Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Faculty: Professor Lunkenheimer (co-coordinator), Associate Professors Chelminska (co-coordinator) and Ogren, and Assistant Professor Bruce

A core of basic business courses provides the foundation for students entering a number of fields, such as accounting, business administration, economics, finance, human resource management, international business, management, and marketing. Students are assisted in planning schedules to fit as closely as possible the needs of their particular fields of study. Cottey offers all the typical business course prerequisites required if a student is planning to transfer for a different business major. Cottey offers two bachelor degrees in business: Business Administration-Management, as well as International Business with a semester long study abroad component, with the choice depending on the student’s preference. 

All business students are encouraged to get involved at Cottey. Students interested in business should consider becoming a part of the campus community with activities such as joining Enactus, a competitive collegiate business organization; or becoming a Golden Key—Cottey’s student ambassador program. A student may complete all four levels of Cottey’s LEO- Leadership, Experiences, Opportunity program or pursue the Certificate in Organizational Leadership through the Serenbetz Institute for Women’s Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness. 

Business students should strongly consider such elective courses as Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communications, and Beginning Acting. Business and non-business majors have the opportunity to explore the skills necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur through handson experience in the Chellie Club—An Entrepreneurial Lab. Students acquire the skills and fundamentals of starting and operating a business, developing a business plan, managing finances and budgeting, marketing a product or service, developing efficient processes, and evaluating results, making changes as necessary to support a successful business. Real-life experiments with real marketplace, real customer feedback, and real challenges and opportunities will be conducted in a learning environment. Students who complete course offerings in the department will show progress in program goals:

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Goals

Communicates Effectively 
Student will communicate clearly and effectively in English using business and economic terminology and concepts in a variety of contexts with appropriate technology. 
 

Thinks Critically 
Students will 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. 

Solves Problems
Students will identify and analyze qualitative and quantitative information to develop appropriate courses of action.