Build essential capabilities in several business fields, including accounting, finance,
management, marketing, operations and economics.
Webster University’s Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Administration covers the
breadth of business-related disciplines as defined in the business core curriculum.
The major does not provide a specific specialization, but exposes the student to various
business functions. This major is ideally suited to new or transfer upper-division
business students or to students interested in concurrently pursuing another area
of study offered by Webster University.
BS in Business Administration
Webster students choose a major in business administration when they want to build
essential capabilities in several fields, such as accounting, finance, management,
marketing, operations and economics. The major is also flexible, which suits students
who want to integrate business administration with another field of study.
Program Highlights
Webster's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration's program builds on your
individual potential so that you can achieve success whether your professional objective
and development is a small or large company, a public or private corporation or a
nonprofit institution. The broad and generalist approach of the degree will prepare
you to be able to make decisions understanding the implications and consequences you
will have on all the relevant functions of the firm.
Students use information, analytical tools and problem-solving skills to make well-reasoned
business decisions, considering both quantitative factors and qualitative factors
such as ethical considerations.
Students can develop strategies addressing the legal, ethical, economic and global
environment in which the enterprise operates.
Student will have a working knowledge in a set of analytical business tools related
to: math, statistics, accounting, economics, marketing, finance and behavioral science.
Students can apply business core concepts, principles and analytical skills across
functional lines.
Students can access, develop and use information to analyze business problems and
propose feasible solutions.
Webster's BS in Finance requires 45 hours in the business administration core curriculum
and any 3 upper-level 3000-4000 courses (9 hours) in Business and Technology.
Business Administration Core Curriculum
BUSN 1000 Business Spreadsheets (1 hour)
MATH 1430 College Algebra (3 hours)
WSBT 2000 Career Exploration (1 hour)
ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting (3 hours)
ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting (3 hours)
BUSN 2750 Introduction to Statistics (3 hours)
MNGT 2100 Management Theory and Practice (3 hours)
ECON 2000 Survey of Economics (3 hours)
WSBT 2300 Personal Branding (1 hour)
FINC 3210 Principles of Finance (3 hours)
MNGT 3280 Introduction to Business Law (3 hours)
MNGT 3450 Organizational Behavior (3 hours)
BUSN 3500 Business and Global Issues (1 hour)
MNGT 2500 Marketing (3 hours)
BUSN 3850 Enterprise Systems (3 hours) or CSIS 2500 Introduction to Data Science (3 hours) or CSIS 1500 Introduction to Business Technologies (3 hours)
WSBT 2700 Career Management Strategies (1 hour)
BUSN 4110 Operations Management (3 hours)
BUSN 4500 Ethical Issues in Business (1 hour)
MNGT 4900 Managerial Policies and Strategies (3 hours)
You can get a Minor in Business with 18 hours of required classes at Webster University.
ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting (3 hours)
ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting (3 hours)
BUSN 2750 Introduction to Statistics (3 hours)
ECON 2000 Survey of Economics (3 hours)
FINC 3210 Principles of Finance (3 hours) (FINC 3120 prerequisites: ACCT 2010, ACCT 2025 and BUSN 2750; BUSN 2750 prerequisite: MATH
1430)
MNGT 2100 Management Theory and Practices (3 hours)
Founded in 1915, Webster University is committed to ensuring high-quality learning
experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
In 2014, Webster Athens joined our network to bring the best of American education
with the only fully owned and controlled (academically and financially) accredited
campus of a U.S. university in Greece.