Why This Program?

Leading the world of business.

Bridge the gap between business theory and practice inside the business administration program. Become a leader in the fast-paced business world by majoring in business administration. Discover a wide variety of career options from management and marketing to leadership and social media. Or, equip yourself with the know-how to launch your own business!

Career Focused: From Blue Bunny and Gelita to Amazon, our program alumni have gone on to work for a variety of local and international companies and corporations. Our specialized courses are taught by experienced faculty who bring their real-world experience to the classroom every day.
Flexible: Offering a range of online degree programs and providing you customized content that you can read, listen to, watch, or interact with based on whatever way you learn best.
Get Experience: Learn from our veteran faculty and land internships around Siouxland and beyond. As a student, you can receive credited internship hours, which will ensure you graduate with real world experience.

Students can tailor their business degrees to fit their needs, with opportunity for elective courses specializing in management, marketing, finance and sports management. You'll receive hands-on experience and skills that apply to virtually any industry in the modern business world - private, government, international commerce, health care, arts, and non-profit organizations, just to name a few.

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The mission of the Briar Cliff University Business Department is to deliver a quality education and develop individuals who can provide leadership in a changing global environment, within an ethical and socially responsible framework. This is accomplished through a broad education using business theory and practice and based upon a liberal arts foundation.

The department's goals are based on a concept that emphasizes not only technical competence but also the ethics of professional service, thus seeking to foster sensitivity and responsiveness to social responsibilities as well as the ability to identify and pursue personal opportunities. The faculty endeavor to achieve these goals through a variety of teaching techniques including lectures, cases, role-playing, seminars, directed study, internships and computer team simulations. The department arranges and supervises internships (i.e. actual job situations) for qualified juniors and seniors.

The major in business administration will provide necessary instruction in functional areas including management, marketing, and finance and accounting, as well as economics. This provides a generalist background needed for a variety of careers in business and a solid foundation for the MBA degree. Students wishing to specialize have the opportunity to do so by taking their elective courses in management, marketing or finance.

Upon graduation, students majoring in business administration will be able to demonstrate competencies in the core areas of research, problem solving, statistical analysis, computer skills, mathematics, oral communication and writing, apply ethical reasoning to decision making and demonstrate personal and team leadership skills, exhibit knowledge of the legal, regulatory, ethical and technological issues inherent in the global environment of business today, demonstrate skills necessary to progress in a career and/or pursue advanced studies, apply fundamental knowledge of economics, finance, information systems, business research, accounting, law, management, marketing and international business to decision making.

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Why This Program?

Leading the world of business.

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