Business Administration (B.A.)

Program Overview

The Business Administration Major offers students the opportunity to tailor their curriculum across business disciplines emphasizing career themes such as: l) general management, 2) development of quantitative analysis skills in a business context, and 3) preparation for management of small businesses and 4) stewardship of human resources. Students not choosing a concentration can customize their degree program by selecting upper-level business courses that meet their career goals.

Note: This major is a secondary major; it may not be declared as a primary major or a stand-alone major. Students must have at least 24 unique courses in both their primary and secondary major. Students graduating with this as part of a double major receive a single degree, with two majors (e.g. a Bachelors of Arts from Messiah majoring in both x and Business Administration). Students declaring this Business Administration B.A. as their secondary major must complete the QuEST requirements of the primary major.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Business Administration program can:

1. Apply foundational content related the Common Professional Component.
2. Apply marketing concepts, strategies and tactics.
3. Develop a comprehensive corporate financial analysis report.
4. Articulate their awareness of their self-identity and vocational calling.
5. Articulate the importance of Christian principles, ethics, personal and company values, and socially responsible business practices.

Entrepreneurship concentration graduates can also apply principles related to project management, marketing, and financing to prepare a complete and fundable business plan.

Human Resource Management concentration graduates can also:

1. Apply foundational content related to Acquiring, Growing, and Keeping a pool of qualified and satisfied employees.
2. Apply theoretical principles of human behavior to foster appropriate interpersonal interaction in the workplace.

Leadership concentration graduates can also apply discipline-based methods to analyze, diagnose, and make recommendations regarding leading organizational change.

Technology and Operations Management concentration graduates can also:

1. Contribute to societal discourses on management science and information technology issues and controversies emanating from advances in management science or information technology
2. Use the operations strategies and quantitative tools which enable organizations to carry out their missions efficiently and effectively.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

Three to four credits from the following:

Six additional credits (two courses) of 300/400 level Business courses

QuEST Requirements