Our faculty has been there. Done that.
The Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration degree helps students to develop entrepreneurial skills, in addition to the traditional business, marketing and management courses. This program also places emphasis on general management education, which meets the needs of a wide variety of employers. The Life University curriculum provides advanced training and in-depth information about business today and prepares you to meet the business needs of tomorrow. Our interactive teaching uses real world case studies to show you how to implement "book knowledge" into real life situations. Our faculty have a variety of backgrounds and have real life experiences to draw from, enhancing your education with their corporate knowledge.

Degree Requirements:

Students acquiring the BBA degree will first complete 65 quarter hours in the General
Curriculum, as follows:
Core Curriculum Offerings:
Area I Humanities 20 Credit Hours
Area II Sciences,Mathematics and Computers 25 Credit Hours
Area III Social Sciences 20 Credit Hours
Total 65 Credit Hours
Business Administration Offerings:
Area IV Business Administration Requirements 65 Credit Hours
Area V Management Requirements 30 Credit Hours
Area VI Management Electives 20 Credit Hours
Area VIIFree Electives 5 Credit Hours
Total 120 Credit Hours
Total Bachelors Degree Requirements 185 Credit Hours
Additional Completion Requirements:
1. Completion of at least four years of prescribed study, of which the last year must be in residence at Life University, with at least 45 credit hours of business courses being earned in the last year of residency.
2. Satisfactory completion of all Business Administration Core courses with a minimum grade of .C..
3. Satisfactory completion of all Management Requirements and Management Electives with a minimum grade of .C..
4. Satisfactory completion of all courses with a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.0.
5. A recommendation for graduation and completion of an exit interview with Business Department faculty.
6. Exit interviews with Financial Aid, Career Placement, and Accounting Counselors.
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CORE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS:
Core Curriculum Offerings (See Core Curriculum) 65 Credit Hours
Area IV: Business Administration Requirements 65 Credit Hours
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
ACT 201 Principles of Accounting I BSN 101 5 cr.
ACT 202 Principles of Accounting II ACT 201 or CIM 101 5 cr.
BSN 101 Introduction to Business ENG 101 5 cr.
BSN 201 Business Ethics BSN 101 5 cr.
BSN 301 Business Law BSN 101 5 cr.
CIM 305 Management Information Systems
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics ENG 101/MAT 101/102 5 cr.
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics ENG 101/MAT 101/102 5 cr.
FIN 303 Principles of Finance ACT 202/MAT 101/CIM 205 5 cr.
MGT 301 Principles of Management BSN 101 5 cr.
MGT 302 Leadership and Team Building MGT 301 5 cr.
MKT 301 Principles of Marketing MGT 301 5 cr.
MSC 301 Business Statistics MAT 101 5 cr.
Area V: Management Requirements 20 Credit Hours
(20 Quarter Hours and 10 Credit Hours from Area VII not listed below)
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
MGT 401 Organizational Behavior MGT 301 5 cr.
MGT 402 Human Resource Management MGT 301 5 cr.
MGT 420 Entrepreneurship and ACT 202, CIM 205, 5 cr.
New Ventures Analysis and MKT 301
MGT 450 Business Policy MKT 301, 5 cr.
145 Qtr. Hrs. minimum
Area VI: Management Electives (Concentrations*) 30 Credit Hours
Any combination of the following not previously used toward degree requirements:
*See degree map note: An * indicates that the Course so marked can be a Co-requisite
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
ACT 301 Financial and Managerial Accounting ACT 202/FIN 301* 5 cr.
CIM 201 Computer Programming I CIM 101 5 cr.
CIM 202 Computer Programming II CIM 201 5 cr.
CIM 203 Computer Programming III CIM 202 5 cr.
CIM 204 Computer Programming IV CIM 101 5 cr.
CIM 230 CIM Seminars (Graduation Requirement)CIM 101 5 cr.
CIM 250 Operating Systems CIM 201 5 cr.
CIM 305 Management Information Systems CIM 201 5 cr.
CIM 310 Data Communications and Networking CIM 305 5 cr.
CIM 330 Database Design CIM 305 5 cr.
CIM 350 Multimedia Business Presentations CIM 101 5 cr.
CIM 355 Web Coding and Design Programming CIM 350 5 cr.
CIM 370 Software Project Planning CIM 201 5 cr.
CIM 405 Decision Support and Expert Sys. CIM 205 or CIM 305 5 cr.
CIM 410 Business Systems Analysis and Design CIM 310 and CIM 330 5 cr.
CIM 441 CIM Internship CIM 101, 201, 305, Fac. App. 1 cr.
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Course Title Prerequisites Credits
CIM 442 CIM Internship CIM 101, 201, 305, Fac. App. 2 cr.
CIM 443 CIM Internship CIM 101, 201, 305, Fac. App. 3 cr.
CIM 444 CIM Internship CIM 101, 201, 305, Fac. App. 4 cr.
CIM 445 CIM Internship CIM 101, 201, 305, Fac. App. 5 cr.
CIM 450 Senior CIM Project I CIM 410 or Dept. approval 5 cr.
HCM 301 Intro. to Health Care Management MGT 301 5 cr.
HCM 350 Health Care Ethics and Policy HCM 301 or NTR 300 5 cr.
HCM 401 Health Care Financing HCM 301 5 cr.
MGT 403 Labor Relations MGT 402 5 cr.
MGT 404 International Management MGT 401 5 cr.
MGT 407 Public Relations MKT 301 5 cr.
MGT 410 Small Business Management ACT 202, CIM 205, 5 cr.
and MKT 301
MGT 430 Principles of Production and MGT 301 5 cr.
Operations Management and MSC 301
MGT 441-445 Internship MGT 201 **1-5
MGT 455 Total Quality Management MGT 301 5 cr.
MGT 460 Senior Research Project 130 Qtr. Hrs. Minimum 3 cr.
MGT 461 Senior Research Project Report MGT 460 3 cr.
Grade B or higher
MKT 340 Market Research MKT 301 & MSC 301 5 cr.
MKT 350 Market Strategies & Buying Behavior MKT 340 5 cr.
MKT 360 Advertising MKT 301 5 cr.
PMT 301 Principles of Project Management MGT 402 5 cr.
PMT 350 Practices of Project Management PMT 301 5 cr.
PMT 450 Project Mgt. Case Study Capstone PMT 350 5 cr.
Area VII: Free Electives 5 Credit Hours
Any course offered not previously taken. May use MGT 441-445 to complete these
requirements. (Department head approval required.)