Business Administration, B.A. (Degree-Completion Program)
As a degree-completion program, the Business Administration, B.A., is intended for students who have completed previous college coursework and is especially appropriate for those who have completed an AAS degree in management or an equivalent degree. The curriculum focuses on developing managers who can lead, organize, innovate, negotiate and establish productive relationships with those they manage.
In addition to the College of Management and Business Undergraduate Admission Requirements, students must fulfill the following requirements to start this program:
- A minimum of 135 quarter hours or 90 semester hours of transferable credit
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, on all previous coursework
- Note: Applicants may initiate a request for permission to start the program with fewer than the 135-quarter hour minimum transferable credit standard and/or the program prerequisites. If the applicant’s request for permission to start and the admissions file indicate a strong potential for success in the program, the academic program director may grant permission for the student to start. Any degree requirements that the student is missing, however, must still be met in order for a degree to be awarded.
This degree requires:
Students in this program may select an optional concentration in Public Policy.
Required Courses
Communications - 15 QH
Humanities - 5 QH
One Humanities course
Fine Arts - 5 QH
One Fine Arts course
Quantitative Reasoning/Math - 10 QH
Physical and Life Sciences - 5 QH
One Laboratory Science course
Social Sciences - 10 QH
Behavioral Science - 5 QH
Additional General Education Requirements - 5 QH
Choose General Education courses to reach 60 QH total
Business Support Requirements - 36 QH
| MGT101 | Introduction to Business | |
| MGT150 | Introduction to Computer Applications | |
| MGT120 | Accounting Principles I | |
| MGT121 | Accounting Principles II | |
| MGT122 | Accounting Principles III | |
| MGT204 | Business Law I | |
| MGT302 | Principles of Management and Supervision | |
| MGT300 | Principles of Marketing | |
| MGT301 | Principles of Finance | |
Computer Elective - 4 QH
Choose one Computer Elective course
Business Electives - 12 QH
Choose three Business Elective courses
Business Administration Core (must be taken at NLU) - 49 QH
| MGT407 | Advanced Business Writing | |
| MGT408 | Contemporary Issues in International Management | |
| MGT409 | Issues in Consumer Behavior | |
| MGT414 | Business Research Methods Communication | |
| MGT418 | Concepts and Applications in Financial Management | |
| MGT428 | Ethical Issues in Business and Management | |
| MGT434 | Accounting and Budgeting for Managers | |
| MGT438 | Information Management Systems | |
| MGT451 | Quantitative Methods for Managers | |
| MGT400 | Business Strategy | |
| MGT481 | Advanced Concepts in Operations Management | |
| MGT454 | Project Management | |
Non-specific electives - 19 QH
Choose any undergraduate courses to total 180 QH for the degree