Business Administration (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.

The industry is very broadly defined for business administration majors, and graduates have a wide range of career options. Businesses of all sizes and types seek employees with degrees in business administration to move into entry-level and mid-level managerial and supervisory positions.

When students combine their business administration major with a minor in another business discipline, they add to their already solid managerial base and further enhance their employment opportunities.

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

Business Administration Major Courses
OL 211 Human Resource Management
OL 215 Principles of Management
OL 326 Social Environment of Business
OL 342 Organizational Behavior
OL ___ 300- or 400-level organizational leadership electives

Note: BUS 307 satisfies as an OL 300 elective

Allied Courses
FIN/ECO One FIN/ECO elective
INT One international business elective
QSO 331 Introduction to Operations Management

Graduation Requirements
SNHU 101/100 First Year Seminar: Foundations of Critical Thinking
Five free Electives

Business administration electives include:
Cooperative Education Experiences, Entrepreneurship, Independent Study, Labor Relations and Arbitration, Leadership, Managing Organizational Change, Managing Quality, Real Estate, Seminars, Small Business Management and Strategic Management and Policy

Note: Business administration students who select a cooperative education program must use free electives to satisfy cooperative education requirements.