Program Objectives
- Broaden the student's knowledge and understanding of the current facets of business
Improve the student's capacity for effective decision making in organizations. - Facilitate professional growth by exposure to organizational culture and development of conceptual and diagnostic skills.
- Provide a practical understanding of the total enterprise and promote abstract thinking.
- Emphasize objective setting, strategic planning, operational planning and time-management concepts.
- Expose the student to multiple organizational structures and design, job designs, and authority relationships.
- Focus on organizational behavior and the managerial dimensions of attitudes, personality, and techniques for managing work groups.
- Promote development of interpersonal relationships and effective oral and written communications.
- Enhance human resource management skills to achieve high productivity.
- Demonstrate the vital issues of the legal environment of business, social responsibility and managerial ethics.
- Encourage integration of Christian perspectives and Biblical doctrines with value systems in business, professional relationships and management's code of conduct.
- Highlight the role of financial management in achieving efficient allocation of funds by study of capital budgeting techniques, cash and marketable securities.
- Gain insights into the basic elements of the marketing concept and its implementation.
- Recognize and understand the environmental variables that influence marketing decisions, activities and strategy formulation.
- Understand the basic structure of accounting systems, financial statements, financial analysis for merchandising and manufacturing enterprises and varied costing methods.
- Study the macro and micro economic environment as related to individuals, businesses and society and use analytical tools to explain, demonstrate and illustrate economic concepts.
- Analyze, interpret, and practice certain information system concepts vital to modern-day business.
Survey statistical and quantitative methodology in conjunction with problem scenarios centered around an application setting where statistical/quantitative results provide insights to decisions and solutions to problems.
In addition to the general B.S. in Business Administration, emphases are offered in Accounting and Management . For students interested in specializing in the Business area, these concentrations provide an in-depth academic exposure to the respective fields. They prepare students for specialized careers in accounting and management.
| Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (General) | Sem. Hrs. |
| Core Curriculum Requirements | 53/57 |
| History, Survey (U.S. and/or Western Civ.) | 3 |
| Social Science (*Macroeconomics, sociology, psychology) | 3 |
| Computer Applications | 3 |
| English Composition I and II | 6 |
| Literature | 3 |
| Western Cultural Heritage Series (HU 1310; 1320; 1330) | 9 |
| Speech Coomunication | 3 |
| Physical and Natural Science | 6/7 |
| Mathematics (MH 1338 or higher) | 3 |
|
Physical Education (PE 1300 req'd) |
3 |
| Bible (See Bible for core classes) | 8-12 |
| Required Business Courses | 51 |
| ACF 3302 Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACF 4310 Managerial Finance | 3 |
| BA 2301 Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| BA 2302 Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| BA 2304 Microeconomics | 3 |
| BA 2305 Business Mathematics | 3 |
| BA 3310 Professional Writing and Communications | 3 |
| BA 3340 Business Statistics | 3 |
| BA 3380 Legal Environment of Business I | 3 |
| BA 3381 Legal Environment of Business II | 3 |
| BA 4380 Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| BIS 3300 Database Management | 3 |
| BIS 3320 Business Spreadsheets and Graphics | 3 |
| MH 1341 Business Calculus (or MH 1451 Calculus I) | 3 |
| MN 3300 Principles of Management | 3 |
| MN 4360 Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKT 3310 Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Bible (beyond core) | 8-12 |
| Electives (To include two 1-hr. P.E. activity courses which are required for graduation) | 5 |
| Total Minimum Hours. for Graduation | 120-128 |
NOTES
Forty-eight (48) upper level hours are required for graduation if upper level Bible courses are taken for 3 hours;
forty-four (44) upper level hours are required if upper level Bible courses are taken for 2 hours.
See section on Graduation Requirements for other requirements.
Macroeconomics is a requirement for graduation for all business majors.
Business Calculus (or Calculus I), Business Mathematics, Personal & Consumer Finance, Accounting I and Accounting II should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.
| Course Requirements for BIS Emphasis | *12 |
| BIS 3376 Advanced Programming: Visual BASIC** | 3 |
| BIS 4320 Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| BIS 4340 Web Page Architecture | 3 |
| BIS 4390 Seminar in Information Systems | 3 |
| Total Hours Required for Graduation | 127/135 |
*Up to 5 hours may be fulfilled as Business electives
**BIS 2376 BASIC Programming is a pre-requisite for this course.
| Course Requirements for Management Emphasis | *12 |
| MN 3325 Personnel/HR Management | 3 |
| MN 4390 Readings in Management | 3 |
| MN 4395 Seminar in Management | 3 |
| MKT 4320 Marketing Management | 3 |
| Total Hours Required for Graduation | 127/135 |
*Up to 5 hours may be fulfilled as Business electives
| Course Requirements for Finance Emphasis | *12 |
| ACF 4300 Investments | 3 |
| ACF/EC 4320 Managerial Economics | 3 |
| ACF 4330 Financial Markets & Institutions | 3 |
|
EC/ACF 2310 Personal & Consumer Finance |
3 |
| Total Hours Required for Graduation | 124/132 |