Business Administration, B.A.
This program, offered in face-to-face, blended (a combination of face-to-face and online) and online-only formats, is designed for students new to the business field. Students have the opportunity to develop a broad range of business skills built upon a solid liberal arts foundation. Students gain experience in accounting, finance, computer information systems, marketing, and management, equipping students for a wide variety of career options and preparing students for graduate study.
Business Administration, B.A. program is also offered at NLU’s Poland location.
Program Details:
- Requires 180 QH, including 60 QH of General Education, for completion
- Credit by examination and portfolio are accepted for general education and elective credit
- Students may complete a minor or concentration, listed below
Minor:
Concentrations:
Required Courses
Student Success Seminar
Note: GEN 103 may be waived, upon student request, for students who (1) enter NLU with an associate’s degree or 90 or more quarter credit hours of transfer credit; and (2) have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or above in their previous undergraduate studies. Students will be required to complete or transfer in additional coursework in general education to meet the 60-quarter credit hour requirement.
Communications
Humanities
| LAH 120 | Logic and Effective Thinking | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities.
Fine Arts
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in fine arts.
Quantitative Reasoning
| LAM 106 | Basic Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 110 | College Mathematics: Application of Mathematical Ideas | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any college-level mathematics course instead of
LAM 110.
LAM 106 must be completed at NLU or an equivalent course may be transferred.
Physical and Life Sciences
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in physical and life sciences.
Social Sciences
| LAS 118 | Introduction to Politics and U.S. Government | 5 |
| LAS 203 | Survey of U.S. History | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any two general education courses in social sciences.
Behavioral Science
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in behavioral sciences.
Business Administration Core - 79 QH
| BUS 101 | Principles of Business | 5 |
| BUS 430 | Management and Leadership | 5 |
| BUS 431 | Professional Communication for Managers | 5 |
| BUS 452 | Legal and Corporate Governance Issues in Management | 2 |
| INT 315 | Global Perspectives | 5 |
| MKT 300 | Principles of Marketing | 5 |
| BUS 450 | Data Analysis for Managers | 5 |
| BUS 453 | Ethical Conduct and Social Responsibility in Management | 2 |
| BUS 400 | Operations and Strategic Management | 5 |
| ACC 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 5 |
| ACC 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 5 |
| MIS 103 | Introduction to Software Applications | 5 |
| MIS 436 | Technology Applications in Management | 5 |
| FIN 444 | Finance and Accounting Concepts for Managers | 5 |
| HRM 400 | Human Resource Management | 5 |
| PJM 454 | Project Management | 5 |
| BUS 490 | Internship in Business | 2 TO 5 |
Note: BUS 490 must be taken for 5 quarter hours.
Electives - 41 QH
Choose elective courses to meet the minimum degree requirement of 180 QH.
For more information about this program, visit http://www.nl.edu/academics/businessbachelors/babusinessadministration/