Business Administration
Major
Bachelor of Arts
Do you like meeting new people and learning practical skills? If so, business administration is the place for you. As a business administration major, you will dive in to explore the operational side of business, whether it be management, marketing, or entrepreneurship. The business lab courses and marketing practicum give you a glimpse of business in practice—not only in theory.
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Business Administration Degree
Program Highlights
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Should I buy? Should I sell? Students act as business managers, apply risk management theories, and execute trades in an unstable market.
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Through this annual speaker series, you can connect with leading business executives who come to campus to share their practical life experiences in business, personal stories regarding their paths to success, and lessons learned along the way.
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Product Lab is an experiential entrepreneurial product design program that takes product ideas that solve everyday problems and turns them into real products. Students will experience a collaborative and creative interdisciplinary environment where they will be tasked with accomplishing the "idea to launch" product lifecycle in just 3 months.
Finish in Four*
with the skills to launch your career
Take the world of business head-on
with your skills in quantitative analysis, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. With a degree in business administration, upon graduation you will be prepared to take on your first job with the knowledge that you can confidently:
- describe and illustrate business processes;
- use analytical tools to measure business effectiveness;
- lead small groups and entrepreneurial projects; and
- articulate the fundamentals of corporate organization and governance.
Explore our Graduate Outcomes to learn more about what our graduates are doing today.
Meet our Faculty
Dr. Martinella Dryburgh
Executive Director of Posey Leadership Institute, Associate Professor of Business Administration
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