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Business Administration (B.S.)

The online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program is designed for students looking t o advance past a diploma or Associate’s degree. The courses address a wide variety of business needs in finance, technology, management skills, and business principles, theories and practices.

Business Administration

Have you already completed an associate’s program but want more in-depth training? If so, the Bryan University Business Administration Bachelor of Science degree is ideal for you.

The business administration degree program goes far beyond administrative support. It will cover effective management and business principles, as well as guide you through the financial, technological and theoretical sides of business.

Bryan’s Business Administration Bachelor of Science degree is offered online, so you can complete the program at your convenience.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program has been designed to provide advanced educational opportunities for students who have completed an Associate’s degree program at an accredited postsecondary institution.

The courses address a wide variety of business needs in finance, technology, management skills, and business principles, theories and practices. The Bachelor of Business Administration program can provide you with an extensive business background, focusing on principles and techniques of effective administration.

Program Highlights

  • 140 Weeks; 14 Quarters in Length

Learning from Those Who Know It Best

The experienced instructors will push you beyond practical skills and introduce you to the principles and theories that will help you better understand the importance of your future administrative roles. You’ll graduate with all the techniques and skills required to be an accomplished member of a business team.

With knowledgeable instructors teaching students relevant skills, Bryan brings the real world of business into the classroom.

Here are a few focus areas the Bachelor of Business Administration degree curriculum includes:

  • Business accounting
  • Business law
  • Sales and marketing
  • Project management
  • Market research
  • Micro and macro economics

Skills You Can Gain From Bryan University

A business administration degree can provide you with the fundamental theories and practical knowledge necessary so you have the opportunity to succeed in a competitive business environment.

At Bryan, not only can you gain a strong foundation of business knowledge, you’ll also learn about personal investing, portfolio management, and strategies for success. Having a successful future in business requires more than learning the fundamentals—it requires knowing what it takes to stand out among the competition.

That’s why at Bryan, you have the opportunity to focus on and achieve your path to success.

Here are some areas you can expect to learn about in our program:

  • Business Applications
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Human Resources Management

The skills you can gain throughout this program can prepare you to take on responsibilities including:

  • Buy, store and distribute supplies
  • Supervise clerical and administrative personnel
  • Set goals and deadlines for your department
  • Develop, manage, and monitor records
  • Recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve operations
  • Earn your Bachelor of Business Administration degree to prepare for your future business role!

Start Your Training So You Can Start Your Job

Gone are the days when you have to drag yourself to work feeling like you have no control and no opportunity to advance. With the Business Administration Bachelor of Science degree program at Bryan University, you can gain the skills you need to advance in your career and become an important leader and team member. With extensive training in the fundamentals of business, you can gain the knowledge base to take on important responsibilities and become an integral employee to a business.

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Program Details

Support Courses – 13.5 credits required

CA100 +

Introduction to Computer Software Management
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The student is introduced to the history of computers, operating systems and a basic understanding of modern software and the impact on the business environment. This course will allow students to become acquainted with the computer, integrated software, and vital Internet and online communications techniques through hands-on training. Emphasis is placed on computer hardware, current operating systems software, and development of keyboarding skills. The student is also introduced to email communications.

CA110 +

Introduction to Computer Applications
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course provides the student with a basic understanding of modern software and the impact on the business environment. The course is designed to introduce the history of computers and information systems in an uncomplicated way to reach students with a wide range of backgrounds, interests, and skills. The course will allow students to become acquainted with the computer and integrated software through hand-on training.

CA120 +

Strategies for Success
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The student will develop skills related to goal setting, personal accountability, positive attitudes and beliefs, enhanced expectations, self-efficacy building, teamwork, planning, improved performance, higher quality of life and overall personal development.

Core Courses – 112.5 credits required

BA100 +

Business Communications
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course presents methods in both written and oral communications as they relate to business. The course emphasizes writing and revising effective business correspondence, speaking effectively, and developing useful organizational skills for written and oral business presentations.

BA101 +

Keyboarding
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course provides a contemporary learning environment for today’s high-tech office. The course emphasizes learning correct keystrokes techniques, and then practicing to develop proficient typing skills.

BA105 +

Business Accounting Concepts
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course places students in the role of a sole proprietorship and small corporate business accountant. Students will learn fundamental accounting concepts and principles, develop, and interpret financial statements, and perform some financial analysis and comparisons.

BA106 +

Business Accounting Functions
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course provides experience in establishing and using computer-based accounting systems for small business operations.

BA110 +

Principles of Business
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles of business enterprise and economics. An overview to the functions of a business organization will include an evaluation of the social and economic environment in which the business operates, followed by a look at management, finance, accounting, production, marketing, insurance, law, and global business awareness.

