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
To be admitted, adult students should have earned a minimum of 30 semester hours of transferable credit at a regionally accredited post-secondary institution which includes College Writing I (or equivalent); have earned a minimum of 2.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative transfer grade point average (higher for some majors) based upon all transferable courses; demonstrate evidence of significant work experience or military training; write a personal statement outlining a plan for achieving success in an adult accelerated program at Lewis University.
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).