Bachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration prepares graduates for a wide range of managerial positions in business, government, and non-profit organizations. Business Administration students acquire fundamental as well as practical and professional skills in all phases of business including decision-making and problem-solving capabilities, and the program also provides a strong liberal arts component that develops communications skills, information literacy, abstract thinking and critical analysis and fosters historical, political and social awareness.
The Bachelor of Business Administration program offers area concentrations that enable students to tailor their degrees to their career and educational goals. Specializations are available in:
- Acquisition and Contract Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health Services Administration
- Human Resource Management
- Management
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Retail Management
Also available: a Master of Business Administration
Requirements
Area I-Core Component
Area II-Major Component
Area II-Concentration Component
Students must choose one of the following Area II Concentration Components to complete the Bachelor of Business Administration program.
Area III-General Education Component
Area IV-Elective Component
These courses are selected in consultation with the Academic Advisor; within this component it is possible for students to develop a minor in a second area of study (See "Minors").
Minimum Total Quarter Hours Required for Graduation 180.0
Area II Concentration Requirements
Acquisition and Contract Management Concentration
BUS 315 | Cost and Price Analysis | |
BUS 319 | Principles of Federal Acquisition and Contract Management | |
BUS 330 | Contract Administration and Management | |
BUS 340 | Contract and Purchasing Negotiation Techniques | |
| OR | |
BUS 375 | Project Management | |
LEG 440 | Procurement and Contract Law | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Entrepreneurship Concentration
BUS 313 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | |
BUS 363 | Technology and Innovation in Entrepreneurship | |
BUS 435 | Management and Growth in Entrepreneurship | |
BUS 463 | Entrepreneurship Feasibility and Analysis | |
FIN 317 | Financing Entrepreneurships | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Finance Concentration
ECO 320 | Money and Banking | |
FIN 320 | Investments | |
FIN 350 | Financial Markets and Institutions | |
FIN 355 | Financial Risk Analysis | |
FIN 405 | Advanced Financial Management | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Health Services Administration Concentration
HSA 300 | Health Services Organization Management | |
HSA 305 | Health Services Marketing | |
HSA 315 | Health Information Systems | |
HSA 320 | Healthcare Human Resource Management | |
HSA 405 | Healthcare Policy and Law | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Human Resource Management Concentration
BUS 310 | Human Resource Management | |
BUS 325 | Global Human Resource Management | |
BUS 335 | Staffing Organizations | |
BUS 407 | Training and Development | |
BUS 409 | Compensation Management | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Management Concentration
BUS 310 | Human Resource Management | |
BUS 375 | Project Management | |
BUS 402 | Small Business Management | |
BUS 430 | Operations Management | |
ITB 300 | Fundamentals of Global Management | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Marketing Concentration
Project Management Concentration
BUS 375 | Project Management | |
BUS 377 | Managing Project Risk | |
BUS 380 | Managing Project Teams | |
BUS 419 | Project Estimating and Budgeting | |
BUS 437 | Project Procurement Management | |
Total Credit Hours: | 22.5 |
Retail Management Concentration
All courses are 4.5 credits.
Total Credit Hours: 180.0