Our Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) is a four-year program designed to teach broad business functions, develop students’ professional skills, expand technological literacy, and build global perspective. Kogod students can tailor their degree program by specializing in a particular business discipline or by adding a major or minor in another academic area.
Students are responsible for fulfilling university and school requirements following a prescribed sequence. Students work closely with their academic advisor in Kogod and their Music Program faculty advisor in the Department of Performing Arts to ensure appropriate course sequencing. However, it is the student’s responsibility to consult course descriptions to identify course prerequisites and when courses are offered.
General Requirements (14 credit hours)
Students must complete the following courses with a grade of C or better:
ECON-100 Macroeconomics (3)
ECON-200 Microeconomics (3)
MATH-211 Applied Calculus I (4)
or
MATH 221 Calculus I (4)
STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
Business Core Courses (36 credit hours)
ACCT-240 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT-241 Principles of Managerial Accounting (AT) (3)
FIN-365 Business Finance (AT) (3)
IBUS-300 Fundamentals of International Business (C/W) (3)
ITEC-200 The Edge of Information Technology (AT) (3)
ITEC-355 Production/Operations Management (AT/C) (3)
KSB-100 Business 1.0 (3) (students not taking KSB-100 in their freshman year take a 300- or 400-level course in its place)
KSB-200 Basic Career Exploration and Development (1)
MGMT-201 Global Corporate Citizenship (O) (3)
MGMT-353 Principles of Organizational Theory, Behavior and Management (T) (3)
MGMT-458 Business Policy and Strategy (C/O/T/W) (3)
MGMT-391 Internship (2)
MKTG-300 Principles of Marketing (W) (3)
AT = analytical tool emphasis; provides a strong foundation in business analytical software
C = case analysis emphasis; provides growth opportunities for students to evaluate cases
O = oral communication emphasis; assists in the development of oral presentation skills
T = teamwork emphasis; focuses on teamwork and the importance of interpersonal relationships and communication
W = written communication emphasis; develops business writing skills, written assignments account for a significant part of the course grade
Music Core Requirements (36 credit hours)
PERF-124 Harmony I (3)
PERF-125 Harmony II (3)
PERF-227 Musicianship I (3)
PERF-228 Musicianship II (3)
PERF-322 History of Music I: From Antiquity to 1700 (3)
PERF-323 History of Music II: From 1700 to the Present (3)
PERF-444 Business and Music Capstone (2)
PERF-491 Internship (1)
6 credit hours of approved PERF music courses at the 300 level or above
9 credit hours in approved applied music and ensemble courses
University Requirements
A total of 120 credit hours
6 credit hours of college writing
3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination
General Education Requirements
A total of ten courses, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level course in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas
No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline
Curricular Area 4 should be fulfilled by ECON-100 Macroeconomics and ECON-200 Microeconomics with grades of C or better (pass/fail grades are not permitted).
Major Requirements
A total of 120 credit hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher
Students must complete 45 of the last 60 credit hours on campus, with a minimum of 15 credit hours of upper-level courses
A total of 86 credit hours with grades of C or better for the major requirements
To comply with AACSB accreditation standards, Kogod students must complete at least 50 percent of their course work outside of the business school. (IBUS-200 and FIN-200 are considered business courses and may not count toward non-business course requirements even if they are taken for General Education credit) Students may take more than 60 credit hours of business courses as long as 50 percent of their total credit hours is in non-business course work.
36 credit hours in business with grades of C or better (pass/fail grades are not permitted) including 33 business core courses and 3 credit hours of career development (KSB-298) and internship (MGMT-391)
36 credit hours in music with grades of C or better (pass/fail grades are not permitted)
Students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 to be eligible to enroll in business or music courses
At least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the BAM must be earned at American University.
Freshman applicants should have demonstrated above average performance in their college preparatory courses in secondary school. Scores on the SAT or ACT should indicate that the applicant has the potential for success in a rigorous university degree program. Due to the quantitative emphasis of the business administration curriculum, it is strongly recommended that applicants take the SATII Math test for placement purposes.
In addition to university requirements for transfer admission, transfer applicants to KSB should have a minimum grade point average of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale). This also applies to students transferring from nondegree status at American University. All BAM transfer students are required to take MGMT-458 and at least 18 upper-level credit hours toward their major requirements in residence. Transfer credits for 300-level and above business courses are subject to validation by the appropriate department chair and may be conditional on successful completion of a more advanced course at American University.
Unique to American University, the Bachelor of Science in Business and Music degree (BAM) is a four-year program designed for students with interests in both music and business. The BAM offers a substantial, exciting and integrated curriculum that prepares students for a career in the for-profit music sector. Students will complete the AACSB accredited core business program and a core music curriculum under the guidance of the NASM accredited music program.
