Online Degree Completion

Online Degree Completion helps working professionals gain fundamental knowledge of the varied aspects of business and how sub-disciplines within a business interact to contribute to the success of a private or public sector organization.

Respected Degree

Go further with an AACSB accredited degree program taught by a Top-50 public university business school faculty.

Outstanding Value

Higher education can pay for itself through higher earnings over your career. Bachelor’s degree holders make an average of $61,000 per year, this is $17,500 more than associate degree holders and $25,000 more than high school graduates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Convenient, Fast, Flexible

Earn your Bachelor’s degree around your professional and personal life in as little as 24 months and with as few as 49 classroom units.

Curriculum

The program is structured to be flexible and convenient. Each course is offered two times a year, in two of the following terms: fall, spring and summer. Each term is made up of two blocks of eight-week courses. So, a full-time student can take four courses each term but only need to focus on two courses at any given time.

The program also accommodates students who want to take courses on a part-time basis. Although each course is expected to be completed by the end of the 8-week block in which it is offered, the degree program is entirely self-paced to afford a student the option of slowing down by taking a lighter course load or speeding up by taking a heavier class load.

The program is a minimum of 18 courses (51 units) across Business, upper division General Education, and Writing course requirements.

Business Courses (39 units)

ACCT 325: Intermediate Managerial and Tax Accounting (3 units)

Theories, practices, and concepts to provide planning and control information to decision makers; tax considerations that impact managerial planning and decision making.

BA 300: Ethical Decision Making in Business (1 unit)

Theoretical concepts and dimensions of ethics in business decisions. Ethics of decision alternatives using different approaches and philosophies, with application of an integrative ethical decision model to cases from various business sub disciplines.

BA 310: Foundations of Business in a Global Environment (1 unit)

Introduction to the program of study leading to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Integration of various business disciplines to accomplish strategic goals. Presentation of the concept of global awareness, one of the fundamental pillars of global competency necessary in today's business world.

BA 323: Fundamentals of Finance (3 units)

Objectives of financial management. Financing the business enterprise. Internal financial management. Introduction to the cost of capital, valuation, dividend policy, leverage, international finance, and the techniques of present value and its applications. Sources of capital.

BA 350: Management and Organizational Behavior (3 units)

Human behavior at individual, interpersonal, and group levels including effect of organization structure on behavior. Emphasis on managerial roles, historical evolution of management, ethics, and behavior in multicultural contexts.

BA 360: Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 units)

Managerial concepts and quantitative methods associated with the design, execution, and management of operations and supply chain systems.

BA 370: Marketing (3 units)

Function of marketing in organizations and society. Strategic marketing planning in domestic and global settings to include marketing concepts, consumer behavior, market research, product planning, pricing, distribution, promotion, and influence of the external environment on marketing decisions.

MGT 405: Strategic Management (3 units)

Integration of business administration principles and concepts for strategy design, implementation, and control in domestic and global markets. Establishment of top management policy emphasized through case studies, experiential exercises, and simulations.

FIN 327: Investments (3 units)

Measures of risk and return. Methods of security analysis, valuation, and capital asset pricing model. Portfolio theory and management; stocks, bonds, options, and futures; hedging; mutual funds and partnerships; and investment taxation.

MGT 352 Human Resource Management (3 units) or MGT 358 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship (3 units)

MGMT 352- Acquisition, development, maintenance, and termination of human resources in accordance to goals of the organization.

MGMT 358 – Process of initiating, expanding, purchasing and consolidating businesses. Concepts, theories, and techniques of managerial innovation and implementation.

MGT 475: Leadership in Organizations (3 units)

Leadership, communicating vision, initiating changes and innovation, and developing leadership competencies through self-assessment.

MGT 434: Business Negotiation (3 units)

Origins and strategies of abstract and theoretical approaches to bargaining and negotiation in business situations faced by managers and leaders.

MIS 306: Information Systems Analysis (3 units)

Systems development life cycle concept, with emphasis on analysis of requirements using structured methodology. Acquisition strategies, application design alternatives, architecture design, feasibility study, implementation plans, needs assessment, and prototyping.

