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 1 (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

Program: BS-BSAD-L

I. General Education (45)

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

II. Core Courses (40)

ACCT-12000Principles of Accounting 1

3

ACCT-12100Principles of Accounting 2

3

BSAD-20000Principles of Management

3

BSAD-25000Business Law 1

3

BSAD-30000Business Communication in the Digital Age

3

ECON-20000Basic Macroeconomics

3

ECON-20100Basic Microeconomics

3

FINA-20000Principles of Finance

3

INSY-20000Introduction to Information Systems

3

MGSC-23000Finite Mathematics

3

MGSC-34900Business Statistics

3

MGSC-35000Decision Science

3

MKTG-20000Principles of Marketing

3

BGEN-39600Major Field Test

0

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

III. Major Area Courses (24)

BSAD-36000Human Resource Management

3

BSAD-37500Organizational Behavior

3

BSAD-38000Supervisory Management

3

BSAD-42000International Business

3

BSAD-45000Current Issues in Management

3

BSAD-46000Strategic Management Theories and Application

3

ECON-33000Government and Business

3

Select one of the following:

BSAD-21500Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3

BSAD-35500Service Management

3

INSY-31000Principles of Project Management

3

IV. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:
BSAD-30000Business Communication in the Digital Age

3