The BAM degree provides students with a strong foundation of theoretical and hands-on coursework. The business core is consistent with the business administration curriculum; the music core develops the fundamental music awareness necessary for skill development and the musical understanding critical for working with talent in the for-profit music industry. Students can use the free electives embedded into the curriculum to enhance their music-related studies such as performance or production, or business-related studies in topics such as management, accounting or marketing. Students will leverage their academic experience in a series of for-credit internships.
n early 2009 the Kogod School of Business dedicated a new facility dedicated to improving the learning experience for the Kogod community. Made possible by the support of more than 25 generous donors, the building more than doubled the size of the business school and the first building on American University’s campus funded entirely by philanthropic means. The expansion provides students with outstanding, new resources to improve their academic experience and large open spaces for gathering as a community.
The three-story building connects seamlessly with the existing building, opened in 2000, and enables Kogod to hold all of its classes in a single location. Faculty offices are now steps away from classrooms to encourage to students to more actively engage with their professors. The Kogod Career Center anchors the new first floor, ready to support and assist students in their professional pursuits and the Financial Services and Information Technology Lab shines on the terrace level as a data and computing center for students.
Less than 12 credit hours: $1,111 per credit hour
12-17 credit hours: $14,536
Additional credits above 17 credit hours: $1,111 per credit hour
Graduate Student Fees
Graduate student fee (all students): $30 per semester
Sports center fee (full-time students): $65 per semester
Sports center fee (part-time students): $30 per semester
Technology fee (full-time): $120 per semester
Technology fee (part-time): $40 per semester
The minimum university requirements for consideration for admission to graduate study at the Kogod School of Business are as follows:
A bachelors degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
Official GMAT score. (MBA applicants who have completed a prior graduate degree in a business-related field may be considered for a GMAT waiver. Requests must be made in writing to the Admissions Committee. Proof of degree completion will be required prior to enrollment. Applicants wishing to be considered for merit-based scholarship must submit official GMAT scores.)
International Students: TOEFL paper-based score of 600 or Internet-based score of 100 (minimum) or IELTS score of 7 (minimum).
Interview with a member of the Graduate Admissions Committee. (Interview invitations are extended to selected applicants after a preliminary review of the completed application).
Objective: This course builds the basic foundation in oral and written communication skills while developing the art of reading and listening essential for managerial decision-making. Inter-personal communication, negotiation and persuasion skills are developed. The ability to prepare business documents, technical papers and organizational correspondence would be honed using various case studies, exercises, role plays and group assignments.
Content: *Introduction to communication *Barriers to communication *Tools for communication *Formulating, editing and receiving business messages *Communication for persuasion *Negotiation process *Conduct and participation in meetings *Interviews *Making effective oral presentations *Public speaking *Nonverbal communication *Methods of case analysis *Research for documentation *New technologies in communication.
Economic Analysis — Micro
Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with basic concepts and techniques of microeconomic analysis and their applications to managerial decision-making. Microeconomic analysis explains the behaviors of individual decision-making units such as business firms and consumers. The emphasis is on elucidating how the tools of standard price theory can be employed to formulate a decision problem, establish a decision criterion, generate some of the information required to evaluate the alternative courses of action and finally choose among the alternatives.
Content: *Consumer Behavior and Demand Analysis,* Production Decisions and Cost-Output Relationship, *Pricing under Alternative Market Structure,* Course on Independent Study.
Financial Management
Objective: This course introduces the concepts, tools, and applications of finance to today’s corporate world. It intends to enable the students beginning their study of finance to get a feel of the subject, appreciate it and understand its applications in various decision-making situations. The student is expected to attain a strong foundation of the principles of finance at the end of the course.
Content: *The basic principles of finance *Analytical methods for varied problems in financial management *Concepts in valuation, financial statement analysis, financial forecasting, cost of capital and capital expenditure decisions *An overview of working capital management.
Organizational Behavior
OBJECTIVES: An organization does not really accomplish anything on its own. Plans do not accomplish anything either. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Apart from their own personality attributes people’s efforts in an organization is also influenced by the changes in the economic, technological and social conditions. Organizational Behaviour is a field of study that chronicles the ongoing nature of real organizations, behaviour of individuals working in those organizations and the effects of changing contexts on the employees’ behaviour. This course is designed to impart knowledge and understanding of organizations and help students to develop skills in analyzing organizational situations and solving organizational problems professionally.
Anderson University’s Doctor of Business Administration Program. Our purpose is to provide a program of rigor and quality that serves the needs of faculty and potential faculty in institutions of higher education which place primary emphasis on teaching effectiveness and encourage an active approach to the integration of Christian values/faith into the business classroom.
We’ve designed a program format that is both rigorous and a realistic alternative for persons who are working full-time in higher education or in industry but desire a doctoral program in an academic discipline within a business curriculum.
Goals of our program include:
Provide a strong theoretical understanding of business disciplines.
Improve undergraduate student learning by increasing the pedagogical abilities of doctoral students.
Develop an increased appreciation of scholarly research and writing within individual doctoral students.
Increase participation of Christian business scholars in the “academy” of higher education.
Take a look at the Overview of the program. Investigate the specific layout and design of the coursework and the various requirements of the degree. You’ll also see course descriptions, a proposed schedule and other valuable information. You can even download a hardcopy of the DBA Application form.