MKTG 371: Consumer and Buyer Behavior (4 units)

Consumer behavior concepts and theories for developing, implementing, and assessing marketing strategy. Psychological, social, and environmental factors in understanding of needs, wants, preferences, and decision making related to consumption behaviors.

BA 402: Exploration of Business Career Development (1 unit) optional/as needed

Prepare students for careers after college and transition from college to career. Personal preparation and analysis of identification of best career options for each student.

General Education Courses (9 units)

NUTR 313: Contemporary Nutrition (3 units)

Food and nutrient classifications, functions, requirements, and recommendations. Relationship of nutrition to health, fitness, performance, and disease. Menus and recipes, food packaging labels, nutrition literature.

AMIND 440: American Indian History (3 units)

Historical analysis of Indian-White contact. Emphasis on the impact of historical events upon the various cultures.

RTM 404: Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism (3 units)

Concepts, definitions, and measures of essential cultural components of tourism. Integrated view of interrelated socio-cultural tourism issues with an understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures.

Writing Courses (3 units)

RWS 390W: Writing in a Business Setting (3 units)

Composing effective texts and presentations for a wide range of business purposes, audiences, settings, and genres. Enhancing critical reading and writing skills by exploring how content contributes to meaning and effectiveness in business documents.

Suggested Schedules

These are suggested schedules for students who enter the program in either the fall or spring semester. Students following the schedule can complete the program in two years (including summer) if they take two or three courses per eight-week block. If you are using financial aid, note that you must be enrolled in at least one course during each eight-week block to be eligible.

Block 1

Fall

BA 300 Ethical Decision Making in Business (1 unit)
BA 310 Foundations of Business in a Global Environment (1 unit)
BA 350 Management and Organizational Behavior (3 units)

Spring

BA 360 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 units)

Summer

RTM 404 Cross Cultural Perspectives of Tourism (3 units)

Block 2

Fall

BA 370 Marketing (3 units)
MGT 352 Human Resource Management (3 units)*

Spring

BA 323 Fundamentals of Finance (3 units)
ACCTG 325 Intermediate Managerial and Tax Accounting (3 units)

Summer

FIN 327 Investments (3 units)

Block 1

Fall

MIS 306 Information System Analysis (3 units)
RWS 390W Writing in a Business Setting (3 units)

Spring

MGT 434 Negotiation (3 units)
AMIND 440 American Indian History (3 units)

Block 2

Fall

MKTG 371 Consumer Behavior (4 units)
NUTR 313 Contemporary Nutrition (3 units)

Spring

MGT 405 Strategic Management (3 units)
**Previously BA 405
MGT 475 Leadership in Organizations (3 units)

Block 1

Spring

BA 300 Ethical Decision Making in Business (1 unit)
BA 310 Foundations of Business in a Global Environment (1 unit)
BA 350 Management and Organizational Behavior (3 units)

Summer

BA 360 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 units)

Block 2

Spring

BA 323 Fundamentals of Finance (3 units)
BA 370 Marketing (3 units)

Summer

ACCTG 325 Intermediate Managerial and Tax Accounting (3 units)

Block 1

Fall

RTM 404 Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism (3 units)
RWS 390W Writing in a Business Setting (3 units)

Spring

MGT 434 Negotiation (3 units)
MIS 306 Information Systems Analysis (3 units)

Summer

AMIND 440 American Indian History (3 units)

Block 2

Fall

MGT 352 Human Resource Management (3 units)*
FIN 327 Investments (3 units)

Spring

MKTG 371 Consumer and Buyer Behavior (4 units)
BA 405 International Business Strategy and Integration (3 units)
**Previously BA 405

Summer

MGT 475 Leadership in Organizations (3 units)
NUTR 313 Contemporary Nutrition (3 units)

*If a student would prefer to take MGT358 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship instead of MGT352 Human Resource Management, please contact your academic advisor for an alternative suggested schedule.