BA125 +

Organizational Behavior
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course presents a broad overview of the principles and fundamental aspects of Organizational Behavior. The course emphasizes the topics of basic human processes, individual behavior in the organization, group and team dynamics, and organizational culture.

BA140 +

Business Law
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The course combines the understanding of legal theory with, and an acquaintance of, the various forms of contracts. Students are taught the essentials of the legal environment of business, tort law, contracts, commercial transactions, government regulations and property.

BA175 +

Business Applications
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

Students will prepare documents and complete tasks similar to those required in a technologically advanced business environment. The course emphasizes oral and written business communication through the use of word processing and spreadsheet programs common in today’s business world. Students will develop the necessary math skills required to systematically solve business-related problems.

BA195 +

Sales and Marketing
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course introduces modern business marketing concepts and strategies and familiarizes the student with standards, procedures, and techniques used in marketing. Topics include marketing research, consumer behavior, product and pricing strategies, marketing communications and distribution.

BA220 +

Leadership
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course introduces basic leadership concepts within framework of leader behaviors, defines leadership in terms of behaviors perceived by followers and through real-life examples, and engages in analysis of cases representing classic leadership problems and opportunities. The course focuses on the art of leadership and exposes the student to tools and techniques to assist in the development of leadership skills necessary in all facets of life.

BA226 +

Project Management
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course focuses on the essentials of effective project management and the activities required to achieve project success. Three phases of the project management will be studied: 1.) the identification of the need for project management, 2.) the development of the proposed solution, and 3.) the implementation of the solution.

BA230 +

Human Resource Management
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The recruitment and selection of employees, labor relations, training programs, service records, efficiency ratings, compensation and employee development programs, labor turnover, and employee morale are all covered in this course. The course will examine personnel practices of several companies that have developed outstanding personnel programs.

BA298 +

Applied Business Research
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course will train students to develop fundamental skills for office administration and management. Students will complete research and simulations designed to prepare them for office operation duties that are vital in today’s business world. Students will continue to increase proficiency in business software functions. This course is designed to simulate activities in the office environment.

BA300 +

Managerial Cost Accounting
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course introduces the basic principles of management accounting including manufacturing and cost accounting, cost analysis, budgeting, and financial statement analysis. Also covered in this course are accounting for decentralized operations, capital budgeting decisions, and ethical challenges in managerial accounting.

BA305 +

Tax Accounting
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course introduces tax accounting exposing students to a broad range of tax concepts and emphasizing the role of taxation in the business decisionmaking process. The study of income determination concepts for corporations and the impact of taxation on decisions and ethical standards will also be covered.

BA310 +

Money and Banking
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course discusses the nature and functions of money and the role of depository institutions and central banks in affecting the supply of money and credit. The course also reflects on the changing financial environment and the influence of monetary policy on interest rates, prices, and the overall level of economic activity.

BA315 +

Entrepreneurial Finance
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course is designed to teach prospective entrepreneurs the fundamentals of how to become an entrepreneur, focusing on the financial aspects. The objective of this course is to enhance students’ understanding of the dynamic challenges faced by entrepreneurial ventures in securing financial backing to support future growth and development.

BA320 +

Consumer Behavior
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course examines important concepts, principles, and theories from the various social sciences in order to describe and explain consumer behavior. The purpose of the course is to study the process of consumer choice, its determinants and its implications for marketing programs and public policy. Consumer behaviors that will be analyzed are consumers as individuals, as part of a group, and the effects of consumption on culture and how to measure these influences.

BA325 +

Market Research
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts and practices that make up the field; to show how marketing information research tools, skills, and understanding can be applied in solving marketing problems. Students will learn how to design a market research project, how to gather and collect accurate data, and the analysis of data and the reporting of results. This course will also explain the use of technology in the research process.

BA340 +

Personal Investing and Portfolio Management
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

In the midst of today’s shifting financial environment and fast-paced, changing lives, it’s more important than ever before that student gain a solid foundation in personal financial planning. This course provides students with the tools, techniques, and understanding they need to define and achieve their financial goals. The course emphasizes the importance of learning to use today’s most critical financial tools and technology, including financial planning software.

BA404 +

Microeconomics
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course will cover the area of economics commonly defined as microeconomics which is concerned with the individual parts of the economy such as individual businesses or industries, individual consumers, and individual products. The goal is to study whether the economy uses our limited resources to obtain the maximum satisfaction possible for society.

BA405 +

Macroeconomics
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The flow of national income, economics growth and fluctuation, the role of money and banking, and monetary and fiscal policies are all essential topics covered in this course. Emphasis is given to the development of conceptual tools to analyze the economic problems facing modern society.

