challenges and lead with confidence.

The program culminates in a general business capstone experience.

Principles of Economics-Macro

Credit Hours: 3

The functioning and current problems of the aggregate economy: determination and analysis of national income, employment, inflation and stabilization; money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy; and aspects of international interdependence.

Elements of Statistics

Credit Hours: 3

Basic statistical techniques emphasizing business and economic applications. Topics covered include data summary techniques, elementary probability theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, simple regression, time-series and index numbers.

Personal Computing Productivity Tools

Credit Hours: 3

Designed to help all business majors and business minors succeed as students and young professionals. Being able to effectively utilize OneDrive (cloud storage system) and Microsoft Excel are skills recognized by all employers. These skills allow young professionals to differentiate themselves from others when applying for internships or jobs.

Strategic Communication for Business Professionals

Credit Hours: 3

Introduces the strategies, processes, and resources necessary for writers in business and professional contexts. Students practice informative and analytical business genres while gaining expertise in research, writing, and revision.

Legal Environment of Business

Credit Hours: 3

The legal environment of business organizations with ethical considerations and the social and political influences affecting such environments.

Principles of Organization and Management

Credit Hours: 3

An introductory course presenting the basic concepts and practices of management, both private and public. Historical development of management; basic definitions and philosophy; fundamental managerial functions, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling; a survey approach to quantification in organizational life; current trends in management; possible future developments in organization and administration.

Business Finance

Credit Hours: 3

The goal of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of fundamental concepts in financial management and the ability to apply these concepts to real-world problems. In particular, the student should learn the following subjects: time value of money, interest rates, risk and return, stock and bond valuation, cash flow analysis, and capital budgeting.

Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace

Credit Hours: 1

An immersive course designed to explore areas of professional development that will help lead students on a path to a successful career. As an accompaniment to BAD 2091-Business and Professional Basics, this course is designed to further explore areas that will help you, the student, become a more successful, well-rounded business professional as you seek internships and full-time job placement.

Understanding Organizational Behavior

Credit Hours: 3

Covers the structure of organizations and the dynamics of behavior within organizations. Included are such topics as job design, perception, communication, decision making, motivation, groups, leadership, and organizational change and effectiveness.

Managing Across Cultures

Credit Hours: 3

The purpose of the Managing Across Cultures is to improve students' understanding of the international business environment by: (a) discussing the role of culture and its influence on business interactions; (b) developing the students' capacity to effectively manage themselves in intercultural situations, and (c) exploring the challenges organizations face when leading and managing employees in the context of global operations.

Principles of Economics-Micro

Credit Hours: 3

Goals, incentives and allocation of resources resulting from economic behavior with applications and illustrations from current issues: operation of markets for goods, services and factors of production; the behavior of firms and industries in different types of competition and income distribution.

Fundamental Financial Accounting

Credit Hours: 3

Basic principles of financial accounting. Emphasis on the preparation and use of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of funds flow for corporations. Coverage includes the analysis and recording of transactions involving cash, inventories, fixed assets, bonds and capital stock as well as closing, adjusting and reversing entries for revenue and expense items.

Fundamental Managerial Accounting

Credit Hours: 3

Analysis of cost behavior and the use of this knowledge for both short- and long-term decision. An introduction to budgeting and the accumulation of product costs for planning and performance evaluation. Specific coverage includes cost-volume-profit analysis, capital budgeting, allocations, variances from standard costs and the measurement of divisional performance.

Computer-Based Information Systems

Credit Hours: 3

The course educates students on how information technology facilitates organizations to achieve its goals and solve problems. Students will learn to use latest tools of information technology, conduct hands-on-exercises and solve problems. Hence, students will become familiar with advanced use of spreadsheet and database software, networking technologies, web and application programming languages, and business analytics methods.

Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace

Credit Hours: 1

Introduces students to the professional world of business. Emphasizes important aspects such as business culture, communications, ethics, social responsibility and business skills development. Prepares students for a professional future and to identify and address strengths and weaknesses for earning that first job. Includes Career Services registration, creation of a usable resume, and exploration of people skills necessary for success.

Principles of Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Credit Hours: 3

Provides a foundational understanding of the intertwined disciplines of Marketing & Supply Chain Management; two critical components of modern business operations. Students will gain a familiarity with each field and the terminology, learn core concepts, strategies, and best practices of both areas, explore the interaction between the two fields.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Credit Hours: 3

Explore the basic concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship. The class will be a mix of lectures and discussions, presentations, experiential exercises and guest speakers. This course will not count towards the 9 hours of additional ENT coursework for ENT majors or the ENT elective for business majors pursuing the ENT minor.

