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Business Administration (BBS)

This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bBS)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Professional Studies
DBUE 2301PR - Lifelong Learning (S-L)

3

English

9-10

ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature I

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History HIST Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics

3

Choose one :

MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

3-4

Choose one 3-4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science

3

POLS 2301 - American National Government

Total Core Experience

40-42

Additional Program General Education Hours

12

BUAD 1301 - The World of Business

ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics

MATH 2301 - Introduction to Statistics

Business Core

16

ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting

BUAD 1111 - Excel Certification

BUAD 4009 - Assessment for Graduation

FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management

MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L)

MANA 4389 - Global Strategy and Operations

MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing

Major Core

24

ACCT 3303 - Accounting for Decision-Makers

BUAD 3308 - Business Law and Ethics

MANA 3302 - Principles of Human Resource Management

MANA 3303 - Principles of Organizational Behavior

MRKT XXXX - UL Marketing Choice

Global Choice (choose one)

MANA 4307 - Cross-Cultural Management

or

MANA 4315 - International Travel in Management

or

MANA 4340 - Global Initiatives in Management (AGP-eligible)

UL Elective

UL Elective

Electives

Upper-Level
Lower or Upper-Level

0
26-28

For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level.*

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated. 

Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Students are required to take the Major Field Test (MFT) as part of MANA 4320 Strategy and Problems in Management. Students will prepare for the exam through completion of the coursework of MANA 4320.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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