Business Administration

Make Your Mark on the Business World

The 花椒直播 is where you start to make your mark on the business world.

Our business administration programs offer an all-encompassing, immersive experience that will equip you with the skills you need to make your passions profitable.

USM's innovative curriculum will help you master strategic skills to seize crucial opportunities and challenge you to think critically, apply popular theory, effectively problem solve, and become an independent thinker.

Graduates with business administration degrees are essential for organizations of all sizes across the globe. With a USM degree in hand, you can choose the career path you want. But the great part of earning a USM business administration degree is flexibility.

Most of our graduates receive one or more job offers before they graduate, while several alumni continue their education and earn their graduate degrees in business or related subjects.

Academic Programs

USM offers a selection of business administration degrees, as well as three minors, that not only allow you to tailor your degree but will help in your marketability at graduation as well.

Marketing Major

Management Major

Management Major (Online)

General Business Minor

Marketing Minor

Management Minor

The USM Difference

We know we鈥檙e biased, but we truly do have one of the best communities around! Our dedicated faculty connect you with coursework, internships, and opportunities to ensure your success at USM and beyond.

Coursework Internships Faculty

Core Business Administration Degree Coursework

Statistics
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Accounting 1
Principles of Finance
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Business
Data Analysis for Business Decision Making
International Business
Operations Management
Business Learning Lab (Spiro鈥檚 Cup)
Strategic Management and Ethics

Business Administration Minor Coursework

Business administration minors are also great companions to other majors, especially if you are interested in moving up in your career, supervising others, or running your own business.

General Business Minor

Principles of Accounting I
Principles of Microeconomics or Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Management
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Business
Principles of Marketing
Human Resource Management or Organizational Behavior

Business Administration-Management Minor

Principles of Accounting I
Principles of Management
Choose four of the following:
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Business Communications
- Project Management
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior

Business Administration - Marketing Minor

Principles of Marketing or Consumer Behavior (if majoring in Business Administration-Management or Accounting)
Business Learning Lab
Principles of Advertising
Website Design and Digital Marketing or Professional Social Media Communications
Marketing Research with Google Analytics
Strategic Marketing

Internships

All business administration majors participate in internships on campus and off campus.

On Campus: Your internship experience starts with USM鈥檚 Spiro鈥檚 Cup - a student-operated business focused on creating an opportunity to apply hands-on learning based on your business area of concentration.

Off Campus: USM will connect you with internships to give you the experience needed to thrive. Recent graduates learned to hone their interests and career desires through internships at:

The Kansas City Monarchs
The Greater Kansas City YMCA
The Kansas City Sports Commission
The Kansas City Star
Garmin
Great Life Golf Courses Kansas City
Young Sign Company
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
DH Pace
Johnson County Parks and Recreation

Faculty

Nicole Hess-Escalante, Ph.D.

Chair of the Division of Business and Information Technologies, Associate Professor
nicole.hess-escalante@stmary.edu
913-758-6195
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Division Mission

The Division of Business and Information Technologies mission is to educate and inspire students with diverse educational needs to become competent, ethical, socially responsible, and globally aware.

The Division of Business and Information Technologies at the 花椒直播 has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66213. Learn more >>