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The Business Administration Program

Within the Business Administration area, the business administration program prepares students for a variety of career opportunities. It prepares students with a broad and overall understanding of the functional disciplines of business and for management positions in business organizations. A major in business administration is also offered. However, the accompanying minor must be in an area outside of business.
Why Business Administration?
Pursue an established career path in a large company
Start your own business
Invest in the stock market
Understand and operate computers
Work in foreign countries
Manage a small or large company
Analyze and interpret financial reports
Banking
Jobs for the 21st Century

A sample of the types of jobs for which a Business Administration prepares you are:

Business Analyst
Incorporating Specialist
Public Relations Coordinator
Teleservices Consultant
Account Manager
Small Business Owner
Consulting

Entrance Standards for Business Programs
To make the Business Administration program more attractive to businesses, students must meet certain standards to take upper-level courses. Upon completion of at least 20 courses (60 semester hours) a student may be eligible to be admitted to the program. The student must have a 2.3 GPA for these courses.
Program Requirements

University Studies 64-70 hrs
Business Core      33 hrs
Courses in Program 25-31 hrs

 



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