Mar 29, 2026  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026

ABA to BBA All majors


Walsh College and Oakland Community College - Associate in Business Administration  (BUS.ABA) to Bachelor of Business Administration - All Majors  

Oakland Community College (OCC) Courses Credits Walsh - BBA All Majors
Year 1-Fall    
BUS 1100: Introduction to Business* 4* Transfer Credit*
CIS 1050: Personal Computer Productivity Tools 4 IT 305: Business Computing Tools
Fine Arts/Humanities Elective- see catalog* 3-4* Transfer Credit*
MAT 1580: Statistics* 4* QM 202: Statistical Methods for Business* (MTH 300)
Year 1-Winter    
Fine Arts/Humanities Elective- see catalog* 3-4* Transfer Credit*
ENG 1510: Composition I* 3* ENG 100: English Composition*
Social Science Elective (not ECO)- see catalog* 3-4* Transfer Credit*
Natural Science Elective (with Lab)- see catalog* 4* Transfer Credit*
Year 1- Summer    
ACC 1800: Accounting Procedures 2 Transfer Credit
ECO 2610: Principles of Macroeconomics* 3* ECN 201: Economics I*
Year 2- Fall    
ACC 1810: Principles of Financial Accounting 4 ACC 300: Accounting
ECO 2620: Principles of Microeconomics* 3* ECN 202: Economics II:
ENG 1520: Composition II* 3* COM 210: Business Communications I*
BUS 2030: Business Law I 3 300-400 Level Major Elective
Year 2- Winter    
ACC 1820: Principles of Managerial Accounting 4 ACC 310: Managerial Accounting
Science Elective (non-lab requirement) - see catalog* 3-4* Transfer Credit*

Additional Elective (recommended for transfer)

BUS 2530: Management

3 MGT 201: Management I

Additional Elective (recommended for transfer)

BUS 2040: Business Law II

3 BL 420: The Legal Environment of Business
     
Total Credit Hours for ABA 60  
Additional Equivalent Courses/Credits:    
BUS 2640: Marketing Fundamentals 3 MKT 202: Marketing I
PSY 2630: Psychology of Organizational Behavior* 3 MGT 303: Behavioral Management*
    Walsh
    Core Courses
  3* COM 405: Business Communication Strategies*
  3 FIN 315: Financial Management
  3* IDS 400: Critical Thinking for Ethical Leaders*
  3 IT 335: Cybersecurity & Risk Management for Business
  3 MGT 410: Production and Operations Management
  3 MGT 415: Business Strategy of Organizational Resilience
  3 MGT 461: Business Strategy and Policy (Capstone)
  3 MKT 300: Contemporary Marketing Trends
  3* QM 301: Business Analytics & Problem Solving*

Choose additional equivalent courses/credits that may be taken at OCC to transfer by BBA major below:

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Accounting Major 
ACC 2210: Computerized Accounting 3 ACC 406: Accounting Information Systems
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective

Choose 2 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
    ACC 301: Financial Accounting I
    ACC 302: Financial Accounting II
    ACC 303: Financial Accounting III
    ACC 315: Ethics in Accounting
    ACC 484: Applied Managerial Simulation
    TAX 495: Tax and Business Taxation I
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 75  
  45 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Business Analytics  

CIS 1500: Introduction to Programing OR

CIS 1550: Introduction to Secure Programming

4 IT 203: Introduction to Programming
    IT 410: Principles of Software Engineering
    IT 445: Programming for Data Analysis
    IT 456: Machine Learning
    IT 544: Data Visualization and Predictive Modeling
    MGT 454: Project Management
    QM 400: Analytics Math & Tools for Problem Solving
    QM 504: Principles of Data Analytics
    QM 505: Data Driven Decision Making
    QM 600: Prescriptive Analysis
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 70  
  54 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Entrepreneurship  

Choose 2 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
    FIN 407: Entrepreneurial Finance
    MGT 315: Sustainability and Innovation
    MGT 406: Small Business Legal and Tax Issues
    MGT 454 Project Management
    MGT 463: Managing Technology as a Strategic Resource
    MGT 468: Entrepreneurship from Vision to Pitch
    MKT 415: Consumer and Buyer Behavior
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 72  
  42 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Finance Major  

Choose 3 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level Accounting, Finance, or Taxation courses/electives at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 level ACC/FIN/TAX Course
3 Any 300-400 level ACC/FIN/TAX Course
3 Any 300-400 level ACC/FIN/TAX Course
  • Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I
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Any 300-400 Level Elective

    ECN 405: Managerial Economics
    FIN 430: Business Decisions and Value Generation
    FIN 490: Finance Capstone Simulation
    Choose 3 courses from:
    FIN 321: Business and Risk
    FIN 401: Personal Wealth Management
    FIN 403: Investment Management
    FIN 406: Financial Statement Analysis
    FIN 407: Entrepreneurial Finance
    FIN 412: International Economics and Finance
    FIN 419: American Commerce: Past, Present, & Future
    FIN 420: Real Estate Principles
    FIN 425: Financial Modeling
    FIN 460: Fundamentals of Financial Fraud
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 75  
  45 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - General Business Major  

