Business Administration, BA

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College	Business
Academic Award	Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required	125 semester credits
Faculty Lead	Todd Nelson

The major in Business Administration is an all-purpose general business degree designed to prepare individuals to perform managerial functions in the public and private sectors. Like other majors in the College of Business, students take a series of core courses in the fundamentals of economics, accounting, management, marketing and finance. Students then balance the rest of their major with advanced courses in management, marketing, finance and accounting. The curriculum provides an educational experience for leadership positions in the business and professional world, and in various business ministries within the church-related, service-oriented institutions. The Christian value system and perspective, particularly as it relates to the modern business environment, will be integrated throughout the academic program.

Graduates with a degree in Business Administration 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.
Prepare and deliver a professional sales presentation.
Recommend a business strategy based on organizational data in Accounting, Finance, and Marketing.
Develop a career strategy in the Business Administration field.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60

Bible and Theology: 12

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)