Business Administration: Professional Studies Program (Evening)

Lillian Barden, Ph.D.
Program Director
(650) 508-3683
lbarden@ndnu.edu

Completing your Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration is made possible by offering seven-week upper-division accelerated courses that meet in the evening and on weekends. The program is open to adult students who are 25 years of age or older, have three years of full-time work or volunteer experience, and have a minimum of 45 transferable semester units. Students work closely with their academic advisors to use both NDNU and other resources to minimize cost and time to completion.

The School of Business and Management approaches education as a team effort with our faculty and staff working with students to prepare them to excel in their chosen professional business and management occupations. Course work incorporates hands-on projects and practical knowledge applicable to contemporary work challenges. Degree completion program students have access to all of our outstanding student support services, including tutoring, career development services, and more.

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will acquire and demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills within various disciplines of business—accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing.
• Students will learn to describe, discuss, and analyze current events in American business with attention to the global, social, and ethical dimensions of events.
• Students will acquire the communication, research, and technological skills needed to analyze a business situation (problem and/or opportunity) and prepare and present a management report.
• Students will develop critical thinking abilities and a foundation of ethical principles that allows them to work effectively, respectfully, ethically, and professionally with people of diverse ethnic, cultural, gender, and other backgrounds.

Articulation Agreement

Undergraduate Business Administration programs have an articulation agreement with graduate programs in the School of Business and Management. Qualified students are able to apply in advance of the last semester of undergraduate work to enroll in up to 6 units of selected graduate courses that count toward undergraduate units while also counting toward the master's degree.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

In addition to major requirements, students must meet Core Curriculum Requirements and General Degree Requirements.

Prerequisites:	Units
BUS1100                     Macroeconomics	3
BUS1108                     Microeconomics	3
BUS1224                     Financial Accounting	3
MTH2502                     Statistics	3
Total Prerequisites:	12
Major Requirements:	Units
BUS2000                     Management Principles and Organizational Behavior	3
BUS2006                     Contemporary Professional Writing	3
BUS2008                     Legal Environment of Business	3
BUS2010                     Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility	3
BUS2224                     Corporate Finance	3
BUS2300                     Marketing Principles	3
BUS2335                     International Business (CDiv)	3
BUS2600                     Operations and Information Technology Systems	3
BUS2980                     Business Policy (Capstone)	3
Concentration (Upper-division electives in the major)	9
Total Major Requirements	36
Other Degree Requirements* and Electives	76

*Other degree requirements include Core Curriculum Requirements and General Degree Requirements (e.g. U.S. History).

Total Unit Requirement                                                                                                  124

Areas of Concentration

Students may select one specialized area of courses as their concentration, or they may take any 9 discrete units of Business Electives for a General concentration. Concentration(s) available for selection are:

Accounting: (these courses are offered as 15-week semester courses)
BUS2202                     Intermediate Accounting I (15-week)
BUS2204                     Intermediate Accounting II (15-week)
BUS2208                     Accounting for Managers
BUS2210                     Federal Income Tax
BUS2214                     Advanced Accounting

Entrepreneurship:
BUS2012                     Business Leadership
BUS2048                     Human Resource Management
BUS2208                     Accounting for Managers
BUS2340                     Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing
BUS2348                     Finance and Marketing for a New Business Venture
BUS2616                     Project Management
                                   
Finance:
BUS2228                     Financial Analysis and Modeling
BUS2240                     Money, Markets, and Financial Institutions
BUS2248                     International Finance
BUS2348                     Finance and Marketing for a New Business Venture
HSP2230                     Personal Financial Planning

Management:
BUS2012                     Business Leadership
BUS2016                     Change and Conflict Management: Theory and Practice (CDiv)
BUS2040                     Women in Management (CDiv)
BUS2048                     Human Resource Management
BUS2340                     Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing
BUS2616                     Project Management
HSP2239                     Human Relations in Organizations
HSP2248                     Managing Cultural Diversity (CDiv)
HSP2254                     Stress in the Workplace

Marketing:
BUS2316                     Consumer Behavior
BUS2340                     Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing
BUS2348                     Finance and Marketing for a New Business Venture
BUS2364                     Advertising
COM2500                    Public Relations
HSP2227                     Marketing for Nonprofits

General Concentration:
Any 9 units of upper-division Business electives approved by the advisor.