Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Specialization in Management Online
Gain career-ready knowledge of business fundamentals and add key leadership, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities to your skillset.
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Program Overview
Find out more about the SIUE online BSBA – Management
$479
Per Credit Hour
Up to 90
Program Transfer Credits
120
Credit Hours
Earn your BS in Business Administration with a Specialization in Management from SIUE to prepare for opportunities in management. Gain a solid foundation of business fundamentals and add key leadership, problem-solving and decision-making talents to your resume.
This 100% online program emphasizes communication and critical thinking within a comprehensive understanding of business principles. Ready yourself with sought-after leadership experience that will prepare you to run your own business or to seek supervisory roles in a variety of organizations. Strengthen your management knowledge, interpersonal skills and professional thinking to positively impact organizational effectiveness in dynamic and diverse business environments.
In this online management degree program, you will learn to:
- Relate performance management to employee evaluations, compensation and worker safety
- Use job analysis and job evaluation methods to determine base pay
- Understand the roles of the manager and the employee in performance evaluations
- Use tangible and intangible forms of compensation to motivate and reward employee performance
- Base pay structures on knowledge or skill
- Relate performance management to employee evaluations, compensation and worker safety
- Use job analysis and job evaluation methods to determine base pay
- Understand the roles of the manager and the employee in performance evaluations
- Use tangible and intangible forms of compensation to motivate and reward employee performance
- Base pay structures on knowledge or skill
Management career opportunities:
- Client Services Manager
- Project Manager
- Business Manager
- Community Manager
- Account Executive
- Client Services Manager
- Project Manager
- Business Manager
- Community Manager
- Account Executive
The School of Business at SIUE is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) and is one of only two percent of business colleges and universities in the world to hold this accreditation for business and accounting. The School has been accredited since 1975. The next AACSB re-accreditation visit is scheduled for 2027.
Tuition
Our management bachelor’s degree is budget-friendly
Tuition for the BSBA with a Specialization in Management online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. All fees are included.
$479*
Per Credit Hour
If you are applying for financial aid, please use Federal School Code 001759. For more information, please contact our financial aid office by calling 618-650-3880 or emailing [email protected].
*Tuition includes all fees and is subject to change without notice. The University reserves the right to increase tuition and fees at any time.
Calendar
Make note of these dates and deadlines
The Management BSBA program is delivered in an online format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring six start dates each year. Choose the start date that best fits your goals.
Upcoming Start Dates
12/31/25
Next Application Deadline
1/17/26
Start Classes
| Term | Start Date | Application Deadline | Document & Financial Aid Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Last Class Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall II | 10/18/25 | 10/1/25 | 10/8/25 | 10/14/25 | 10/16/25 | 12/12/25 |
| Spring I | 1/17/26 | 12/31/25 | 1/7/26 | 1/13/26 | 1/15/26 | 3/6/26 |
| Spring II | 3/21/26 | 3/4/26 | 3/11/26 | 3/17/26 | 3/19/26 | 5/8/26 |
| Summer I | 5/11/26 | 4/22/26 | 4/29/26 | 5/5/26 | 5/7/26 | 6/22/26 |
| Summer II | 6/27/26 | 6/10/26 | 6/17/26 | 6/23/26 | 6/25/26 | 8/8/26 |
| Fall I | 8/29/26 | 8/12/26 | 8/19/26 | 8/25/26 | 8/27/26 | 10/16/26 |
| Fall II | 10/24/26 | 10/7/26 | 10/14/26 | 10/20/26 | 10/22/26 | 12/18/26 |
Admissions
Check the requirements for this online management BSBA
- Complete the online bachelor's degree program application
- $40 application fee
- Official transcripts from all previously attended and current colleges
Admission to the Management BSBA online program is based on a variety of factors including previous work in other undergraduate programs.
Transfer students who have attempted at least 30 semester hours in courses at accredited institutions will be automatically admitted to SIUE and eligible for entry to major provided they have earned a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in coursework at the accredited school(s) previously attended.
The successful completion of College Algebra with at least a C or higher is strongly recommended.
Currently, SIUE does not provide online AOP courses for most General Education requirements. The AOP program is intended for students who have completed most or all general education courses prior to being admitted to the AOP program.
