Business Administration

Graduates of the Business Administration Undergraduate Degree Programs will be prepared for the
following:

1. Leadership – undergraduate business majors will possess effective interpersonal, analytical and leadership skills, which will enhance decision-making in a dynamic business environment.
   1. Students are able to demonstrate understanding of leadership concepts such as managing conflict, negotiation, leadership styles and theories.
   2. Students are able to recognize internal and external environmental factors as they impact leadership behavior.
2. Ethics – undergraduate business majors will possess ethical values and be able to incorporate ethics into decision-making.
   1. Students are able to analyze and assess their personal values and ethical beliefs.
   2. Students are able to recognize professional ethical practices within their disciplines.
   3. Students are able to identify breaches in ethical conduct within their disciplines and understand the consequences of ethical breaches.
3. Communication – undergraduate business majors will be able to exchange information within meaningful contexts and with appropriate delivery and interpersonal skills.
   1. Students are able to produce quality business documents.
   2. Students are able to deliver professional presentations.
   3. Students are able to demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills.
4. Critical Thinking – undergraduate majors will be able to access information and critically evaluate the information to solve business problems.
   1. Students are able to identify and consider the influence of the context on the issue.
   2. Students are able to identify and evaluate conclusions, implications and consequences.
5. Fundamental Discipline Knowledge – undergraduate business majors will understand a variety of business concepts to make effective decisions.
   1. Accounting objectives
      1. Students are able to understand and articulate the role of accounting in business.
      2. Students are able to prepare the four basic financial statements (income statement, statement of owner’s equity, balance sheet, and cash flow statement).
      3. Students are able to understand the concepts of opportunity costs, sunk costs, committed costs, direct costs, and indirect costs.
   2. Economic objectives
      1. Students are able to understand the concepts of scarcity, resource allocation and choice.
      2. Students are able to understand the fundamental concepts and theories of macroeconomics in the U.S. economics system and its relation to the global economy.
   3. Finance objectives
      1. Students are able to understand the key financial statements, and use them to calculate and interpret key ratios.
      2. Students are able to demonstrate a conceptual understanding of time value of money (TVM) and cost of capital to make investment decisions.
   4. Management objectives
      1. Students are able to understand and use fundamental concepts and principles of management.
      2. Students are able to understand the impact of major management forces.
   5. Marketing objectives
      1. Students are able to understand the use of appropriate marketing mix variables in decision-making.
      2. Students are able to understand the influences of current consumers and organizational buying decisions.
   6. Quantitative and Information Systems objectives
      1. Students are knowledgeable about the information resources in an organization and are able to apply IT solutions to solve business problems and make informed decisions.
      2. Students are able to develop skills in formulating quantitative business models to support decision-making, operation strategy and business applications.
6. Globalization – undergraduate business majors will develop an awareness of the factors that impact international business.
   1. Students are able to understand the major cultural, legal, economic and political factors that influence international business.
   2. Students understand how to assess opportunity and operate a business in the global market.
7. Technology – undergraduate business majors will understand and utilize basic information technology concepts while using appropriate information to solve business problems:
   1. Students are able to understand the roles of information technology within and across the organization.
   2. Students are able to understand and utilize hardware and software components of a computer system.
   3. Students are able to use industry-standard business resources to gather information.
   4. Students are able to transfer financial and business data to business software applications.

The School of Business Administration offers undergraduate degree programs in Accounting, Business Administration, and Economics.