Business Administration (College of Business)

Business Administration (B.S.)
Business Administration Minor

The Business Administration Major is an interactive program that inspires and promotes learning of emergent as well as traditional business principles, concepts, and applications across the main business functions. The curriculum actively engages learners in a life-long process of building value added business knowledge and understanding, effective decision-making skills, team skills, oral and written communication skills, leadership skills, and other skills critical to being a values contributor to the successful and efficient operation of business and society. The program develops knowledge of and experience with the applications of quantitative techniques, accounting, financial analysis and environments, organizational behavior, production and distribution systems, operations analysis, human resources, marketing, business law, and applied business research. Together with the Universityıs General Education Requirements, the Business Administration Major prepares students to be effective and valued contributors to business and society. The major prepares students for career advancement and advanced graduate business studies.

Business Administration (B.S.) (127 credit hours)

General Education Core Curriculum (45 credit hours)

Business Administration Major Requirements (66 credit hours)
Students must complete the 24-hour Common Professional Component, the Business Administration requirements (18 hours), and Other Requirements (listed below) if they are not taken in the General Education Core Curriculum.
A minimum of 21 credit hours in the major must be taken in residence. Upper level credit hours in the Common Professional Component may be used to fulfill the 21-hour residency requirement. A minimum of 21 upper level hours in the major must be completed with Bellevue University. As part of their major, students may also choose an area of emphasis in Finance, Human Resource Management, Management, or Marketing.

Common Professional Core (24 credit hours)
The following 8 courses (24 credit hours) are designated as the Common Professional Component and are required for the Business Administration Major. All courses are 3 credit hours.

    AC 205 Introduction to Accounting I - Financial Accounting
    AC 206 Introduction to Accounting II - Managerial Accounting
    BA 232 Principles of Management
    BA 252 Principles of Marketing
    BA 265 Legal Environment of Business
    BA 312 Principles of Finance
    BA 323A Introduction to Management Science
    BA 439 Business Policy and Strategy*

    *Must be taken in residence.

Business Administration Requirements (18 credit hours - may include 9 credit hour emphasis)

    BA 412A Intermediate Finance
    BA 426 Production and Operations Management
    BA 433 Organizational Behavior

    Plus an additional 9 hours for an Emphasis option as described after the Other Requirements listed below
    OR
    An additional 9 hours of B.A. courses selected from any upper-level courses not already required

Other Requirements (If not taken in General Education Core Curriculum):

    CA 308 Business Communications
    CIS 101 Computer Concepts and Applications
    EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
    EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics
    MA 102 College Algebra
    OR
    MA 120 Finite Mathematics
    MA 141 Introduction to Statistics
    MA 241 Inferential Statistics and Data Analysis
    AND
    One of the following courses not already taken to fulfill previous requirements:
    BA 423 Quantitative Methods
    CIS 205A Introduction to Structured Programming
    MA 200 Calculus for Management, Social and Life Sciences
    SO 230 Research Methods of the Social Sciences

Emphasis Options in Business Administration Major

(9 credit hours)
The Emphasis Options below provide the student with an opportunity to focus their studies in a selected business area of particular interest.
Finance Emphasis

    Three of the following:
    BA 402 Risk Management
    BA 416A Investments
    BA 417 International Finance
    BA 420 Cash Management
    BA 495 Independent Study in Finance
Human Resource Management Emphasis
    BA 333 Human Resource Management
    Plus two of the following:
    BA 435 Labor Relations
    BA 436 Compensation and Performance Management
    BA 438 Human Resource Law
Management Emphasis
    BA 434A Organization Management & Theory
    Plus two of the following:
    BA 333 Human Resource Management
    BA 437 Global Management
    BA 465A Business Law
Marketing Emphasis
    BA 452A Marketing Strategy Concepts and Processes
    Plus two of the following:
    BA 455 Internet Marketing
    BA 457 Multinational Marketing
    BA 458 Sales Management
Project Management Emphasis
    PM 101 Project Management Basics and Initiation
    PM 201 Project Management Planning Inputs
    PM 301 Project Management Execution and Change Control
    PM 401 Project Management Change and Closure

Business Administration Minor Requirements

College of Business
(21 credit hours)
Requires 12 credit hours in residency and not applicable to Accounting majors.

    AC 205 Introduction to Accounting I - Financial Accounting
    AC 206 Introduction to Accounting II - Managerial Accounting
    BA 232 Principles of Management
    BA 252 Principles of Marketing
    BA 265 Legal Environment of Business
    BA 312 Principles of Finance
    BA 323A Introduction to Management Science