Business Administration (Acc)
The Business Administration major prepares students to be ethical and effective business leaders in a globalized economy. The coursework provides a broad foundation in business principles and practices, focusing on critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and effective communication. Students will specialize in a concentration area, such as general business, human resource management, or health care management.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Describe how a Christian worldview, informs responses to ethical issues and dilemmas.
- Demonstrate broad knowledge of business and related topics.
- Demonstrate an understanding and a disposition that a student builds across the business curriculum.
- Identify and evaluates conclusions, implications, and consequences.
- Interpret quantitative data to inform and drive sound decision making.
- Demonstrates professional business communication.
- Demonstrates the ability to convert relevant information into an insightful mathematical portrayal.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Post-Traditional Core Requirements | 44 | |
| School of Business Core Requirements | 27 | |
| Concentration Requirements | 12 | |
| Electives | 37 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Major Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
| Interpersonal Communication (counted in University Core ) | ||
| Business Statistics (Counts as Mathematics Post-Traditional Core) | ||
| Eldercare (Counted in University Core , Only required for HCM Concentration) | ||
| Core Business Requirments | ||
| LA 1020 | Student Success Strategies | 3 |
| BUS 2660 | Organizational Management Principles | 3 |
| Macroeconomics (Society and Culture) | ||
| ACCT 2000 | Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals | 3 |
| BUS 2440 | Project Management | 3 |
| MGMT 3600 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 4600 | Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations | 3 |
| MGMT 4620 | International Business | 3 |
| MGMT 3660 | Managing Change | 3 |
| BUS 4420 | Business Policy and Ethics (Business School Capstone) | 3 |
| Required Concentration Courses (12 Credits) | 12 | |
| General Business Concentration | ||
Select 12 credits of Business Electives | ||
| Health Care Management Concentration | ||
| Management Principles in Health Care | ||
| Financial Issues in Health Care | ||
| Healthcare Ethics | ||
| Health Care Planning and Evaluation | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Employment and Labor Relations | ||
| Training and Employee Development | ||
| Philosophy of Values & Ethics | ||
| Integrative Project: HR Management | ||
| Total Hours | 39 | |
| Semester 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| LA 1020 | Student Success Strategies | 3 |
| BUS 2660 | Organizational Management Principles | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| ENG 2100 | College Writing | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| REL 1590 | Heritage of Faith | 3 |
| COMM 2100 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| ACCT 2000 | Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals | 3 |
| CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| ECON 2200 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| HCM 3500 | Eldercare | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| BUS 3450 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| BUS 2440 | Project Management | 3 |
| SOCIETY & CULTURE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 5 | ||
| BUS 3240 | Philosophy of Values & Ethics | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| MGMT 3600 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| REL 2030 | Biblical Theology | 3 |
| MGMT 3660 | Managing Change | 3 |
| ENV 1050 or JPP 3040 |
Introduction to Environmental Science or Forensic Investigation |
3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 7 | ||
| CCE 1020 | Western Culture & Worldview | 3 |
| HHP 1115 | Fit and Well | 2 |
| CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| ELECTIVE | 1 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| CCE 1030 | Western Thought & Worldview | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| MGMT 4600 | Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 9 | ||
| CCE 1040 | Science & Humanity | 3 |
| HUMAN CREATIVITY & EXPRESSION | 3 | |
| MGMT 4620 | International Business | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 10 | ||
| FAITH & LIFE | 3 | |
| CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| BUS 4420 | Business Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Course options and schedule are subject to change.