Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Degree

Undergraduate students who complete a degree from UNO’s College of Business Administration earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with at least one area of concentration. (See the complete list of BSBA concentrations)

To earn a BSBA degree, students must fulfill the university, college, and program requirements including:

• Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours in courses approved by the College of Business Administration (CBA)
• Complete a minimum of 42 credit hours in upper-division (3000- or 4000-level) coursework
• Complete 24 upper-division (3000- or 4000-level) credit hours in the business core curriculum
• Complete 18-24 credit hours in a BSBA concentration

To graduate with a BSBA, students must meet the following GPA and grade requirements:

• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher across all courses taken in the University of Nebraska system (UNO, UNL, UNK, and UNMC).
• Maintain a cumulative Business GPA of 2.50 or higher.
• For students earning the Accounting concentration or secondary concentration, maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher in all upper-division accounting courses (excluding ACCT 3000, ACCT 4500, and ACCT 4510) .

For any BSBA business core, BSBA concentration, or business elective course to fulfill BSBA requirements, it must be taken on a letter-grade basis and the student must earn a grade of “C” or higher.

No grade below a “C” will be counted as satisfactory completion of BSBA degree major requirements, including CBA BSBA business core courses, BSBA concentration courses, business elective courses, ENGL 1150, ENGL 1160, CMST 1110, and MATH 1370 (or MATH 1930). 

Some concentrations require specific foundation courses to be completed with a grade of “C+” or higher, including:

• Business Finance, Banking and Financial Markets, and Investment Science & Portfolio Management Concentrations or Secondary Concentrations: FNBK 3250 and FNBK 3300
• Marketing Concentration or Secondary Concentration: MKT 3310
• Human Resource Management Concentration: MGMT 4030
• Sales Concentration or Secondary Concentration: MKT 3310 and MKT 3100 

Advising holds are automatically placed each semester for any student whose GPA is below a 2.5., including students without an NU-system GPA. The purpose of this hold is to ensure students understand degree requirements, make informed decisions about next classes, and connect to other resources on campus. 

MBA Fast Track

The College of Business Administration MBA program has developed a Fast Track program for highly qualified and motivated students providing the opportunity to complete a BSBA degree and a master’s degree in an accelerated time frame.  With Fast Track, students may count up to 9 graduate hours toward the completion of their undergraduate program as well as the graduate degree program.

Program Specifics:

• This program is available for undergraduate students pursuing a BSBA degree and desiring to pursue an MBA
• Students must have completed no less than 60 undergraduate hours
• Students must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
• Students must complete the Fast Track Approval form and obtain all signatures and submit to the Office of Graduate Studies prior to first enrollment in a graduate course
• Students will work with their undergraduate advisor to register for the graduate courses
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for graduate coursework to remain in good standing
• Students remain undergraduates until they meet all the requirements for the undergraduate degree and are eligible for all rights and privileges granted undergraduate status including financial aid.
• Near the end of the undergraduate program, formal application to the graduate program is required. The application fee will be waived, the applicant will need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies for a fee waiver code.
  • Admission to Fast Track does NOT guarantee admission to the graduate program. 
  • The admit term must be after the completion term of the undergraduate degree.

Contact Information

CBA Advising Office
UNO College of Business Administration
134H Mammel Hall
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6708 Pine Street
Omaha, NE 68182-0048

Advising Phone: 402.554.3419
e-mail: unocbaadvising@unomaha.edu  

Program Website

Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree Requirements

All BSBA students must complete all major requirements. Students must choose at least one area of concentration.

All BSBA students must complete all MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (see below) with a grade of C (2.0) or higher. Students must choose at least one area of concentration.

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Prerequisites for Upper Division Core Courses

Note: MKT 3310 must be completed with a C+ (2.33) or better for the Marketing concentration and the Marketing secondary concentration; MKT 3100 & MKT 3310 must be completed with a C+ (2.33) or better for the Sales concentration and the Sales secondary concentration; and FNBK 3250 & FNBK 3300 must be completed with a C+ (2.33) or better for the Business Finance, Banking and Financial Markets, and Investment Science & Portfolio Management concentrations and the Business Finance, Banking and Financial Markets, and Investment Science & Portfolio Management secondary concentrations.

Prerequisites for Upper Division BSBA Core Courses

Students must complete at least six hours of course work beyond the general education Cultural Knowledge requirement with a global perspective. A list of approved International Dimension courses can be found on the student’s degree audit.

Students must complete MGMT 4480 their last semester. Students who have not completed FNBK 3250, MKT 3310, MKT 3200 and MGMT 3490 with a C (2.00) or better or who have a GPA below 2.50 will be administratively withdrawn from MGMT 4480. Preference is given to students who will graduate that semester.

The college reserves the right to institute and make effective, after due notice, during the course of a student’s work toward a degree, any new ruling which may be necessary for the general good of the college, and to substitute courses currently offered for those no longer offered.

Each student admitted to the college is responsible for becoming familiar with the procedures and regulations in the undergraduate catalog.

Specific requirements for each CBA concentration are identified in the following section of this catalog.

Credits not required under general education requirements, the required business core curriculum, or a BSBA concentration can be taken as electives in business and/or in non-business areas to complete the required 120 hours for the BSBA degree.

Concentrations Offered

• Accounting Concentration
• Banking and Financial Markets Concentration
• Business Analytics Concentration
• Business Finance Concentration
• Certified Financial Planning Concentration
• Economics Concentration
• Entrepreneurship Concentration
• Human Resource Management Concentration
• International Business Concentration
• Investment Science and Portfolio Management Concentration
• Logistics & Supply Chain Management Concentration
• Management & Leadership Concentration
• Marketing Concentration
• Real Estate and Land Use Economics Concentration
• Sales Concentration

Program Certificate Offered

• Internal Audit, Fraud, and Control, Certificate

• UNO Real Estate Certificate