BBS in Business Administration/MBA

This program is designed to equip and transform students to be servant leaders with the knowledge and skills to increase job security, to position themselves for advancement within their own organizations, and for future employment and leadership opportunities within both the profit and nonprofit sectors of business. The accelerated program is for individuals who may be inspired to continue their educational journey to a master’s degree while pursuing an undergraduate degree because it will give them a competitive advantage in the workplace and is more cost-effective to do so.

UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (BBS)
Professional Studies Requirement PRST 3301 Lifelong Learning (S-L)	3
English	9
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II
*and* ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II
Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts	3
History	6
*Choose two:* HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II
Kinesiology	2
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.
Mathematics	3
*Choose one:* MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1304 - Trigonometry MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis MATH 1308 - Calculus for Business Analysis MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry [Math Advising Tool (eMAT) required prior to registering for any Math class or any class for which the eMAT is a prerequisite.]
Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)	4
One laboratory science from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics
Religion	12
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey (If hours transferred at time of initial enrollment at DBU do not equal 60 or more hours, additional religion hours will be required.)
Social Science POLS 2301 American National Government ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics	6
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS	48
BBS in Business Administration
Required Courses	30
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting ACCT 2302 - Principles of Managerial Accounting ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics ENTR 3301 - Principles of Entrepreneurship (S-L) FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L) MANA 3305 - Managerial Statistics MANA 3308 - Business and Public Law MANA 4320 - Strategy and Problems in Management MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing
Shared Undergraduate/Graduate Courses	6
MANA 6310 - Leadership in Management MANA 6320 - Business Ethics
Additional Upper-Level Electives Required* Additional Lower or Upper-Level Electives Required*	15 21
TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE WITH SHARED HOURS REQUIRED	120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required. Students must complete all Undergraduate hours and shared undergraduate/graduate hours prior to enrolling for remaining Graduate hours.

*Elective Requirements

In order to satisfy the “Undergraduate only” portion of an accelerated degree plan, sufficient lower-level and upper-level elective hours must be taken to complete the minimum number of Undergraduate credit hours required for each specific accelerated degree.
As part of this accelerated degree plan, 6 shared Graduate hours will be counted toward a minimum of 42 upper-level Undergraduate credit hours required for all bachelor’s degrees.

REMAINING GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (MBa)
MBA Core Curriculum	18
ACCT 6321 - Managerial Accounting FINA 6301 - Corporate Finance MANA 6302 - Quantitative Analysis for Managers MANA 6341 - Strategic Management Decisions (S-L) (Capstone course) MISM 6314 - Management Information Systems MRKT 6301 - Creative Problem Solving for Marketing Decisions (S-L)
MBA Concentration	12
Students may choose from the *MBA concentrations* listed below to take 12 hours in a specialized field: Accounting Business Communication Business Innovation Strategy Business Intelligence and Analytics Conflict Resolution Management Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Finance Health Care Management International Business IT and Innovation IT Security for Managers Leading the Nonprofit Organization Management Marketing Project Management Technology and Engineering
TOTAL ADDITIONAL GRADUATE HOURS REQUIRED	30
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR ACCELERATED DEGREE	150

Students must successfully complete PRST 3301 within the first term.

Students are required to take the Major Field Test (MFT)as part of MANA 4320 Strategy and Problems in Management. Students will prepare for the exam through completion of the coursework of MANA 4320.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to course descriptions for course prerequisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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