Business Strategy and Policy

Credit Hours: 3

Administrative decision making with emphasis on analyzing business problems, formulating policies and implementing plans for action; comprehensive cases provide the opportunity to study the proper interrelationships among production, finance, marketing and the many other functions involved in managing a business enterprise. Should be taken in student's final semester.

Managing Human Capital and Talent

Credit Hours: 3

A survey course that focuses on developing students' understanding of human resource issues and the practical application of methods for solving these issues. Topics covered include job analysis, recruitment, interviewing, selection, performance appraisal, training, compensation, and equal employment opportunity. Issues are reviewed within the context of historical and current social, labor market, legal and global economic conditions influencing practice.

Why OU Online: Flexibility, Excellence, and Support in Career-Ready Management Education

OU Online combines the flexibility of a 100% online format with the academic excellence of a flagship public university. Offered through the University of Oklahoma’s Price College of Business, the BBA in Management is AACSB-accredited—a distinction held by fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide. This accreditation signals rigorous curriculum standards, faculty excellence, and industry relevance recognized by employers globally.

Faculty Expertise: Real-World Leadership in Business

Learn from experienced faculty who bring both academic expertise and real-world management experience. Many have led teams, managed operations, and driven strategic initiatives in corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial settings. Their insight ensures coursework reflects current industry trends and prepares you to lead with confidence.

Robust Student Support

OU Online offers comprehensive student support services tailored to the needs of working professionals. From academic support and online tutoring to mental health counseling and career development resources, students in the BBA in Management program receive the guidance they need to succeed —without putting your life on hold.

Global Alumni Network

With more than 250,000 alumni across the world, becoming a Sooner means joining a powerful network of healthcare professionals, researchers, and leaders. OU’s alumni community offers valuable connections, mentorship opportunities, and career support to help you accelerate your path in medicine, public health, or biomedical research.

Flexible Format

As a student in the BBA in Management program, you’ll join a global network of more than 250,000 University of Oklahoma alumni. OU graduates lead across industries—from business and nonprofit to government and education—creating a powerful community of professionals who share your drive to lead and make an impact. Becoming a Sooner means gaining access to mentorship, career connections, and leadership opportunities that can accelerate your professional growth.

With asynchronous, 8-week courses and a student-centered approach, OU Online makes it possible to grow your career without putting it on hold. Whether you’re seeking promotion, transitioning to a new industry, or stepping into a leadership role, this program is built to fit your schedule and support your success.

Tailored Experience

Elective options and interdisciplinary coursework allow students to customize their learning experience based on career interests in business, nonprofit, government, or education. The program’s dynamic format keeps professionals engaged, fosters collaboration with faculty and peers, and builds the skills needed to lead with confidence, clarity, and impact in today’s evolving workplaces.

Cost & Financial Aid

Earning your Bachelor of Business Administration in Management is an investment in your future—and OU Online is committed to making that investment accessible and transparent.

Tuition and fees for the program are $600 per credit hour.

Books and additional materials are not included.

Financial aid, scholarships, and employer tuition assistance may be available to help offset the cost. For questions about financial aid for your online program, contact the Online Aid office at onlineaid@ou.edu or call 405-325-2929.

*Please be aware that tuition and fees may change, as determined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

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Admissions Requirements

Admission to the online BBA in Management program is designed for transfer students and working professionals who are ready to advance into leadership roles. Whether you’re currently working in a supervisory position or returning to complete your degree, applicants should demonstrate a strong academic foundation and commitment to career growth.

To be considered, applicants must:

Complete the online application and submit the $50 application fee
Have at least a 2.5 GPA and at least 24 post-high school, non-remedial credit hours OR completion of an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science at an accredited Oklahoma community college
Submit official transcripts from all previous institutions
Meet any required business prerequisites

This program welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds who are ready to lead with confidence, drive organizational change, and make a meaningful impact in business, nonprofit, and public sector environments.

Application Timeline

OU Online uses a rolling admissions process, reviewing applications as they are received. Admissions typically remain open until two weeks before classes begin, though some programs may have earlier deadlines. Most applicants receive a decision within two weeks of submitting a completed application.

Step 1

Contact an Enrollment Coach to discuss your qualifications and interest in the program.

Step 2

Complete the online application.

Step 3

Provide undergraduate transcripts for all prior institutions.