Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, B.S. (120 Credits)


The general Business Administration degree provides students with a flexible approach to acquiring business skills and expertise. This design your own degree approach gives students the opportunity to examine the ways society, culture, and technology intersect in today’s global economy. Students are free to choose from electives in areas such as psychology, sociology, English and communication. An international component is included, along with various human resource management topics. The unique composition of the general Business Administration degree serves to broaden students’ horizons and provides an ideal combination of skills and knowledge to function effectively in a wide variety of business and not-for-profit arenas.

An emphasis is placed on conceptual skills, interpersonal skills, and general management skills. This concentration is ideal for the student who wishes to acquire skills for the world of business and management through an exploration of society and culture. Students completing this program see the global picture and possess the skills to effectively manage and lead.

Graduates with a Business Administration degree may take advantage of the College’s Five Year Bachelor/Master Program, and complete their MBA with just one additional year of full time study.

Program Goals:

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, students will:

  • demonstrate an ability to conduct relevant research in their field of business and/or their concentration.
  • exhibit mastery of basic business knowledge, concepts, and terminology in the specific areas of marketing, management, accounting, and finance.
  • demonstrate knowledge and skills required to obtain employment in their field.
  • develop the skills necessary to continued success in their fields including leadership abilities and a heightened sense of social responsibility and ethics.

Humanities Electives (6 Credits)


Select two 100-level courses from the Humanities Discipline (HUM):

Upper Level Business Elective Requirements (9 Credits)


Select any three 300-400 level Business courses.

Upper Level General Elective Requirement (6 Credits)


Select any two 300-400 level courses from any discipline. 

Lower Level Business Elective Requirement (3 Credits)


Select any 100-200 level Business course.

Lower Level General Elective Requirements (12 Credits)


Select any four 100-200 level courses from any discipline.