BA410 +

International Business
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

Explores the concept of international business as a system and the theories which underlie it; institutions which are visual evidence of it; production, marketing, financial, legal, and other subsystems which comprise the total system. It also examines national governmental and international institutional controls and constraints, which impact the environment in which the system operates.

BA415 +

Market Strategies
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

The focus of this course is strategic marketing analysis and marketing planning. Students will learn the components and construction of a strategic marketing plan, and they will gain considerable experience in the analysis of complex marketing decisions. In addition, this course examines the major trends in marketing including the integration of marketing communications, radical changes in the selling function and sales force, customer relationship management, the impact of e-commerce, and the broadening role of marketing throughout organizations.

BA420 +

Integrated Marketing
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course is designed for students who will become decision makers in almost any company concerned with consumer/customer communications including advertising, public relations, promotions, Internet, marketing, media, and client organizations. Students will learn and practice message and touchpoint integration with special attention to effectiveness and measurable results. Communication professionals are now more than ever accountable for their programs and strategies. They also have more power to shape the way in which marketing organizations do business.

General Education Courses – 54 credits required

GEN101 +

Introduction to Algebra
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course is the study of real numbers and variables. Topics studied include operations involving real numbers and algebraic expressions, solving linear equations and inequalities, graphs of linear equations and inequalities, simplifying rational expressions and exponents, factoring, and radicals.

GEN120 +

Composition I
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This is the basic writing course designed to improve writing skills. The student writes essays in which organization, proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling usage are stressed. The student will also write a research paper with appropriate format and documentation.

GEN140 +

Composition II
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course focuses on honing and expanding college writing skills through its focus on writing analysis and the preparation of essays. Prerequisite: GEN120 – Composition I.

GEN160 +

Introduction to Communications
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course offers an opportunity to learn and apply in daily life practical principles of human interpersonal communication. Emphasis is placed on the psychological, social, cultural, and linguistic factors that affect person-to-person interaction. This course is designed to help students improve their communication behavior; attention is given to human perceptions, interpersonal dynamics, patterns of influence, listening and verbal and visual symbols. This class will introduce students to the principles, theories, and forms of communication including interpersonal communication, group communication, public speaking, and mass communication.

GEN200 +

College Algebra
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course is an in-depth study of the traditional topics of college algebra. These topics include solving linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, graphs of equations and inequalities, operations involving polynomials and rational expressions, exponents, radicals, and introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions.

GEN230 +

Introduction to American Politics
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

In this course a student will study the institutions and constitutional framework of the United States Government and survey the structure and development of city and state government systems. The course is developed to teach values, rights, and responsibilities that shape the public decision making of an active and informed citizen and influence contemporary public affairs in a democratic society.

GEN240 +

Psychology
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This general psychology course is intended to provide the student with a basic understanding of psychology, its relationships to the life sciences and how behaviors affect people’s everyday lives. Emphasis is placed on developmental psychology and the problems that people face in regard to relationships and the mental and physical dilemmas they may pose. Topics such as stress, altered states of consciousness, aging, conflicts and types of therapies will be presented.

GEN300 +

Environmental Science
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course provides students with an understanding of environmental science that includes energy principles, relationships of organisms in ecosystems, and human impacts.

GEN305 +

Sociology
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course teaches students to use sociological concepts and theories to analyze the most compelling and significant issues of our day. There is a distinct global emphasis. Issues covered include immigration, the differences between the world’s richest and poorest regions, conflict, and the distribution of global resources. This approach will allow students to demonstrate analytical power for thinking about personal, local, national, but especially global issues and events.

GEN310 +

Critical Thinking
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

This course studies a process by which we develop and support our beliefs and evaluate the strength of arguments made by others in real-life situations. It dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. It includes the practice of fundamental concepts in critical thinking, identifying common barriers to critical thinking and helps the students to formulate strategies for overcoming critical thinking barriers.

GEN311 +

Introduction to Ethics
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

In this course students will focus on business-related actions that are in apparent conflict with the morality and examine them from multiple perspectives. The theme that runs throughout this course is that business and ethics are compatible and even complimentary with one another. Study will include ethics, values, and social responsibility. Student will explore and discuss ethical issues and dilemmas in the workplace, and examine contemporary, ethical, social, and environmental issues. The course will help students establish ethical and social responsibility in the workplace.

GEN400 +

Geopolitics
55 Credit Hours (55 contact hours)

After briefly introducing the political-economy approach found in world-systems theory, the course will then examine historical and contemporary geopolitics – the struggle for control over territory and resources; a primary goal of course is to reach a better understanding of America’s role in the world.

GRAND TOTAL Contact Hours: 2200
Quarter Credit Hours: 180