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-120 | Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| LA-121 | Principles of Accountancy II | 3 |
| LB-200 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 3 |
| LB-250 | Business Law I | 3 |
| LB-300 | Business Communication in the Digital Age | 3 |
| LE-200 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| LE-201 | Basic Microeconomics | 3 |
| LF-200 | Finance for Managers | 3 |
| LG-200 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
| LG-230 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| LG-349 | Statistics for the Decision Maker | 3 |
| LG-350 | Decision Science | 3 |
| LM-200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
64-396
| Major Field Test | 0 |
III. Major Area Courses (24)
| LB-360 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| LB-375 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| LB-380 | Supervisory Management | 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 |
Select one of the following:
| LB-215 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| LB-355 | Service Management | 3 |
| LW-310 | Principles of Project Management | 3 |
IV. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by Business Administration majors by successful completion of Business Communication in the Digital Age (LA-300).