Business

Program Objectives

The goal of our IACBE accredited Business Administration is to provide high-quality, high-value, and practical educational experiences that prepare our students for management careers in business and high-demand business professions. Students may also complement their business degree with a minor in global food and agribusiness, financial management, global industry and trade, marketing, organizational leadership, accounting, or economics. A minor in business is also available to students outside the Business Administration degree program. 

For some transfer students, we offer a unique transfer-friendly Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Business completion degree. Recognizing the demand for access and career pathways, the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) is a Bachelor’s completion degree program leading to supervisory and management roles within one’s technical fields and is available for transfer students who have completed an Associate of Applied Science degree in a technical field.

Learning Outcomes

• Students in the Business Administration degree program will integrate functional knowledge of the principles and practices that are commonly used in the business environment (Content Knowledge).
• Students in the Business Administration degree program will demonstrate advanced professional communication skills (Communication).
• Students in the Business Administration degree program will demonstrate critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills (Critical thinking).
• Students in the Business Administration degree program will incorporate diverse perspectives into ethical reasoning and decision-making (Ethical Reasoning).
• Students in the Business Administration degree program will utilize decision-making tools to solve business problems (Inquiry and Integrated Learning).

Means of Assessment

Appropriately planned assessments ensure outcomes are being met and learners are effectively learning. Each class in the business degree has been carefully developed to deliver appropriate, applicable content relevant to the continually changing field of business. The stated learning outcomes in each class break the higher-order skills of business into compartmentalized fundamental skills. To measure content quality, student understanding as well as productive teaching methods, assessment instruments are used in each class and then affirmed through further review through the overall assessment of program outcomes. At the time of degree completion, the final stage of assessment will be the student’s ability to reflect organize, and demonstrate learned skills in the culminating course in the business degree. Assessment results are compiled and submitted to our Business program accrediting body, IACBE.

Graduate Program Information

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) online degree applies the appropriate quantitative and qualitative principles to diagnose and solve complex problems with strategic decisions. Students will communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in a variety of settings, and in a multitude of roles. Students will learn to identify, analyze, and formulate solutions to ethical dilemmas addressing the needs of various stakeholders., develop creative and innovative solutions to unstructured problems, assess and apply effective leadership theories, styles, and skills, and evaluate and apply organizational principles in a global environment.

Programs

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration w/Accounting Concentration
• Master of Business Administration w/Healthcare Administration Concentration

• Business Administration Major
• Business Major [BAS]

• Business Minor
• Financial Management Minor
• Global Food and Agribusiness Minor
• Global Industry and Trade Minor
• Organizational Leadership Minor

• Business Administration Typical Four Year Curriculum
• Business [BAS] Typical Curriculum