Business Management, BA

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College	Business; Adult and Professional Studies
Academic Award	Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required	120 semester credits
Faculty Lead	Thor Tolo
Available at	Sacramento Campus, Salem Campus, Online

The College of Business offers the major in Business Management designed to allow adult professionals to earn a degree while remaining in their career. Since many adults desire to earn their degree but are unable to attend classes during regular class hours, courses are offered during nontraditional hours through accelerated course formats.

Graduates with a degree in Business Management are able to:

Apply business concepts and theories to solve business challenges.
Write a realistic entrepreneurial business plan.
Compare global and domestic business issues and practices.
Evaluate ethical dilemmas and other issues in business from a Christian faith perspective.
Evaluate best practices for resolving human resource issues within an organization.
Recommend a business strategy based on organizational data in Accounting, Finance, and Marketing.
Develop a career strategy in the Business Management field.

Contact the College of Adult and Professional Studies Enrollment Office for an information packet.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60

Bible and Theology: 6

Select 6 credits from the following:

BIBL 1103 - Old Testament History and Literature 3 credits
BIBL 1203 - New Testament History and Literature 3 credits
THEO 1213 - Christian Thought 3 credits
THEO 2323 - Jesus the Messiah 3 credits

Written and Verbal Communications: 9

ENGL 1013 - Composition I: Expository Writing 3 credits
ENGL 1023 - Composition II: Rhetoric and Research Writing 3 credits
COMM 1213 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 credits

Humanities: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)
ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)

Social Sciences: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)
Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:
Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Geography (GEOG), Health & Fitness (PEDU), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI)