COURSE CURRICULUM

The major requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration are designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how businesses operate while building strong analytical, technical, and managerial skills needed in modern organizations, and the curriculum typically follows a structured plan where students take around 16–18 credits per semester along with general education (Discovery Program) and elective courses, ensuring balanced academic development; in the early semesters, students are limited to taking no more than two major courses at a time to help them adjust gradually to the rigor of business studies, while also participating in introductory experiences like PAUL 405 and PAUL 406 (First-Year Innovation and Research Experience), which focus on creativity, problem-solving, and real-world business exposure; the core business courses then cover all essential functional areas, including ADMN 401W (Responsible Business Management) to introduce ethical and sustainable practices, ADMN 502 and ADMN 503 (Financial and Managerial Accounting) to understand financial reporting and internal decision-making, ADMN 510 (Business Analytics and Statistics) and ADMN 580 (Quantitative Decision Making) to develop data-driven thinking, ADMN 570 (Financial Management) for investment and financial planning concepts, ADMN 585 (Marketing) to explore consumer behavior and market strategies, and ADMN 575 (Behavior in Organizations) to understand workplace dynamics and leadership; students also study Economics through ECON 401 (Macroeconomics) and ECON 402 (Microeconomics), along with mathematics courses like MATH 422 or calculus options to strengthen quantitative skills, and ADMN 410 (Management Information Systems) to learn how technology supports business operations; finally, the program culminates in a capstone course, ADMN 775 (Strategic Management), where students integrate all prior knowledge to analyze complex business problems and make strategic decisions, preparing them for diverse careers in fields such as finance, marketing, consulting, and management or for advanced studies like an MBA.