Rockhurst University offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) — a business degree that arms you with the best in business acumen, leadership expertise and ethical decision-making skills.
Program Overview
Our Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree will give you a solid understanding of the role businesses plays in society — from its history, impact on individuals, economic impact, and the social responsibilities that come along with it. At Rockhurst University, we’re all about real-world experience, and real-world examples of business administration and management so that after you graduate, you’ll be able to use these business and managerial skills to do better business.
BSBA students complete two innovative sequences as part of the business administration degree core curriculum:
- Professional readiness sequence
- Technology and predictive analytics sequence
These sequences were developed by the Helzberg School of Management based on market research and consultation with hiring managers at area companies. We did this because we wanted to make our business degree in Kansas City as appealing as possible to these corporations. You can also pursue Excel certifications as part of your studies — another feather in your cap as you look ahead toward business administration jobs on the horizon.
And we can’t forget to mention one of the most important reasons why you should earn your business degree in Kansas City’s Rockhurst University: The Helzberg School of Management is AACSB-accredited. This is the highest level of accreditation and one achieved by only 5% of business schools in the world. A business administration degree from an AACSB-accredited school further differentiates your business management degree, and you, from the pack.
Rockhurst University's Helzberg School of Management offers an AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with the following concentrations:
- Business Administration - General Concentration
- Accounting (Traditional)
- Accounting/MBA
- Corporate Accounting and Finance
- Financial Markets and Economic Analysis
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing Analytics
- Marketing
- Social Impact
For more information contact us at graduate@rockhurst.edu or 816-501-4578.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate leadership, exhibiting skills in personal responsibility, awareness of self and others, ability to work effectively in groups, and the ability to foster positive team dynamics.
- Develop a strong sense of ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility, able to identify and analyze personal ethical problems to propose and defend an appropriate course of action, and identify and analyze issues in corporate social responsibility to propose and defend an appropriate course of action.
- Ability to define, describe and demonstrate foundational business knowledge.
- Integrate relevant cultural, social, political, historical, geographic and environmental factors into the analysis of business issues and the development of an appropriate course of action.
- Identify, access and analyze relevant quantitative and qualitative information to develop, select and evaluate appropriate courses of action.
- Ability to communicate,producing and delivering effective written products and oral communications in a variety of contexts using effective technologies.
Program Outcomes
What is business administration?
From overseeing business operations to team management, business administrators have a wide range of jobs. Many who receive a Bachelor of Science in business administration degree go on to become managers or C-suite officers in whichever companies they work at, as they have great knowledge of all aspects of a business.
After graduation, business administration jobs span the globe in areas such as:
Accountant
Management Analyst
Marketing Director
Market Research Analysist
Sales Manager
Actuary
Marketing Manager
Health Care Administrator
Course Map
Degree and class descriptions and requirements can be found by clicking on the course catalog listings below:
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This course introduces the student to the basic business workings of corporate and nonprofit organizations, including major functional areas and managerial processes with attention to emerging research about strategies and practices of high-performing organizations. Students will explore and analyze social issues as they relate to ethical leadership and the organization’s role in the social and community environment.
The course begins with some additional financial accounting topics and then moves quickly to a managerial perspective with the focus on provider information for internal decision-makers. The student will be introduced to new terminology and concepts while carrying forward what they learned in financial accounting. Some of the topics include ratio analysis, the statement of cash flow, cost accounting concepts and tools, cost volume profit analysis, budgeting and relevant costs.
This course is designed to ensure students understand the ecosystem of modern corporate technology to include use of server and cloud computing, understand the basics of a relational database system (RDMBS), run queries on a RDBMS with SQL, provide examples of proper social media platforms, further explore data visualization systems, be exposed to a functional programming language, and, synthesize tools and data analysis into an effective presentation.
This course is an integrative capstone experience focusing on strategy and policy development for organizations within the context of sometimes conflicting ethical constraints. Strategy implementation challenges are also explored. The class provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge drawn from functional area courses in the solution of problems discovered by the analysis of both published cases and live interactions with the managers of companies and organizations within the Kansas City region.
Degree Info
- Internships: Rockhurst University’s Career Services helps students search for internships consistent with their business administration and management interests.
- Real-world Collaboration: At Rockhurst University's Helzberg School of Management, “the real world” doesn’t wait until after graduation. Students work with local, regional and national companies in class.
- Networking: Students have endless opportunities to network with prospective employers through the Helzberg School of Management and Rockhurst University Center for Career Development events such as Leadership and Ethics Day, Dinner with the Industry, and Meet the Firms.
- Magis Leaders Program: Students have the opportunity to apply for a year-long, enhanced professional readiness program. With their mentor from the community, each student in the program will assess and adjust their personal and professional skills to enhance their performance in organizational settings, from business management at multinational companies to small business administration locally. Learn more.
- Capstone Project: Students complete their bachelor's education by developing a complete business concept responding to a social need that they identify.
- 4+1 Master's Degree Pathway – earn a bachelor's and a master's degree in only 5 years! Learn more about the program here.
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