Description and Outcomes

The objective of the upper level Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration program is to prepare you with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits to pursue positions in a variety of business fields. The curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation in management and helps you develop teamwork and leadership skills as well as the ability to motivate people and communicate effectively. Decision-making and problem solving skills are also emphasized.

Career Focus Areas

You can personalize your degree in business administration by focusing electives on a particular career focus area. Career focus areas consist of a minimum of four 300- or 400-level courses and allow you to concentrate on your career interests. Career focus areas in the Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Business Administration program are not available to students enrolling in the advanced start version of the program.

Program Length

The Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration program consists of a minimum of 92 quarter credits. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be awarded the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Discipline Specific Outcomes

• Evaluate information management, planning, and control in business environments.
• Analyze organizational processes and procedures in a variety of business settings.
• Synthesize appropriate principles, concepts, and frameworks for making ethical decisions.
• Assess the roles that structure, management, and leadership play in organizational performance.
• Evaluate how economics, government, and law affect value creation in the global context.
• Evaluate career skills in the field of business and management.

Admissions Requirements

You must meet the below admissions requirements in addition to TUA’s general admissions requirements.

• Completed Application
• Academic Records. Applicants must submit an official transcript indicating successful completion of an associate’s degree program from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency. Transcripts should be sent directly to the Office of Admissions from all schools previously attended.
• The student must have earned 60 transferable semester credits, or 90 transferable quarter credits as an undergraduate with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. Of the credits earned, 30 transferable semester credits, or 45 transferable quarter credits must be in general education. Minimum requirement is 6 semester credits, or 9 quarter credits in English, Plus 6 semester credits, or 9 quarter credits in college level math. Plus 6 semester credits, or 9 quarter credits in physical or biological sciences. Plus 6 semester credits, or 9 quarter credits in History. Plus 6 semester credits, or 9 quarter credits in Social Sciences. The balance may be in general education courses of your choice.
  
  Note: you must have basic accounting and economics as part of the transferable credits.
• For those required to take the TOEFL exam, a minimum score of 600 is required.
• Selection is based on high promise of success in graduate study in business administration, as indicated by a combination of:

• Prior academic performance;
• 2 letters of recommendation from employers or professors;
• A current resume