Choose 4 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
    MGT 453: Organizational Leadership
    MGT 454: Project Management
    Any 300-400 Level Elective
    Any 300-400 Level Elective
    Any 300-400 Level Elective
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 78  
  42 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Human Resource Major  
BUS 2800: Human Resource Management 3 MGT 404 Human Resource Management
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
    MGT 315 Sustainability and Innovation
    MGT 405 Management and Labor Relations
    MGT 406 Small Business Legal and Tax Issues
    MGT 453 Organizational Leadership
    MGT 454: Project Management
    MGT 457 Global Management
    MGT 462 Diversity and Inclusion
    MGT 463 Managing Technology as a Strategic Resource
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 69  
  51 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh -Information Systems Management Major  
CIS 1600: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity 4 IT 204: Introduction to Security
CIS 2111 Systems Analysis and Design (UML) 4 IT 402: Systems Analysis and Design

Choose 2 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level managementcourse/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 level Management course
3 Any 300-400 level Management course

Choose 1 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level accounting, economics or finance course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 level Accounting, Economics, or Finance course
    Any 300-400 level Accounting, Economics, or Finance course
    IT 403: Project Management & ITIL Framework
    IT 430: Agile Project Management and Scrum
    IT 431: Risk Management and Governance
    IT 461: Security Operations and Awareness
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 83  
  42 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - International Business Major  
    ACC 301: Financial Accounting I
    FIN 310: Financial Markets
    FIN 321: Business and Risk
    FIN 403: Investment Management
    FIN 406: Financial Statement Analysis
    FIN 412: International Economics and Finance
    FIN 460: Fundamentals of Financial Fraud
    MGT 407: International Management & Labor Relations
    MGT 408: Global Project Management Strategies
    MGT 457: Global Management
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 66  
  57 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh -Management Major  
BUS 2800: Human Resource Management   MGT 404: Human Resource Management

Choose 2 equivalent courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
  • Seetransfer databasefor course options.
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
    IT 431: Risk Management and Governance
    MGT 405: Management and Labor Relations
    MGT 453: Organizational Leadership
    MGT 454: Project Management
    MGT 457: Global Management
    MGT 462: Diversity and Inclusion
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 75  
  45 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh -Marketing Major  
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective

Choose 2 equivalent MKT courses not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level MKT course at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level MKT Elective
3 Any 300-400 Level MKT Elective

Choose 1 equivalent course not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level Elective

Choose 1 equivalent MGT course not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level MGT course at Walsh
  • Seetransfer databasefor course options.
3 Any 300 - 400 Level Management Course
    MKT 309 Advertising and Promotion Management
    MKT 415: Consumer and Buyer Behavior
    MKT 435: Marketing Research
    MKT 460: Strategic Marketing
    Any 300 - 400 Level Marketing Course
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 78  
  42 Walsh Credits

 

OCC - Courses Credits Walsh -Operations Major  
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
BUS 2800: Human Resource Management 3 MGT 404: Human Resource Management

Choose 1 equivalent course not already required.

  • Must be equivalent to 300-400 level course/elective at Walsh
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3 Any 300-400 Level Elective
    MGT 405: Management and Labor Relations
    MGT 418: Process Efficiency
    MGT 419: Continuous Improvement
    MGT 420: Process Maturity
    MGT 454: Project Management
    MGT 463: Managing Technology as a Strategic Resource
    MGT 465: Supply Chain Management
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 72  
  48 Walsh Credits

 

Choose additional equivalent courses/credits that may be taken at Washtenaw to transfer by BBA major below:
OCC - Courses Credits Walsh - Project Management Major  
Satisfied by taking BUS 2030: Business Law I - Any 300-400 Level Elective
BUS 2800: Human Resource Management 3 MGT 404: Human Resource Management
    IT 403: Project Management and ITIL Framework
    IT 430: Agile Project Management and Scrum
    IT 431: Risk Management and Governance
    MGT 403: Introduction to Financial Management
    MGT 408: Global Project Management Strategies
    MGT 457: Global Management
    MGT 463: Managing Technology as a Strategic Resource
    MGT 465: Supply Chain Management
Total OCC Transfer Credits (including ABA) 69  
  51 Walsh Credits

*Counts toward general education credit requirement. General education requirement has been met by courses noted with * above.

Notes:

  • Walsh Now allows students to concurrently enroll once 36 credits are completed at OCC.
    • Financial aid and scholarship options are available.
  • Walsh BBA degree requirements are 120 credits with a minimum of 42 credits required in residence/through Walsh.
    • Maximum transfer credits vary by bachelor’s degree, associate degree, and additional course equivalents taken at OCC.
    • 30 semester credit hours in general education is required for graduation.
  • Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) is not required to satisfy general education requirements.
  • All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” 2.00 or higher for credits to transfer.
  • Fast Track degree options available to obtain three degrees in five years - associate, bachelor’s, and master’s!
  • Walsh College Academic Catalog
  • It is recommended you work closely with your Walsh College enrollment specialist on your transfer.