Business (BA) (BS)
Catherine Ferris McPherson, Associate Dean/Director, School of Business
Donovan Branch, Calvin Chung, Janet Ewing, Clayton Smith, Joe Sprangel, Joanne Tritsch
Bachelor of Arts in Business
The degree in Business is a preparation for engaging in the world after graduation in almost any endeavor, whether profit-seeking or not.
The core of the program focuses on three critical abilities:
- To communicate one’s ideas to others and to learn from them
- To organize people and activities in order to effectively accomplish one’s goals
- To track and evaluate progress against those goals
Students will be required to complete a series of business courses intended to provide a foundation in essential business competencies which will be supplemented by additional coursework in one of five emphasis areas.
Note for transfer students: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics credits transferred from another college meet the ECON 101 and 102 requirements for the bachelor of arts in business, but only ECON 102 taken at MBU meets the Global Understanding requirement. Students transferring the ECON 102 course from another college must meet this learning outcome from one of the other qualifying courses at MBU.
*Accounting concentration students should take BUAD 210 and BUAD 211 in place of BUAD 208 and BUAD 209.
Business Core Requirements
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Business — Emphasis in Management
Undergraduate residential programs and MBU Online
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Business — Emphasis in Human Resource Management
Undergraduate residential programs and MBU Online
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Business - Emphasis in Marketing
Undergraduate residential programs and MBU Online
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Business — Emphasis in Accounting
Undergraduate residential programs and MBU Online
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Business - Project Management Emphasis
Undergraduate residential programs and MBU Online
*BUAD 230 is not required for Project Management Emphasis
Requirements of the Bachelor of Science in Business
Students planning to enter a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program would benefit from taking: BUAD 305 Global Business BUAD 312 Cost Accounting BUAD 334 Multicultural Marketing BUAD 340 Principles of Financial Management
Accelerated Path Bachelors to MBA 4+1
Upon entering MBU, qualified students may elect to complete their Bachelor’s in any major and Master’s in Business Administration through MBU in just five years.
- Complete 2 undergraduate business classes with a 3.0 average, no later than 2nd semester of sophomore year.
- Include three graduate classes (9 sh) as part of the undergraduate degree, beginning in the third year: BUAD 500, BUAD 502, and BUAD 505.
- Complete the Bachelor's degree with a 3.0 GPA in the major.
- Move directly into the MBA program and complete remaining requirements in one calendar year; 21 credit hours as a graduate student spread over three subterms (9sh/6sh/6sh).
- Financial Aid may be utilized, with 9 sh graduate courses charged at the undergraduate course fee.
- Separate application into the MBA is not required until students complete the Bachelor's degree and enter fully into the graduate program. Students should declare their intention to pursue the MBA to their advisor no later than the second semester of their second year at MBU.
- Advising moves officially from undergraduate advisor to MBA advisor once the Bachelor's degree is complete; however, the undergraduate advisor and graduate advisor together will work with the student in their final undergraduate year.
- The Bachelor's degree will be conferred independently of the graduate program.