Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration
Learn the skills you need to succeed in today’s fast-paced business environment. Our business degree programs can potentially help you gain a well-rounded business education that can enhance your career opportunities.
Offered with Concentrations in:
- Management
- Human Resources Management
- International Business
- Marketing
- Finance
- Transportation and Logistics
Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration prepares students for a career in business. Students are offered a well-rounded business education with management, marketing, finance, accounting, statistics, and law courses. In addition, students select one of six concentrations: Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Marketing, Finance, or Transportation and Logistics. These concentrations allow students to specialize in a business discipline and enhance their career opportunities within that field.
Program Objectives
The following objectives are designed to meet BSU mission and its objectives.
- To develop students’ abilities to understand business concepts, terms and theories.
- To prepare students for jobs in the fields of management, marketing, human resources international business and finance.
- To assist students in becoming more proficient in analysis, decision making and management.
- To develop students’ understanding of international business and the effects of globalization.
Prerequisites for Major Courses
None.
Program Outline
To receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, students must earn 123.0 credit hours. Program requirements are as follows:
| Lower Division Business Administration Major Courses ( 24 credit hours ) | |
| Accounting Principles I | 3.0 credit hours |
| Accounting Principles II | 3.0 credit hours |
| Business Law | 3.0 credit hours |
| Financial Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Entrepreneurship | 3.0 credit hours |
| Principles of Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Human Resources Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Introduction to Marketing | 3.0 credit hours |
Lower Division General Education Courses ( 36.0 credit hours )
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Note: All lower division major and general education courses must be successfully completed before upper division courses are undertaken.Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses (33.0 credit hours)
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses (33.0 credit hours) | |
| Managerial Accounting | 3.0 credit hours |
| Legal and Ethical Environments of Business | 3.0 credit hours |
| Principles of Managerial Finance | 3.0 credit hours |
| Industrial Psychology | 3.0 credit hours |
| Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior | 3.0 credit hours |
| Project Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| International Business | 3.0 credit hours |
| Integrated Studies Capstone Course | 3.0 credit hours |
| Quantitative Approach to Business Decisions | 3.0 credit hours |
| Money and Banking | 3.0 credit hours |
| Leadership | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses Management Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| Workforce Diversity | 3.0 credit hours |
| Operations Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Cross-Cultural Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Business Ethics | 3.0 credit hours |
| Global Strategy and Policy | 3.0 credit hours |
| Sales and Sales Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses Human Resource Management Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| Workforce Diversity | 3.0 credit hours |
| Performance Evaluation | 3.0 credit hours |
| Recruitment, Selection and Staffing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Training and Development | 3.0 credit hours |
| Labor Relations | 3.0 credit hours |
| Management Law and Employee Relations | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses International Business Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| International Finance | 3.0 credit hours |
| International Competitiveness | 3.0 credit hours |
| International Negotiations and Transactions | 3.0 credit hours |
| Cultural Environment of International Business | 3.0 credit hours |
| International Entrepreneurship | 3.0 credit hours |
| Global Strategy and Policy | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses Marketing Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| Advertising/Promotion Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Sales and Sales Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Consumer Behavior | 3.0 credit hours |
| E-Marketing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Marketing Strategy | 3.0 credit hours |
| Service Marketing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses Finance Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| Financial Decision-Making and Planning | 3.0 credit hours |
| Commercial Bank Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Cases Studies in Finance | 3.0 credit hours |
| Financial Policy and Strategy | 3.0 credit hours |
| International Finance | 3.0 credit hours |
| Investment | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division Business Administration Major Courses transportation and Logistics Concentration (18.0 credit hours) | |
| Foundations of Transportation | 3.0 credit hours |
| Strategic Transportation Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Logistics Systems Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Port and Terminal Operation Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Global Logistics | 3.0 credit hours |
| Logistics Practicum | 3.0 credit hours |
| Upper Division General Education Courses (12.0 credit hours) | |
| Management Information Systems | 3.0 credit hours |
| Professional Writing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Research Writing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Intermediate Statistics | 3.0 credit hours |
