Business Management - B.B.A
DURATION
4 Years
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PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Business Management - B.B.A
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Management gives students credentials important to getting their first job as an entry-level manager or manager-trainee. Every organization of any size and type depends on and needs managers, including, as examples, the small corner store, department stores, accounting firms, healthcare centers, manufacturing firms or a business-to-business type of organization.
Business Management students may apply early to the M.B.A. degree and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs.
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Curriculum
Semester One
- Exploring Business
- Introduction to Human Communication (KADL)
- Algebra for Calculus (KMCR)
- Destination Kent State: First Year Experience
Kent Core Requirement
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Two
- Introduction to Computer Applications
- Principles of Microeconomics (KSS)
- Intuitive Calculus (KMCR) (or) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (KMCR)
- Introduction to Professional Development
Kent Core Requirement
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Three
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Principles of Macroeconomics (KSS)
- Legal Environment of Business
- Principles of Management
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Four
- Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Professional Development
- Business Analytics I
- Principles of Marketing
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Five
Required for progression in the major: minimum 2.500 overall GPA, minimum C grade in COMM 15000, ENG 21011, MATH 11010 and MGMT 24163
- Business Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Operations Management
Kent Core Requirement
Kent Core Requirement
Semester Six
Required: minimum overall 2.500 GPA
- Business Analytics II
- Dynamics of Leadership
Major Electives
College Electives
General Electives
Semester Seven
Required: minimum overall 2.500 GPA
- Project Management
- Global Business Management (WIC)
Major Electives
General Electives
Semester Eight
Required: minimum overall 2.500 GPA and completion of The Assurance of Learning Assessment given in
- Individual and Group Behavior in Organizations
- Integrated Business Policy and Strategy
- Business Consulting and Practicum (ELR)
College Electives
General Electives
Program Outcome
Accreditation
AACSB, International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Assess and suggest appropriate solutions to human resource-related business problems.
- Assess and suggest appropriate solutions to business concerns in global markets.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic principles of project management.
- Demonstrate an understanding of leadership principles and theories.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree will be able to:
- Recall strategic frameworks that are used to make business decisions.
- Perform basic calculations using quantitative tools that are used to support business decisions.
- Articulate and deliberate their ideas in writing.
- Articulate and deliberate their ideas orally.
- Identify ethical dilemmas and stakeholders.
- Recommend alternatives and consequences and choose a reasoned conclusion from the alternatives given.
- Identify global factors in making a business decision.
- Analyze global factors in making a business decision.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
Fully offered on the following campuses:
- Ashtabula Campus
- Geauga Campus
- Kent Campus
- Salem Campus
- Stark Campus
- Trumbull Campus
- Tuscarawas Campus