B.S.B.A.
This program is part of the 4+1 Undergraduate to Graduate program options.
For questions regarding specific courses and concentration options, please consult with your Advisor, Campus Center or via email at: advising@park.edu.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program receive a broad education covering the major functional areas of business. This degree will help a student prepare for a career in business or government leadership and provide knowledge and skills desired by all types of employers. It can also provide one the background to organize and manage a family business. Graduates with a B.S.B.A. typically find jobs in business, production management, personnel management, marketing management, or financial management. Many serve their communities as marketing or management specialists in insurance, real estate, investments, banking, communications, manufacturing, retailing and wholesaling. A number of students with this major move into graduate study in law, management, or other business specialties.
Requirements For: B.S.B.A. Major – 63 Hours, 2.0 GPA
This program focuses on the study of organizations and the use of personnel as a primary institutional resource. Emphasis is placed on a behavioral science/management approach in which the understanding of individual behavior and group processes is combined with the techniques of the management of personnel within an organization. This interdisciplinary approach draws from the fields of Management, Social Psychology, and Organization Behavior to create the skills in interpersonal and intergroup relations.
Human Resource Management 15 CR.
Business Electives 9 CR.
Select 3 business electives (to include IS310 Business Applications ) at the 300-400 level with no more than 2 classes from the same program with the exception of Human Resources.
*Two courses can be Human Resources.
Liberal Education Requirements 40 CR.
Math Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208
Science with a lab Requirement 4 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI101 , BI111 , BI211 , BI212 , BI223 , BIO221 , BIO225 , BIO325 , BIO327 , BIO330 , BIO337L and BIO337 , BIO350 , BIO400 , BIO410 , BIO411 , BIO417 , CH101 , CH105 , CH107L and CH107 , CH108L and CH108 , CH317L and CH317 , CH318L and CH318 , CH328 , CH329 , CH337L and CH337 , CH440 , GGP115 , GGP205 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , GO310 , GO320 , GO330 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , or PY206
Ethics Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
AC435 , CA302 , CS300 , EDU310 , MG495 , NS306 , PA380 , PH102 , PH221 , PH224 , PH308 , PS220 , SO220 , SW492
Communications Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
CA103 , CA105
Humanities Requirement 6 cr.
Select one of the following Art or English:
AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234
And one of the following:
AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , CA104 , CA116 , CA235 , ML235 , ML251 , PH101 , PC202 , PH205 , RE109 , SP110 , SP201 , SP202 , TH100 , TH101 ,
Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.
Select one of the following:
BI214 , CH101 , CH102 , CH105 , CH107 CH107L , CH108 CH108L , GGP115 , GGP120 , GGP205 , GO125 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , NS220 , PY101 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , or PY206
*Computer Science and PE courses excluded.
Social Science Requirement 6 cr.
Select two of the following:
AN100 , CJ100 , CJ200 , EC141 , EC142 , EDU210 , FI201 , GGH110 , GGH200 , HIS104 , HIS105 , PO216 , PS101 , PS125 , PS205 , SO141 , SO206 , or SW205
Seminar: Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning 3 cr.
Select one of the topics for LE300*
Graduation Requirements
Student Seminar 3 cr.
FYE100 First-Year Seminar (required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students)
Upper Division Hours 36 cr.
36 hours upper division (300 - 400) level course work
Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.
3 credit hours of Professional Writing (EN306* or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.
EN306A , EN306B , EN306C , EN307 , EDU300 , CJ450 , HIS455 , MG306 , NS306 , PA430 , PO405 , PS300 , PS406 , or SO310
6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (Writing Intensive ), composed as follows:
- 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
- 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.
AR316 , AR498 , BIO498 , CA218 , CH342 , CJ221 , CS300 , EDU310 , EN201 , EN 204 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , EN490 , FW190 , GGP350 , HC 263 , HIS261 , HIS453 , IDS410 , MA301 , ML251 , MG495 , NUR460 , PA432 , PO210 , PS315 , SO141 , SP320 , SW325
Additional Requirements
Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music Degree upon completion of the following requirements:
- Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
- A minor for Geography, B.S. and Information Systems, B.S. majors.
- Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.
- Completion of degree specific requirements.
- Completion of Liberal Education requirements.
- Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major.
- Submission of an Application for Graduation.
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