Business Honors Direct Admit - Undergraduate Students - School of Business Administration

Direct Admission: Business Honors Program

Preparing for a brilliant future

Talented students benefit from an educational experience that matches their academic preparations and aspirations. Direct admission to Oakland’s School of Business through its Business Honors program assists high-achieving high school students excel in their endeavors. The only standalone Business Honors program at a Michigan university, the Oakland Business Honors program offers students a close-knit community inside the business school. Each cohort takes customized classes in special sections open only to them, engage in a host of unique experiences, and prepare for a brilliant future. The Oakland business school will welcome its first class Honors class Fall 2018.

Business Honors students:

Are immersed in a highly interactive, stimulating program offering rigorous academics;
Access enhanced student support services
Take part in at least one international experience;
Build strong leadership skills through required experiential learning activities;
Represent Oakland in national and international competitions;
Form a strong network with peers and members of the professional community that will serve them well in their careers.

Admission to Oakland’s Business Honors Program is limited to 35 exceptional students who are chosen on a competitive basis. High school students enter the program as freshmen and must apply by completing a separate application.

Contact Bani Bordoloi for more information: kbordolo@oakland.edu

Highlights

Direct admission into Oakland’s business school puts motivated, high-achieving high school students on the fast-track to success. After being admitted directly to the School of Business Administration as freshmen, the Business Honors program also provides:

Opportunity for students to declare a major by the end of the sophomore year
A structure designed to graduate students in four years
Pre-core and core courses taken as a cohort in special Honors sections
Required experiential learning activities
Mandatory international experience
Customized Freshman and Senior Seminars

Freshmen Business Honors students who live on campus may further enhance their educational and residential experience by applying to live in the Business Living Learning Community in West Vandenberg Hall.

How to Apply

Admission Requirements
Enrollment in the Business Honors Program is limited. Only incoming freshmen will be admitted to the program each fall. To be considered, students must have:

High school GPA of 3.5 or greater following junior year
A combined SAT score of 1280 or higher or an ACT composite score of 27 or higher
A score of 660 or higher on the Mathematics section of the SAT or a score of 620 or higher on the Evidence-based Reading and Writing section; or an ACT Math score of 28 or higher or an ACT English score of 28 or higher

Application
To be considered for direct admission into the Business Honors Program high school seniors must:

First apply to and be accepted by Oakland University at oakland.edu/apply
Complete a Business Honors Program Supplemental Application by clicking the button below

The direct admission program will be limited to 35 students per year. Completion of the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance to the School of Business Administration as a direct admission student.

Acceptance in the program is decided on a rolling basis for students who complete all application materials.

Curriculum

Taught by some of our most dedicated faculty members, courses in the Business Honors program feature:

Experiential, problem-solving activities (flipped classroom model)
Cased-based learning integrated across courses
Simulation-based capstone experience

Experiential Learning Activity

Business Honors students must participate in at least one experiential learning activity. That can include completing an internship, participating in Business Scholars, taking the Student Managed Investment Fund course (FIN 4900), or traveling internationally.

International Experience

Business Honors students can fulfill the mandatory international experience requirement by taking a foreign language class or international business elective, participating in a study abroad program, or by taking a business course that includes an international trip. Scholarships are often made available to help business students offset the cost of an international trip.

Freshman Seminar

This seminar incorporates the professional and career development objectives of our recognized ACHIEVE program with elements designed especially for our exceptional Business Honors students. In addition to an introduction to choosing a career and major, money management, networking and student orgs, Business Honors students also review and discuss major issues facing businesses and the economy, take field trips to experience business in action, hear from guest speakers and review summer reading assignments.

Senior Experience

To graduate from the Business Honors program, students must demonstrate in a paper how the academic and experiential programs in the Honors Program combined with their major coursework to prepare them for a successful professional career. Students must also complete a portfolio that includes a professional resume, experiences in experiential programs, Honors leadership experiences, community service activities, job shadowing, and internship experience.

Business Honors Courses

Business Honors students take business pre-core and core courses as a cohort in special Honors sections.

ACC	2000H	Introductory Financial Accounting
ACC	2100H	Managerial and Cost Accounting
ECN	2010H	Principles of Microeconomics
ECN	2020H	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECN	3030H	Managerial Economics
FIN	3220H	Managerial Finance
MGT	3500H	Legal Environment of Business
MGT	4350H	Management Strategies and Policies
MIS	1000H	Business Problem Solving with Information Technology
MIS	3000H	Management Information Systems
MKT	3020H	Marketing
ORG	3300H	Introduction to Organization Behavior
ORG	3310H	Introduction to the Management of Human Resources
POM	3430H	Operations Management
QMM	2400H	Statistical Methods for Business I
QMM	2410H	Statistical Methods for Business II

FAQ

What is an example of a required experiential learning activity?
The Oakland business school offers students many opportunities to take part in experiential learning activities. Many of our high-achieving students take advantage of more than one. Options include: completing an internship, participating in Business Scholars, taking the Student Managed Investment Fund course (FIN 4900), and an international trip.

I can’t afford to travel, how can I meet the mandatory international experience?
While traveling internationally is a tremendous experience that students say it can’t be beat, it isn’t the only way to fulfill this requirement. Business Honors students can fulfill the international experience requirement by taking a foreign language class or international business elective. Keep in mind scholarships are often made available to help business students offset the cost of an international trip.

Can I be part of the Oakland Honors College as well as the Business Honors program?
Absolutely. The Honors College and the Business Honors program are complementary. All Honors College core courses satisfy the general education requirements of Oakland University and some core courses may also satisfy the ethnic diversity and writing in the Gen Ed requirement. Students in the Honors College work toward completing the HC requirements in conjunction with their major.

I want to live on campus. Can I extend my Honors experience in the residence halls?
There are a couple options for Honors students living on campus. Those students accepted into the Honors College and meet other criteria can apply for a spot in the Honors College Living Learning Community in Oak View Hall. Business Honors students also have the option of applying to be part of the Pre-Business Living Learning Community. Space is limited in both halls, so be sure to apply as soon as you are admitted to Oakland University.

Can I apply to the direct admit Business Honors program if I am not a freshman?
You can only apply and be admitted to the Business Honors program as an incoming freshman each fall.