The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration meets the needs of those who wish to become effective managers of people, projects, or their own business. The curriculum has been developed by professionals with both business and academic expertise. Courses require students to apply what they have learned to a work setting and thus are able to immediately test their personal and professional skills. The program’s goal is to ensure that the graduate will have acquired those sound analytical skills that are necessary to become an effective manager in either public or private institutions. Specializations offered are in Management, *Accounting, Sales & Marketing and Banking (in collaboration with the Center for Financial Training/Northern New England).

The program outcomes for the Business Administration major include the abilities to:

• Acquire various bodies of knowledge and competencies within specific areas of study or individual fields.
• Demonstrate critical writing, thinking, calculating, and communication proficiencies.
• Acquire broad areas of human knowledge to develop intellectual capacity and deepen insight within general fields of study.
• Understand the foundation of ethical and professional standards including those specific to a field of study.
• Develop a foundation for lifelong learning.
• Obtain credential or degree needed to advance or enter professional career related to each field.  

Students enrolled in this program must earn 128 semester-hour credits, 25% of which must be completed through Saint Joseph’s College.  A minimum of 18 semester-hour credits in business courses from a combination of core and specialization courses must be taken through Saint Joseph’s College. Exception: students in the Banking specialization may mix Center for Financial Training courses with Saint Joseph’s College courses to make up the 18 semester-hour credits. Students in this specialization must be employed by a banking institution.

*This degree provides graduates with the education requirements to sit for the CPA Exam.  For those with serious goals of becoming a licensed CPA, our unique program can accelerate your progress. With successful completion of undergraduate prerequisite coursework, fast track into our graduate program with waivers for up to two courses in the Master of Accountancy program. Completion of AC 310 and AC 311 with at least a “B” waives the requirement to take the two equivalent graduate accounting courses (AC 500 and AC 510; 6 semester-hour credits), thus providing a Fast Track into the Master’s degree program.