Business Management - Bachelor of Applied Science
Degree
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Overview
The Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Management will give students the opportunity to dive into the fast-paced world of business with the passion and experience to become a change leader in any organization. Every successful business requires quick-thinking, ambitious leaders who have the vision and follow-through to improve operations. Whether managing people or processes, the skills gained prepares students to excel. Students will graduate honed with the communication, financial, and strategic and executive decision making skills necessary to execute solutions for the ever-changing job market.
Career Opportunities
With a degree in Business Management, students will be prepared to work in exciting, wide-ranging, cutting-edge careers that provide meaningful messages to an interconnected global community. Graduates of this program will find use for their skills in organizational effectiveness, relationship management, small business management and entrepreneurship, human resources, hospitality and tourism management, and professional sales.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply creative thinking to real-world problems while communicating and collaborating with others.
- Demonstrate technical skills and analytical methods to support business decision making.
- Apply ethical leadership principles to develop self and others in businesses and organizations.
- Demonstrate agile problem-solving competence that embraces multiple perspectives in ambiguous settings.
- Utilize essential skills and tools in marketing, finance, accounting, legal, operations, statistics, and economics for managerial decision making.
Course Requirements
Students are responsible to examine the course description of each course listed below for details of prerequisites, which must be satisfied before registering for the course.
Religion
Religion Cornerstone Courses
Complete all of the following:
Religion Electives
Complete three additional religion courses
Total Credit Hours: 14
College Success
| ENS 101 | College Success | 1 credit |
| BAP 115 | Excel and Introduction to Technology | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
Capstone
| ENS 497 | Disciple Leadership Capstone | 1 ½ credits |
| BUS 497 | Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business | 3 ½ credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 5 |
Career Success
| CAR 201 | Career Success | 1 credit |
| CAR 499R | Internship | 1-3 credits: This course can be taken a maximum of 2 times with a cap of 4 total credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
General Education
Composition Courses
Complete two courses (6 credit hours)
| ENG 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 credits |
| ENG 201 | Intermediate College Writing | 3 credits |
| ENG 301 | Technical Writing | 3 credits |
| BUS 340 | Professional Business Communications | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
**
BUS 340 can serve as both a Composition course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Quantitative Literacy
Complete one course (3-4 credit hours)
| MAT 107 | Quantitative Analysis and Personal Finance | 3 credits |
| MAT 110 | College Algebra | 4 credits |
| MAT 111 | Trigonometry | 3 credits |
| MAT 112 | Calculus I | 4 credits |
| MAT 113 | Calculus II | 4 credits |
| MAT 119 | Business Calculus | 3 credits |
| MAT 237 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 credits |
| MAT 252 | Statistics | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
**
MAT 252 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Distribution Areas
American Institutions
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| HIST 170 | American Civilizations | 3 credits |
| HIST 175 | History of Technology in the United States | 3 credits |
| POLS 110 | American Government | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Fine Arts
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| ART 101 | History of the Fine Arts | 3 credits |
| ART 110 | Survey of Visual & Performing Arts | 3 credits |
| ART 112 | Survey of Musical Elements, Cultures, and Performance | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Humanities
Students must complete one of the following courses
| COMM 122 | Interpersonal Communications | 3 credits |
| HUM 110 | Discovering the Humanities | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
**
COMM 122 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Life Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| LS 103 | Health and Nutrition | 3 credits |
| LS 265 | Anatomy & Physiology | 4 credits |
| LS 303 | Knowledge of the Physical and Natural World | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
LS 265 is for Medical Assisting student only
Physical Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| PS 120 | Earth Science | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Social Sciences
Students must complete one of the following courses:
| BUS 301 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| ECON 161 | Microeconomics | 3 credits |
| ECON 162 | Economic Principles and Problems-Macro, Online | 3 credits |
| PSYCH 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 credits |
| SS 130 | Geopolitics | 3 credits |
| SS 160 | Leadership & Human Behavior | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
**
BUS 301,
ECON 161 or
ECON 162 can serve as both a General Education course as well as a Business Core Requirement**
Business Requirements
Complete one of the following certificates to fulfill the Skills Certificate requirement:
Complete one of the following additional certificates:
Business Core Requirements List
| ACC 101 | Financial Accounting I | 3 credits |
| ACC 212 | Managerial Accounting | 3 credits |
| BAP 115 | Excel and Introduction to Technology | 1 credit |
| BUS 301 | Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| BUS 321 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 credits |
| BUS 340 | Professional Business Communications | 3 credits |
| COMM 122 | Interpersonal Communications | 3 credits |
| ECON 161 or ECON 162 | Microeconomics or Economic Principles and Problems - Macro, Online | 3 credits |
| FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 3 credits |
| SCM 325 | Operations Management | 3 credits |
| MAT 252 | Statistics | 3 credits |
| BA 147 or IT 143 | Introduction to Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) or Database Design and Analysis | 1-3 credits |
| BUS 124 or BA 140 | Applied Presentation Skills or Tableau for Business Analytics | 1 credit |
| BUS 351 or DM 105 | Marketing Management or Introduction to Digital Marketing | 3 credits |
| BUS 497 | Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business | 3 ½ credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 39.5-41.5 |
Upper-Division Business Elective Courses
Students are required to earn at least 40 credits of upper-division elective courses. As several of the courses within the Business Program Core include options of upper-division electives, the number of upper-division business electives each student will need may vary. To complete the upper-division 40 credit requirement, students should meet with an advisor and choose courses from the list below to get to the minimum of 40 upper-division credit requirement. A
minimum of 12 upper-division credits must come from the list below.
