Majors Orientation
Changing Undergraduate Programs or Campuses
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT CHANGING YOUR PROGRAM?
- If you are a current OSU College of Business (COB) major who wants to change or add a major outside of the COB, please contact the advising department for that major.
- If you are a current OSU student wishing to add a COB program (major, minor, or concentration), please continue reading this page.
- To change your current College of Business major, or add a 2nd COB major, you must meet request to declare the program of choice with an advisor.
- additional information to add the IMDD major
- additional information to add a Business minor
- If you have not previously attended OSU, please contact New Student Programs to change your declaration.
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT CHANGING YOUR CAMPUS?
- Students' programs (major/options) must be declared for the same campus. In other words, you cannot declare a major eligible for Ecampus as a Corvallis campus student. Minors may be possible on alternate campuses.
- If you have completed a new student orientation and taken classes as a degree-seeking student through any of OSU's campuses, you can use visit the Change of Campus website to follow the outline for changing your OSU campus.
- If you have not yet completed a new student orientation, please begin with the relevant office:
- Corvallis/Ecampus: Contact the Office of Student Orientation to sign up for a START orientation
- Cascades: Contact Cascades Enrollment Services
Requirements to Earn a COB Degree
In order to earn your degree, various categories of classes must be completed. Below is a diagram of how the 180 credits needed to earn a degree in business/design are typically distributed. Additional information can be found in Earning Your Credits.
In addition to the OSU Baccalaureate Core, credit, and grade requirements, the College of Business (COB) has additional GPA requirements and standards. Students must satisfy both OSU and COB standards to earn their college of business degree. The COB Progression Standards require:
- complete all required and elective courses with a C- or better (C required in some) within business/design degree program (incluing transfer class grades)
- no S/U grades for any Business or Design Core or Major-specific coursework, including classes which double count in the major and bacc core (e.g. Comm 111)
- fifty percent (50%) or more of business/design program and major specific coursework must be taken at OSU
- have a 2.50 College of Business GPA (OSU COB grades only)
- For repeated classes, the second grade earned is always used in GPA calculations
- If the course was first completed at OSU, it must be repeated at OSU to replace the previous grade
Majors and Grade Information
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.
*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 352 | MGMT 364 | ||
| Design & Innovation Management | ||||||
| Apparel Design Major** | 2.50 | 2.75 | ||||
| Interior Design Major** | 2.75 | 3.00 | ||||
| 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.
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.
Apparel Design & Interior Design Application
- Full description of application and eligibility requirements
- Pre-Apparel Design and Pre-Interior Design eligibility is 2.50 AID GPA, however admisison into the Apparel or Interior Design majors have additional GPA requirements as stated on the application page. Acceptance to either of the two studio design majors greatly increases if competitive GPA is met or exceeded.
- Why an application? They are studio majors
- Limited classroom space (drafting tables, sewing machines)
- More hands-on/project work
- Majors are competitive
- Grades in major classes are important
- Projects from design classes are required for the application