BBA in Business Administration

Business administration is the cornerstone of the business world – the work of managing resources and people to meet an organization’s goals.

The Business Administration major combines courses in management, marketing, economics, finance, and business law, offering students a broad knowledge of the functional areas of a company and how they connect to one another. These topics are especially beneficial for students with small business ownership plans and for students who want to have an administrative career in financial organizations.

Highlights:

• Students develop managerial, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Business Administration B.B.A. graduates have an average starting salary of $58,000.
• Accelerated bachelor’s to master’s option allows undergraduates to earn up to 6 graduate credit hours.
• The Business Exchange for Student Talent (BEST) Career Fair connects students with area employers.
• Jones College is one of the top 1.5% of business schools in the world.

Available fully online

This program is available fully online, allowing for maximum flexibility for students who are not able to participate in person.

Curriculum: Business Administration

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman Fall

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) or
• MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
• Elective 1 credit hour
• Natural Sciences 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 14 Hours

Freshman Spring

• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
• Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
• HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours
• ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

• ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
• BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Fall

• FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 3 credit hours
• BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
• MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

• INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
• Business elective 3 credit hours
• BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours
• ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours § or
• ACTG 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit hours § or
• ACTG 3310 - Cost Accounting 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

• MGMT 3640 - Managing Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3710 - Management of Quality 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3715 - International Sourcing 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3720 - Supply Chain Distribution 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3725 - Lean Project Management Principles 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3730 - Management of Innovation 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3750 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 4700 - Applications in Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours §
• MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours §
• MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours § or
• MKT 4510 - International Marketing 3 credit hours § or
• ECON 4440 - International Economics 3 credit hours §
• ECON upper-division elective 3 credit hours § or
• Upper-division business elective for alternate business minor 3 credit hours §
• FIN upper-division elective 3 credit hours § or
• Upper-division business elective for alternate business minor 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

• MGMT 3630 - Organization Theory 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours § or
• MGMT 4680 - Organization Behavior 3 credit hours §
• BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours § or
• BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law 3 credit hours § or
• BLAW 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture 3 credit hours § or
• BLAW 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation 3 credit hours § or
• BLAW 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law 3 credit hours §
• MKT UD electives 6 hours
• BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Note:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

§Admission required

A person with a Business Administration degree has the skill to take on a variety of professional roles. Some of these include:

• An administrative employee for banks and financial institutions
• Administrator for a nonprofit organization
• Human Resources management administrator
• Leader in a corporate office
• Small business owner
• Retail manager
• Sales representative