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 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: 

• Criminal Justice

Concentrations: 

• Entrepreneurship 
• Human Resource Management
• Leadership
• Long-Term Care Administration 
• Urban and Policy Studies 

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 Composition	5
ENG 203	Effective Speaking for the Undergraduate	5

Humanities and Fine Arts - 15QH

ART 101	Basic Art Appreciation	5
HIS 103	History Across the Globe	5
PHI 107	Ethics, Logic and Critical Inquiry	5

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

One course must have a lab:

SCI 101	Physical Science	5
	and
SCI 102	Survey of Biological Science with Lab	5
	or
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
	and
HIS 102	Introduction to Political Science	5
	or
SOC 101	Foundational Sociology	5
	or
SOC 222	Culture and Identity	5
	and
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

GEN 210	Think Global-Perspectives from the Field	3 TO 5
BRV 200	Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator	5
	or
CAR 215	Career Planning	3
	and
CAR 216	Career Practice	2
BRV 201	Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator: Capstone Challenge	2
	or
CAR 217	Career Application	2

Transfer Students

CAR 202	Creating Professional Identity	2
CAR 203	You the Professional	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. GEN 210 is required for Pathways students only.

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 elective courses to meet the minimum degree requirement of 180 QH. These hours may be satisfied by completing a minor and concentrations listed above.

 

For more information about this program, visit  http://www.nl.edu/academics/businessbachelors/babusinessadministration/