The programs offered in the Harris College of Business & Executive Education are designed to develop and enhance leadership qualities in men and women and prepare them for roles in the business community and the free enterprise system. The School emphasizes the integration of Christian values with traditional business and executive education.
The Harris College of Business & Executive Education offers the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and in Business Information Systems . Within the Business Administration program, a special concentration of courses may be taken in Accounting or Management. These programs prepare students for careers in business, information systems, accounting, finance and management as well as graduate work in business.
The Harris College of Business & Executive Education offers innovative programs geared to adult students. An innovative Executive Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is offered to executives, managers, supervisors, and other professionals. Also, the Bachelor of Science in Management of Human Resources (MHR) is offered for adults. Both of these programs are designed for students having two years of prior college, and enable them to complete the baccalaureate degree on a schedule convenient for them. Most adult classes are scheduled in the evening or on the weekend.
The Harris College of Business & Executive Education also offers electives in general Business Administration, Automated Office Systems, and Computer Information Systems with the two-year Associate of Science degree . These two-year programs are offered primarily at the extension centers and are designed to be a foundation for the Bachelor's degree while providing students a broad-based liberal arts education complemented by business courses to enhance learning horizons. These programs address the grassroots of learning while relating to a modern-day, real-world business environment.
One-year certificate programs in Automated Office Systems, Business Administration, and Computer Information Systems are offered by the Harris College of Business & Executive Education primarily at the extension centers. While the main objective of these certificate programs is to provide vocational skills, the institution is committed to ensure that such skills are acquired with an appropriate blend of English, professional writing, communications, management, and computer application courses that enhance professional competency of students.
The Harris College of Business & Executive Education operates within a highly student-oriented environment. The goal of Harris College of Business and Executive Education and its instructors is to graduate students interested in what an education enables them to be as well as what it enables them to do.