Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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Program Overview
The Business Administration program prepares graduates to function effectively in a wide variety of settings in the business environment. The curriculum includes a foundation in the liberal arts, traditional business courses, and a concentration.  Concentrations are designed to accommodate the diverse interests and career paths of students while offering a comprehensive understanding of a specific area. 

Courses require students to become actively engaged in the learning process through critical reflection, oral and written communication, and a rigorous curiosity. Acknowledging students' work and life experiences as contributions they bring to the classroom, the courses ask students to make use of their work knowledge to meet course goals and complete the learning cycle by applying the skills they have learned in the classroom at their work places.

Each course meets once a week, for four hours or online for five weeks. Course modules and textbooks are obtained in advance in order to complete the required reading and written assignments for the first class meeting.

Program Requirements: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

General Education (45 credits) Foundational Business  (33 credits)
English Composition - 6 credits
Oral Communication - 3 credits
HUM 200: Contemporary Issues - 3 credits
Literature/Humanities - 6 credits
Social Science - 6 credits
Mathematics - 3 credits
Philosophy - 6 credits
Religious Studies - 6 credits
Cross Cultural Studies - 3 credits
Natural Science - 3 credits
 MGT 207: Principles of Management
MKT 209: Marketing Theory and Practice
ACC 205: Principles of Financial Accounting
ACC 206: Principles of Managerial Accounting
ECO 202: Economic Principles I: Micro
ECO 203: Economic Principles II: Macro
BUS 200: Small Group and Team Communication
BUS 202: Diversity in the Workplace or
MGT 303: Gender and Cultural Issues in the Workplace
BUS 204: Business Ethics
BUS 209: Business Law
BUS 210: Business Statistics

All degree candidates select one of the following concentrations (All courses are 3 credits):

Accounting (30 credits)
In sequence, designed to provide an understanding of accounting information systems and financial reporting
ACC 310: Cost Accounting (Prereq ACC 206)
ACC 307: Financial Reporting & Analysis I (Prereq ACC 206)
ACC 308: Financial Reporting & Analysis II (Prereq ACC 307)
ACC 311: Financial Reporting & Analysis III (Prereq ACC 308)
ACC 404: Auditing* (Prereq ACC 311)
ACC 410: Advanced Accounting* (Prereq ACC 311)
ACC 413: Individual Taxes (Prereq ACC 206)
ACC 414: Corporate Taxation* (Prereq ACC 413)
One Elective from Finance Concentration
ADM 450: Senior Seminar
* These courses meet twice a week for three hours each.

Administration (24 credits)
Designed for those interested in leadership theory and practice

MGT 300: Behavioral Theory of Organizations
MGT 304: Issues in Human Resources
ADM 322: International Management
or
ADM 320: Global Seminar
MGT 305: Management Information Systems
ADM 440: Research Principles for Organization Management (Prereq BUS 210, MKT 209)
FIN 310: Corporate Finance (Prereq ACC 205, 206)
Business Elective
ADM 450: Senior Seminar

Corporate Communications (30 Credits)**
Designed to prepare students to address communication issues relevant to the health of the corporate organization by focusing on people, message, and ideas.  Courses will explore both internal and external communication.

MKT 322: Advertising
MKT 323: Public Relations
PRM 321: Essentials of Project Design
PRM 324: Project Communication Techniques
HRA 321: Managing Conflict
HRA 322: Negotiating & Mediation
COM 3XX : Media &Culture
COM 3XX: Research in Mass Communication
MGT 300: Behavioral Theory of Organizations
ADM 450: Senior Seminar

**The Foundational Business courses for this concentration are as follows:
MGT 207: Principles of Management
MKT 209: Marketing Theory and Practice
MGT 242: Creativity in Business
ENG 221: Interpersonal Communications
BUS 200: Small Group and Team Communication
BUS 202: Diversity in the Workplace
BUS 204: Business Ethics
BUS 209: Business Law
BUS 210: Business Statistics
POL 210: International Relations


Criminal Justice Administration (30 credits)


Finance (30 credits)
Taken in sequence ideally, courses are designed to provide an in-depth exploration into corporate finance

FIN 310: Corporate Finance (Prereq ACC 205, 206)
FIN 302: Money, Banking, Financial Markets (Prereq ECO 203)
FIN 304: Debt Instruments (Prereq FIN 310)
FIN 306: Venture-Capital Financing*
FIN 307: Equity Instruments and Markets*
FIN 303: Investments and Security Analysis*
FIN 305: Mergers and Acquisitions*
Elective - Select FIN 404: Entrepreneurial Finance (Prereq FIN 310)
or
FIN 405: Personal Finance or
FIN 406: Working Capital Management
or
ACC 413: Individual Taxes (Prereq 206)
FIN 425: Principles of Risk and Insurance
FIN 450: Senior Seminar
* Prereq FIN 310, 302

Human Resource Administration (27 credits)
Designed to prepare entry-level HR practitioners

MGT 300: Behavioral Theory of Organizations
MGT 304: Issues in Human Resources
HRA 323: Employment Law and Compensation
MGT 305: Management Information Systems
HRA 322: Negotiation and Collective Bargaining
HRA 321: Managing and Resolving Conflict
HRA 320: Elements of Supervision
Business Elective
ADM 450: Senior Seminar

Marketing (24 credits)
Designed to provide understanding of theory and practices of marketing administration

MKT 321: International Marketing
MGT 306: Research Principles and Marketing Methods
MKT 322: Principles and Techniques of Advertising
MKT 323: Public Relations
MKT 302: Consumer Behavior
MKT 320: Managing Sales
MGT 305: Management Information Systems
ADM 450: Senior Seminar

ELECTIVE OPTIONS: 15 - 21 credits

PROGRAM TOTAL: 123 credits



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