Joy Williams
Undergraduate Recruiter and Student Success Coordinator Phone: 423.869.6450 Office Location: BE131 Email: [email protected] Bachelor of Business Administration
A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in business will prepare you with foundational concepts in business that you can apply to various career pursuits and professional education opportunities. Graduates will have a business foundation in accounting, communications, economics, ethics, finance, information systems, international business, law, management, marketing, quantitative analysis, statistics, and strategy.
The BBA degree requires the completion of the business core courses (36 credit hours) and one BBA concentration (24 semester credit hours) in either Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Sport Management, or General Business.
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BBA Degree Concentrations
The BBA degree requires the completion of the business core courses (36 credit hours) and one BBA concentration (24 semester credit hours) in either Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Sport Management, or General Business.
General Business
Bachelor of Business Administration General Business Concentration
Accounting
The Accounting concentration provides students with a comprehensive foundation in accounting concepts, principles, and ethics advancing the profession through excellence in accounting education, use of technology, research, and outreach activities.
Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting Concentration
Business Analytics
The Business Analytics Concentration provides students with the fundamental concepts and tools needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics in organizations.
Bachelor of Business Administration Business Analytics Concentration
Finance
The Finance concentration prepares students for careers in general business, investments, commercial banking, small business ownerships and entrepreneurship, financial planning and international institutions.
Healthcare Administration
The Healthcare Administration concentration is designed to give students a knowledge and understanding of business operations within the healthcare industry.
Bachelor of Business Administration Healthcare Administration Concentration
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Management
The Management concentration prepares students for diverse and innovative managerial and professional positions in the global marketplace.
Bachelor of Business Administration Management Concentration
Management Information Systems
The Management Information Systems concentration provides students with the information systems management skills needed in today's business environment with a solid foundation in the primary business areas in which these skills will be applied.
Marketing
The Marketing concentration prepares students by developing specialized skills in the management of communications, customer relationships, and the delivery of value to customers.
Sport Management
The Sport Management concentration is designed to introduce sport industry concepts to the students and serve as a base to prepare students for entry level employment in the field through networking and internship experiences.
Bachelor of Business Administration Sport Management Concentration
Bachelor of Arts in Business
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree provides a solid foundation of knowledge and skills in general business practices, is open to all students, and can serve as a second concentration. This is a degree option for students seeking secondary general business education licensure. It also provides an alternative to the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BBA) for the student who might discover an interest in business during the latter portion of an undergraduate program of study.
The BA degree requires the completion of the business core curriculum.
Business BA Degree Four-Year Plan (PDF)
Bachelor of Arts in Business with 6-12 Teaching Licensure
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a secondary general business education licensure allows students to complete the business core curriculum and the professional education curriculum requirements for a total of 126 credit hours. This option allows students to become licensed educators in business for grades 6th through 12th. Students will work in collaboration with the LMU School of Business and the Carter & Moyers School of Education.
Business BA degree with 6-12 education licensure Four-Year Plan (PDF)
Associate of Business Administration
LMU also offers an associate-level degree program for interested students. The Associate of Business Administration (ABA) degree prepares the student to develop knowledge, understanding, critical thinking, and technical skills and abilities required in the business world.
Business Associate Degree Plan (PDF)
Business Degree Outcomes & Student Success
Successful Bachelor of Business Administration program graduates can look forward to many opportunities across various industries. Our students have gone on to graduate school to pursue master's programs, started their own businesses, and worked at top marketing and advertising firms. See below to see the breakdown of the School of Business programs and student success rates:
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Joy Williams
Undergraduate Recruiter and Student Success Coordinator
[email protected]
423.869.6450
Office Location: BE131
ACBSP Accreditation
Aside from being fully accredited by SACS-COC, numerous program options are additionally accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
School of Business's ACBSP Accreditation