Business Administration / Organizational Leadership (B.S.)

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Become a masterful manager with Southern New Hampshire University’s business administration degree program.

The demand for trained managers and leaders has increased as business and society have grown more complex. Students in Southern New Hampshire University’s business administration program become leaders and managers in today’s dynamic business environment.

The university’s business administration program emphasizes leadership, communication, accounting, behavioral dynamics and quantitative analysis. These business and management skills, and the solid foundation provided by the university’s core courses, enable students to become successful managers.

Organizational Leadership Concentration

Graduates of this program develop effective management tools for survival, growth, increased productivity and conflict management in the complex and volatile business environment of today and the future. The program incorporates a global perspective and emphasizes the development and understanding of leadership skills, group and intergroup dynamics, organizational structure, design, change, culture and power.

Required Core Courses
B.A./B.S. Core
Business Core

Organizational Leadership Major Courses:
OL 215 Principles of Management
OL 322 Managing Organizational Change
OL 324 Managing Quality
OL 328 Leadership
OL 342 Organizational Behavior
OL ELE Two 300 or 400 level OL Electives
OL 211 Human Resource Management
OL 326 Social Environment of Business

Allied Courses:
QSO 331 Introduction to Operations Management
FIN/ECO ELE Elective
INT ELE Elective

Graduation Requirements
SNHU 101 First Year Seminar: Foundations in Critical Thinking
Free Electives

Note: Students who select the business administration with cooperative education program must use free electives to satisfy cooperative education requirements.

Southern New Hampshire University programs are accredited by:

  • Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration
  • American Culinary Federation Educational Institute
  • Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
  • European Council for Business Education
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  • New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
  • New Hampshire State Department of Education for Teacher Certification
  • North American Society for Sport Management