Sep 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Business, Continuing Studies, B.S.


More information about Division of Continuing Studies :

A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Science in Business, Continuing Education.  This program is a fully online degree program.

 

The Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business emphasizes the development of personal, professional and organizational qualities and skills required to meet the challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s complex global business world with its focus on ideas, communication, critical analysis, problem solving and decision making. The business degree program also provides students with the abilities required to pursue graduate studies.

The business curriculum affords students opportunities to broaden their understanding of the environment of modern business and of the principles and processes for effective management of organizations; required courses span the areas of management, marketing, business law, information management, analytical techniques of decision making, and financial management.

 

Capstone Courses:


Core Requirements


40 Credits:

Mount Seminar (3 credits)


Complete the Mount Seminar.

College Writing Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete 3 credits from among the following courses:

Core Humanities Requirements (12 Credits)


Complete 12 total credits and each of the subcategories in the Core Humanities Group

  • ​​Core Arts, Lang, Lit Requirement (3 credits).  Choose one of the following: 
    • BUS 260 Business Communication (3)  
    • ENGL XXX English Course (3)
    • FAAR XXX Fine Arts: Visual Arts (3)
    • FAMU XXX Fine Arts: Music (3)
    • FATH XXX Fine Arts: Theater
    • Foreign Language
  • ​​Core History Requirement (3 credits).  Choose one of the following:
  • Core Global Encounters Requirement (3 credits)
    • XXGE 3XX Global Encounters Requirement 
      • Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Theology.
  • Additional Humanities Course (3 Credits)
    • Students must complete one additional humanities course from any of the above categories in order to reach 12 total credit hours.  Some courses may double count between the above categories, but students must reach 12 total in order to complete the requirement.

Social Science Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete three credits of Social Science

  • CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Course (3)
  • ECON XXX  Economics Course (3)
  • HSRV XXX  Human Services Course (3)
  • PSCI XXX    Political Science Course (3)
  • PSYCHXXX Psychology Course (3)
  • SOCXXX      Sociology Course (3)

Lab Science (4 Credits)


Students must complete one laboratory science.

  • GNSCI XXX
  • BIOL XXX
  • CHEM XXX
  • PHYS XXX

Mathematics Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete three credits in Mathematics:

Faith and Wisdom Requirements (12 Credits)


Complete each of the subcategories below:

Note


To earn a Bachelor of Science in Business, Continuing Studies, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

-BUS 320 Statistics (3)  can also be counted as the MATH Core requirement, in which case 3 more elective credits would be needed.

 

The Information Systems requirement may be fulfilled at Frederick Campus or through CLEP, DSST or portfolio evaluation. Students should speak with an advisor about the best option.

Sample Four Year Sequence


Year One

Fall I

GE 200 Mount Seminar (3)  

History (3)

Fall II

BUS 250 Intro to Business & Decision Making (3)  

College Writing (3)

Winter

BUS 125 Personal Finance (3)  

Spring I

GNSCI Lab Science (3)

General Elective (3)

Spring II

BUS 201 Business Law I (3)   

BUS 225 Technology Skills for Business (1)  

General Elective (3)

Summer I

BUS 106 Business Math (3)  

BUS 320 Statistics (3)  

 

Year Two

Fall I

ECON 101 Foundations of Economics: Macroecon (3)  

General Elective (3)

Fall II

ECON 102 Foundations of Economics: Microecon (3)  

General Elective (3)

Spring I

ACCT 101 Accounting Principles I (3)  

General Elective (3)

Spring II

ACCT 102 Accounting Principles II (3)  

General Elective (3)

Summer

BUS 360 Corporate Finance I (3)  

BUS 313 Principles of Marketing (3)  

 

Year Three

Fall I

BUS 307 Business Mgmt. & Organization (3)  

Humanities Course (3)

Fall II

BUS 311 Information Systems (3)  

Arts, Lang, Lit (3)

Spring I

ECON 360 Global Business and Economics (3)  

PHIL 200 Introduction to Philosophy (3)  

Spring II

BUS 344 Operations and Supply Chain Mgmt. (3)   

PHIL 301 Moral Philosophy (3)  

Summer 

Non West/Global Encounters (3)

General Elective (3)

Year Four

Fall I

BUS 400 Business Ethics in Society (3)  

THEOL 212 Belief in Today’s World (3)  

Fall II

BUS 300 Level Elective (3)

THEOL 312 Encountering Christ (3)   

Spring I

BUS 404 Business Strategy (3)  

Genal Elective

Spring II

General Elective (3)

General Elective (3)