Business Administration (Accelerated) Bachelor of Science

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 64

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; have earned a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarters) hours of transferable credit at a regionally accredited post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of a 2.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative transfer GPA, based on all transferable courses to be considered for admission; and have at least 3 years of full-time work experience. Credits earned through PLA cannot be used for satisfying the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program. Business course grades of “C” or higher will be accepted for transfer into the major.

Degree Requirements for BS in Business Administration

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

Degree Requirements

I. General Education (45)

Three Mission-related courses are required. Two must be taken at Lewis University.

II. Core Courses (40)

LA-120Accounting for Managers

3

LA-121Principles of Accountancy II

3

LB-200Principles of Management and Leadership

3

LB-250Business Law I

3

LB-300Business Communication in the Digital Age

3

LE-200Fundamentals of Macroeconomics

3

LE-201Basic Microeconomics

3

LF-200Finance for Managers

3

LG-200Introduction to Information Systems

3

LG-230Finite Mathematics

3

LG-349Statistics for the Decision Maker

3

LG-350Decision Science

3

LM-200Principles of Marketing

3

64-396
Major Field Test

0

LE-200: will satisfy General Education Social Science

LG-230: will satisfy General Education Mathematics

Students are required to take one College of Business Seminar (1 Credit Hour).

III. Major Area Courses (24)

LB-360Human Resource Management

3

LB-375Organizational Behavior

3

LB-380Supervisory Management

3

LB-420International Business

3

LB-450Current Issues in Management and Business Ethics

3

LB-460Strategic Management: Theories and Applications

3

LE-330Government and Business

3

Select one of the following:

LB-355Service Management

3

LW-310Principles of Project Management

3