Successful businesses, no matter what they sell, have at least one thing in common: they need to be well managed. Successful management, however, is not a narrow set of skills. Business professionals must be able to analyze economic opportunities, predict outcomes, and implement business decisions. They need to be literate in the worlds of accounting, economics, finance, law, ethics, and information technology—all to navigate an ever-changing business world.

The business administration major, the central program of Lakeland’s J. Garland Schilcutt School of Business and Entrepreneurship, produces graduates with this wide range of skills and expertise. Its core set of classes introduces students to the major fields within business and economics, while requiring students to “focus” on a particular area of business through their choice of emphasis. Students thus graduate with essential competencies in business administration, as well as focused understanding of at least one key area. Emphasis options include Business Economics, Cooperative Education, Finance, Forensic/Fraud, Healthcare Management, Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, Insurance, International Business, Management, Nonprofit Management, and Sport Management. A Student Designed option is also available.

This combination of broad-based and specific knowledge in business opens doors into marketing and finance, as well as leadership positions in private industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. In its comprehensiveness and commitment to developing problem-solving and decision-making skills, the business administration program is designed to help its graduates succeed anywhere.

Programs

• Business Administration, B.A.

• Business Administration Minor

Courses

• BUS 150 - Pathways to Success: An Introduction to Business
• BUS 200 - Business and Professional Protocol (2 semester hours)
• BUS 282 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• BUS 284 - Principles of International Business
• BUS 285 - Special Topics in Business
• BUS 301 - Management Information Systems
• BUS 305 - Survey of the United States Healthcare System
• BUS 308 - Healthcare Financial Management
• BUS 309 - Healthcare Economics
• BUS 325 - The Insurance Industry
• BUS 330 - Management Principles
• BUS 335 - Study Abroad in Business
• BUS 340 - Principles of Business Finance
• BUS 365 - Personal Financial Management
• BUS 366 - Global Financial Markets
• BUS 370 - Intercultural Communications
• BUS 380 - Human Resource Management
• BUS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Business (1-12 semester hours)
• BUS 391 - Cooperative Education Experience–Business (0 semester hours)
• BUS 400 - Business Internship
• BUS 410 - Business Law I
• BUS 422 - Healthcare Law and Ethics
• BUS 424 - Intermediate Corporate Finance
• BUS 437 - Investment Finance
• BUS 440 - Personal Insurance Lines
• BUS 441 - Commercial Insurance Lines I
• BUS 442 - Commercial Insurance Lines II
• BUS 445 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• BUS 455 - Entrepreneurial Management
• BUS 466 - Human Resource Development
• BUS 467 - Compensation and Benefits
• BUS 468 - Employee and Labor Relations
• BUS 469 - Global Marketing and Management Strategies
• BUS 474 - International Laws and Regulations
• BUS 480 - Special Topics in Business
• BUS 487 - Sales Management
• BUS 491 - Business Policy and Strategy (WI)
• BUS 492 - Organizational Leadership
• BUS 496 - Readings and Research in Business (1-4 semester hours)