| BUS 323 | Applied Leadership Mentoring | 1 credit |
| BUS 330 | Management Information Systems | 3 credits |
| BUS 351 | Marketing Management | 3 credits |
| BUS 380 | International Business | 3 credits |
| BUS 395 | Change Management | 3 credits |
| BUS 402 | Organizational Behavior in a Global Context | 3 credits |
| BUS 425 | Advanced Sales Leadership | 3 credits |
| FIN 485 | Finance Capstone | 3 credits |
| HR 301 | aPHR Certification Preparation Course | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 120
Graduation Requirements
1. Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours
2. Complete a minimum of 40 credit hours of upper-division classes (>300 level)
3. Program grade point average of 2.0 or higher
4. Complete General Education and Religion requirements
5. Complete Skills Based Certificate requirements
6. Complete Business Skills Certificate requirements
7. Complete Business Core Course requirements
8. C- or higher in all program-specific classes
Recommended Sequence of Courses
Individual student circumstances, such as the need for a smaller course load or the number of preparatory English or Math courses a student must take, may require additional semesters to complete the program. Please see your Student Success Advisor for assistance.
First Semester - Fall - Block 5
Skills Certificate course, 3 credits
Skills Certificate course, 3 credits
ENS 101, College Success, 1 credit
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
First Semester - Fall - Block 6
Skills Certificate course, 3 credits
ENG 101, Introduction to College Writing, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 15
Second Semester - Winter - Block 1
Skills Certificate course, 3 credits
Skills Certificate course, 3 credits
BUS 124, Applied Presentation Skills, 1 credit
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Second Semester - Winter - Block 2
MAT 110, College Algebra, 4 credits
COMM 122, Interpersonal Communications, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16
Third Semester - Spring - Block 3
BUS Certificate course, 3 credits
BUS Certificate course, 4 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Third Semester - Spring - Block 4
ACC 101, Financial Accounting I, 3 credits
BAP 115, Excel and Introduction to Technology, 1 credit
ECON 161 (SS), Microeconomics, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16
Fourth Semester - Fall - Block 5
BUS Certificate course, 3 credits
BUS Certificate course, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Fourth Semester - Fall - Block 6
BUS 340, Professional Business Communications, 3 credits
MAT 252, Statistics, 3 credits
REL, Cornerstone Religion course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Fifth Semester - Winter - Block 1
BUS Certificate course, 3 credit hours
ACC 212, Managerial Accounting, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Fifth Semester - Winter - Block 2
BUS 351, Marketing Management, 3 credits
GE, Distribution course, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 14
Sixth Semester - Spring - Block 3
CAR 201, Career Success, 1 credit
GE. Distribution course, 3 credits
GE, Distribution course, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Sixth Semester - Spring - Block 4
FIN 301, Introduction to Finance, 3 credits
BUS 321, Business Law & Ethics, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 15
Seventh Semester - Fall - Block 5
ENS 497, Disciple Leadership Capstone, 1.5 credits
CAR 499R, Internship,0.5 credits
SCM 325, Operations Management, 3 credits
BUS 301, Principles of Management, 3 credits
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8
Seventh Semester - Fall - Block 6
BA 147, Introduction to Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL), 1 credit
CAR 499R, Internship, 0.5 credits
Upper Division BUS Elective course, 3 credits
Upper Division BUS Elective course, 3 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8.5
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16.5
Eighth Semester - Winter - Block 1
Upper Division BUS Elective course, 3 credits
Upper Division BUS Elective course, 3 credits
BUS 497, Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business, 1.75 credits
REL, Elective course, 1 credit
Total Minimum Block Credits: 8.75
Eighth Semester - Winter - Block 2
Upper Division BUS Elective course, 3 credits
GE, Distribution course, 3 credits
BUS 497, Strategy, Leadership and Ethics in Business, 1.75 credits
Total Minimum Block Credits: 7.75
Total Minimum Semester Credits: 16.5
Total Business Management - Bachelor of Applied Science Minimum Credit Hours 120