Business Administration - Eller College
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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in Business
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Business careers require broad knowledge and application of critical thinking, data analysis and global business trends. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration offered by the Eller College of Management meets that need through a foundation in all of the business specialties. Core courses include business communication, marketing, management, management information systems, finance, economics, operations, and business ethics. Major courses include marketing analytics, financial accounting, real estate, project management, economics of business decisions, human resources, and innovation. Dynamic faculty and high-quality student peers enrich the course experience, which is augmented by real-world projects. The combination of applied projects and the broad analytical framework of the curriculum appeals to employers and students alike.
Effective Summer 2023, students will no longer be admitted as pre-business students and will be admitted directly into Business Administration. Students will still need to complete the Professional Admissions milestone to begin their upper-division Business Administration courses. After completing the Professional Admissions milestone, accounting students can switch majors from Business Administration to Accounting.
*Residents of some U.S. Territories may not be eligible. Please see our Eligibility & State Authorization page for more information.
Wondering about the specific classes you can take in this program? See the course descriptions below.
In this course, students will be introduced to analyzing business situations and preparing messages that fulfill all intended purposes of their communication, meet the needs and expectations of business audiences, and consider other relevant contextual factors. Students will devise successful communication strategies including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
This course is an overview of entrepreneurial approach, strategies, and skills within a range of environments to advance technology and innovations.
Project Management is the application of knowledge, analytical skills, scheduling software tools and techniques related to various project activities to meet project requirements. This course specifically addresses the nine project management "knowledge areas", the five project management "process groups" and the 4-way constraints of project management (i.e., scope, time, cost, quality).
This course introduces the role of marketing in the economy, in business and nonprofit organizations, environmental factors affecting marketing, and the nature of marketing management decisions.
This course explores the integration of management and organization behavior concepts as applied to the administration of private and public organizations in various cultures.
This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of human resource (HR) management. In addition to providing you with knowledge of HR management issues addressed by most managers, we will examine these issues from a broader organizational perspective.
In this course, you will learn to explain the Financial System and its role in the world economy, employ Time Value of Money computations, analyze and quantify Risk, compute the intrinsic value of stocks and bonds, perform Capital Budgeting methods and computations and recognize the role Financial Managers play in the modern corporation. You will learn the elements of Finance through a class wide stock picking contest while competing against your classmates and instructor.
This course covers quantitative and analytical skills related to marketing. The course includes the use of statistical packages and analysis with common marketing and financial metrics.
Outcomes
Skills
Earning your Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Business Administration - Eller College will build core skills, including:
- Accounting
- Analytical thinking
- Budgeting
- Business development
- Communication skills
- Financial analysis
- Marketing
- Organizational skills
- Project management
- Sales management
- Teamwork/collaboration
Potential Career Paths
Graduates of the Business Administration BSBA program will be prepared to pursue the following careers:
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