Weekend College Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
The Bachelor of Science Program in Business Administration, offered in the Weekend College, is designed for adult professionals who wish to advance and solidify their careers in business. Built on the strong liberal arts foundation provided through General Studies requirements, the Business Administration major is generalist in scope and covers key functional areas in business-management information systems, organizational behavior, business law, accounting, marketing and finance. Courses emphasize discussion, case studies, group projects and communication exercises. The program has been structured to incorporate workplace experience into the fabric of the classroom.
The Bachelor of Science Program in Business Administration, offered in the Weekend College, offers five areas of emphases: Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business, and Healthcare Management.
The completion of the emphasis in Accounting requires 124 semester units and allows a graduate to sit for the national CPA exam. CPA licensure however, requires completion of 150 semester units in all states. These additional units can be earned before or after completion of the undergraduate program.
For students transferring in business courses, at least 21 units of the upper division business courses must be completed at Mount Saint Mary’s University. BUS 192 Business Policy and Strategy must be taken at Mount Saint Mary’s University.
Once enrolled at Mount Saint Mary’s University, all upper division business courses must be completed at the University.
Required Courses B.S. Degree in Business Administration
Lower Division Core Requirements:
| BUS 5 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BUS 15A | Accounting Principles I | 3 |
| BUS 15B | Accounting Principles II | 3 |
| BUS 21 | The Essentials of Business Writing and Presentation | 3 |
| ECO 1 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 2 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MTH 28 | Mathematical Analysis for Business | 3 |
| MTH 38 | Elements of Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| PHI 92 | Introduction to Business Ethics | 3 |
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| PHI 192 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
Upper Division Core Requirements:
| BUS 122 | Management Communications | 3 |
| | or | |
| BUS 106 | Business Law II | 3 |
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| BUS 130 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| BUS 160 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 177 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 184 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BUS 185 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 192 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
In addition to core requirements, eighteen (18) upper division business units are required for the major in Business Administration.
Students who wish to pursue a specific business area concentration may do so by completing twelve (12) of these eighteen (18) units as follows:
Accounting Concentration
Marketing Concentration
Management Concentration
And any one of the following courses:
International Business Concentration
And three units from the following:
(One unit in each of the following areas: China, European Union, Eastern Europe,Mercusor, Africa and the Four Tigers)
Healthcare Management Concentration
| BUS 121 | Financing Healthcare in America | 3 |
| BUS 151 | American Health Care System | 3 |
And any two of the following courses
| BUS 131 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 157 | Human Resources Development | 3 |
| BUS 162 | Marketing and Planning for Healthcare Organizations | 3 |
| BUS 178 | Healthcare Management Information Systems | 3 |