Business Administration (Accelerated)

Business Administration majors study,

The ways in which organizations and people interact;
How to lead, motivate, and manage a company's organizational resources; and
How to make sound management decisions.

The Lewis Business Administration curriculum assists majors in developing the skills needed for management positions.

The BS in Business Administration provides students the foundational coursework to enter the University's Fast Track MBA Program and pursue a graduate business degree.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (ACCELERATED)/BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 61

Business Administration majors will acquire an in-depth understanding of business functional areas such as marketing, finance, economics, organizational behavior and supervisory management. The Business Administration curriculum assists majors in building a set of business skills and knowledge that will enhance their career mobility and confidence.

PROGRAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should be at least 24 years of age with 3 years of work experience and successful completion of at least 32 semester credit hours or more of college-level learning (credits may be earned through transfer coursework, military experience, ACE evaluated courses, C.L.E.P. or DANTES exams.)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR BS IN

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

• Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours.

• Completion of 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University including four upper division foundation courses and/or major courses (12 semester credit hours.)

• Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for the foundation and major area courses.

I. General Education (45)

(Two Mission-related courses must be taken at Lewis)

II. Core Courses (37)
    LA-120 Accounting for Managers (3)
    LA-121 Principles of Accountancy II (3)
    LB-200 Principles of Management and Leadership (3)
    LB-300 Business Communication in the Digital Age (3)
    LE-200 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (3)
    (will satisfy General Education Social Science)
    LE-201 Basic Microeconomics (3)
    LF-200 Finance for Managers (3)
    LG-200 Introduction to Information Systems (3)
    LG-230 Finite Mathematics (3)
    (will satisfy General Education Mathematics)
    LG-349 Statistics for the Decision Maker (3)
    LG-350 Decision Science (3)
    LM-200 Marketing (3)
    Students are required to take one College of Business Seminar (1 Credit Hour).

III. Major Area Courses (21)
    LB-250 Business Law I (3)
    LB-360 Human Resource Management (3)
    LB-375 Organizational Behavior (3)
    LB-420 International Business (3)
    LB-450 Current Issues in Management and Business Ethics (3)
    LB-460 Strategic Management: Theories and Applications (3)
    LE-330 Government and Business (3)

IV. Select one elective from the following: (3)
    LB-355 Service Management (3)
    LB-380 Supervisory Management (3)

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