Department of Business Administration
The Business Administration Department is accredited by Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Business Administration offers Bachelors of Science degrees with majors in: Economics/Finance, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Public Relations as well as an Associate of Science degree in Business.
Highlights
- Psalm 15 faith integration in the classroom
- Prescriptive curriculum -- BS degree (128 credits): 49 gen. educ./graduation requirements; 45 College core; 27-33 major requirements
- Faculty – Outstanding, professionally/ doctorally qualified
- EnactUs (previously known as Enactus) competed nationally 28 out of 29 years.
- Curriculum; project – student friendly environment
- Internships: Approximately 75% of business students take at least one internship during their tenure at SBU.
- MFT (Major Field Test) 90-95% overall. Standardized test that compares our students with over 100,000 students nationwide on business knowledge.
- Delta Mu Delta – National Business Honorary Society
- Capstone courses: Two unique capstone courses: MGT 4083, Management Strategy & Policy, and LDR 4043, Ethics & Professional Development.
Faculty
- All have work experience in discipline(s) in which they teach; none teach in more that two subject areas
- Four have received the University's DIstinguished Teacher Award
- Seven full-time faculty
- five doctorally qualified
- two in a doctoral program
- one professioally qualified ABD
- Three part-time faculty
- One Juris Doctor
- Two professionally qualified
Graduates
Graduates are employed:
| Accenture [Duck Creek Technologies] | Lowe’s |
| Aflac | Microsoft |
| Bank of America | Missouri Credit Union Association |
| Bank of Bolivar | Nestle |
| Boy Scouts of America | New York Life |
| Burlington Northern | O’Reilly’s |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., | Peerless |
| Chic-Fil-A | ServantHR |
| Citizens Memorial Health Care | Shelter Insurance |
| Conoco Phillips | EnactUs (previously known as Enactus) |
| Cox Health | Space Foundation |
| Dannon | TV Guide |
| Edward Jones | UMB |
| Focus on the Family | Wal-Mart |
| Hallmark | Wausau Signature Agency |
| HMS Enterprises, Inc. | Wells Fargo |
| International Fuel Technology, Inc. | Whirlpool |
| Jack Henry | Windermere |