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.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
PLO1. Identify, collect, and analyze financial, economic, market, and operational data, and present recommendations for managerial action.
PLO2. Recognize, assess, and propose solutions to legal, social, and ethical issues in the business environment.
PLO3. Identify and analyze global environments and diverse teams within a business and the opportunities associated with them.
PLO4. Devise strategic, innovative solutions for organizational challenges to include leveraging company operations in a market-driven economy.
PLO5. Identify and apply management and leadership theories to real-world settings.
PLO6. Identify and create tools needed for successful job searching and career advancement.
Program Details:
- Requires 180 QH including 60 QH of General Education for completion
- Credit for Prior Learning is accepted for general education and elective credit
- Students may complete any minor or concentration that is not in the same area of study as their program major. Students must consult with their Academic Advisor to select a minor or concentration that best fits their career and personal goals.
Required Courses
Research Methods
| RES 200 | Research, Writing, and Analysis | 1 |
Note: RES 200 is required for students completing a fully-online program.
Communications - 15QH
| ENG 101 | Beginning English Composition | 5 |
| ENG 201 | Intermediate English | 5 |
| ENG 203 | Effective Speaking for the Undergraduate | 5 |
Humanities and Fine Arts - 15QH
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities or fine arts.
Quantitative Reasoning - 5QH
| MTH 101 | Introduction to Mathematical Concepts | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any college-level mathematics.
Physical and Life Sciences - 10QH
| SCI 101 | Physical Science | 5 |
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| SCI 102 | Survey of Biological Science with Lab | 5 |
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| SCI 225 | Human Impact on Environment | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use one course in any physical science and one course in any life science.
Social and Behavioral Sciences - 15QH
| ECO 200 | Macroeconomics for Today's Professional | 5 |
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| HIS 102 | Civics and American Government | 5 |
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| SOC 101 | Foundational Sociology | 5 |
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| SOC 222 | Culture and Identity | 5 |
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| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use one economics course substantially equivalent to the NLUs course, one course in any social sciences, and one course in any behavioral sciences.
Additional General Education Requirements
Students must complete GEN 103 and MTH 102 as well as one of the following course options:
Pathways Students
| BRV 200 | Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator | 5 |
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| CAR 214 | Creating and Communicating the Professional Brand | 5 |
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| BRV 201 | Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator: Capstone Challenge | 2 |
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| CAR 217 | Workplace Leadership | 2 |
Transfer Students
| CAR 202 | Creating Professional Identity | 2 |
| CAR 203 | You The Professional | 0 TO 2 |
Note: GEN 103 may be waived for on-campus 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.
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
Choose additional courses to total 180 QH. These hours may be satisfied by completing any minor or concentration in consultation with your Academic Advisor.