Nov 24, 2024

2007-2008 Catalog of Courses

2007-2008 Catalog of Courses [Archived Catalog]

Business Management B.B.A.

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Using a unique blend of cross-disciplinary components, students are prepared to enter the exciting and fast-paced field of management. The design of the Business Management program includes components focused on the management of organizational behavior, business planning, information systems in the business context, accounting management, legal aspects of business, economic influences on business, marketing, and strategic management through the careful development and analysis of relevant data.

Today’s business management professionals assume a broad range of responsibilities involving interpersonal activities, decisionmaking, communication and teamwork. Through an active advisory council composed of key business industry leaders, courses are designed to bring the experience of business professionals into the classroom environment.

It is recognized that graduates of Business Management are passionate about leveraging the power of a workforce by learning to work with and through others. Expertise of the instructor, combined with the collaborative participation of students, creates an intensive and challenging leaning experience. Graduates are able to maximize opportunities for entering a wide variety of management-related careers in small or large business, corporations or governmental agencies.

Students advance through the program as a cohort of adults with diverse backgrounds and experience. An applied research project is designed to draw upon key learning from throughout the program while assessing an organization’s performance from seven different perspectives (leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, measurement, analysis and knowledge, human resource focus, process management and business results).

SCHEDULE

The program consists of 67 weeks of instruction - one night per week for four hours.

DEGREE AWARDED

Bachelor of Business Administration

CONTACT

Business Management Program Director
316-295-5774

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Sixty-two (62) semester hours of transferable credit from accredited colleges or universities.
Completion of Writing 1 and 2 with a “C” or better.
Earned credit in a college-level mathematics course.*

*Math required for graduation is College Algebra with a “D” or a higher level math class.

Core Requirements:

Total: 43 hours

General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program:

Writing 1 3 hours
Writing 2 (w/ “C” or better) 3 hours
Math (level at least Math for Liberal Arts)* 3 hours
Natural Science w/ lab 4 hours
Speech/Interpersonal Comm** 3 hours
Religion/Philosophy 3 hours
Social/Behavioral Science 6 hours
(Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics)
Liberal Arts/Humanities*** 6 hours
(Fine Arts, History, Literature, Foreign Language)

Notes:

* Math:

Nature of Mathematics for Liberal Arts or higher is required for Criminal Justice and Organizational Management and Leadership degree programs.
College Algebra is required for Business Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management degree programs.
College Algebra (w/ “C” or better) is required for Computer Programming and Accounting degree programs.

** Required for Criminal Justice program
***Liberal Arts/Humanities requirement is 3 hours for Criminal Justice program

Total: 28 hours

Conference Courses

Upon recommendation of the instructor and the student’s advisor, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Division Chair may grant permission for a student to take a course by conference.

Frequent conferences with the instructor, reports and examinations ensure that the student covers the same materials and maintains the same standards as those who take the course regularly. Written permission to take work by conference must be given and residence credit is granted. Special course arrangement forms must be completed and are available in the Registrar’s Office. Any lab fees attached to the course will be charged.

Internship Program

Degree Completion Program Students may earn up to six hours per semester for a total of two semesters or 12 hours total in an internship program that has been approved by their degree program director. (Please refer to the internship course description for complete details.)

Writing 1 and Writing 2 Requirements

1.

Writing 1 and Writing 2 with “C” or better are required for acceptance into a degree completion program.

2.

Writing requirements must be completed in one of the following ways:

A.

By taking Writing 1 and Writing 2 at Friends University or another accredited institution, passing the course with “C” or better.

B.

By taking the CLEP, which includes both the CLEP essay and CLEP multiple choice sections, in the area of English composition. Students who pass the test with a score of 500 or better will receive six hours of ungraded credit for Writing 1 and Writing 2, pending the submission of a research paper that conforms to APA style and is approved by a fulltime faculty member of the English department. The paper should be written according to the guidelines currently established by the English program for Writing 2. This option can provide for students who need both Writing 1 and Writing 2 and who have never enrolled in either course before. The CLEP test is an option only for a student who has no previous enrollment in Writing 1 or 2.

C.

Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the CAPS Exception Committee.