Business Administration Major
Program Details
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration offers you an opportunity to blend your personal and professional experiences with quantitative and qualitative coursework. The program is designed to support you in your quest to work effectively in an increasingly complex business environment, including gaining the essential skills necessary for the successful administration of a business.
Program Concentrations
This program is made up of the following concentrations. Learn more about concentrations.Concentration Overview
This concentration provides students with the concepts and theories that are foundational to any business program.
Concentration Overview
This concentration focuses on the economics, accounting, and finance elements of successful business administration.
Courses in this Concentration
Concentration Overview
This concentration expands student understanding of business concepts in relation to law, management, and marketing.
Courses in this Concentration
Concentration Overview
This concentration addresses the human element of business administration through an examination of the employee and the consumer and a focus on strategies to effectively communicate with both audiences.
Courses in this Concentration
Concentrations on this page are required for this program. Additional courses or concentrations may need to be added to meet program or credit requirements.
Program Coursework
- Applied Statistics
- Introduction to Business
- Business Ethics
- Introduction to Management Information Systems
- Intercultural Communication
- Consumer Economics/Personal Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Business Finance
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Business Law I
- Principles of Marketing
- Organization and Management
- Professional Communication
- Human Resources Management
- Consumer Behavior
- Team Dynamics
- Persuasive Communication
- Social Media for Public Relations and Marketing
The specific degree requirements on the website are for illustrative purposes and may change at any time. Please contact the Registrar's Office, Academic Advising or refer to the course catalog for detailed program requirements.
Liberal Arts Core
LEADERSHIP: 4 credits
- Freshman Seminar (1 cr.)
- Spiritual & Ethical Literacy (3 cr.)
- Personal Branding Communication (3 cr.)
- Writing for the 21st Century (3 cr.)*
- Quantitative Problem Solving (3 cr.)*
- Language & Culture (3 cr.)
CORE LITERACIES: 15 credits – Choose one (1) course from each broad theme. Course options can be found in the course catalog or on the academic advising page. Broad themes are:
- Narratives of Identity (3 cr.)
- Science, Environment & Culture (3 cr.)
- Social Tensions (3 cr.)
- The American Experience (3 cr.)
- Approving the Better Things (3 cr.)
Professional Core
Culminating Experience
- Pre-Internship
- Internship
- Capstone
Contact admissions or the program faculty with questions about this program.
Kate E. Meudt
Dean - College of Arts & Sciences