Pathways for students with less than 30 credit hours
Transfer students who have attempted fewer than 30 semester hours must meet different transfer admission criteria. Please see additional policy requirements and contact the School of Business at [email protected].
Progression
Once students have completed ENG 101, ENG 102, MATH 120, ACS 101, ECON 111, ECON 112 and CMIS 108 with at least a grade of C or higher in each course and have an SIUE GPA 2.25 or higher, they will be classified as a Business Administration (BSBA) major with a specialization.
Retention
Students who fail to maintain at least a 2.25 cumulative SIUE GPA will be placed on School of Business probation. Students will be notified when they are not meeting the cumulative GPA retention standard and will be informed of the timeframe allowed to improve their GPA. Students who do not meet retention requirements for two consecutive terms will be removed from the School of Business.
All required documents (e.g., official transcripts) should be sent to the following address:
Office of Admissions
Campus Box 1047
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1047
Electronic official transcripts should be submitted to [email protected].
Courses
Delve into the curriculum of your online management degree
The BSBA – Management online curriculum is comprised of 120 credit hours, including 51 credit hours of business administration major courses and nine credit hours of management courses. Additionally, students may also have to complete other general education and/or elective course requirements to achieve graduation requirements. See link for full degree requirements.
What is information systems for business?
Information systems for business combine technology, processes, and people to manage organizational data, support decision-making, and enable effective communication across business functions. These systems help companies process information, automate workflows, and gain competitive advantages through technology.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Recognize information technology as it applies to today's complex business environment
- Identify IT systems required to support business processes, complex information flow, and organizational communication needs including managerial decision support approaches and tools
- Apply skills in managing group projects delivering business presentations and reports
What is financial management?
Financial management involves planning, organizing, and controlling financial resources to achieve business objectives. It encompasses analyzing financial statements, evaluating investment opportunities, managing corporate capital structure, and making strategic decisions about how to allocate resources to maximize shareholder value.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the major forms of businesses and markets, the process of value creation and corporate governance, and the inherent challenges
- Analyze the components of the financial statements to make business decisions
- Demonstrate the relationship between time, money, and interest rates, and the factors affecting the cost of money through computations
- Evaluate the types of stocks and bonds and their relevant characteristics and factors for intrinsic valuation
- Estimate the relationship between risk and return and assess the firm's cost of capital
- Estimate relevant cash flows, and appraise project value in order to allocate capital
What is professional career development in business?
Professional career development encompasses building essential skills for career success including ethical decision-making, professional branding, networking, and interview preparation. This foundational course helps students transition from academic learning to professional practice by developing their personal brand and career readiness skills.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Identify the basics of ethical behavior and decision making
- Prepare for a professional career search, which includes designing a profile for LinkedIn
- Prepare for a professional career search by practicing interview skills
What professional skills do business graduates need?
Successful business professionals need a combination of technical competencies and soft skills including financial literacy, business etiquette, networking abilities, and professional communication. This course develops the interpersonal and professional skills essential for navigating workplace environments and building successful careers.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Analyze professional business environment expectations and demonstrate understanding through case studies or discussions
- Develop personal financial management behaviors by creating and following a detailed financial plan
- Demonstrate growth in using interpersonal skills through role-playing and written assessments
- Perform successful interviewing techniques in mock interview sessions with feedback
- Exhibit proper dining etiquette in simulated job interviews and other business and social events
- Execute effective networking skills by attending networking events and reflecting on the experience
What does the business environment consist of?
The business environment encompasses all external and internal factors that affect how organizations operate, including economic conditions, competitive forces, ethical considerations, and stakeholder relationships. Understanding this environment enables managers to make informed decisions, identify opportunities and threats, and develop effective business strategies.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Analyze key management principles and apply them to business situations
- Demonstrate business writing skills with clear, organized, concise, and purposeful messages
- Assess differences in audience, situation, and purpose in a professional manner
- Prepare formal business presentations and written assignments
- Recognize issues in the business environment related to professionalism, personal ethics, and honesty
- Explain the information needed to address a business problem and make a decision
How to manage group projects?
Managing group projects involves applying fundamental techniques for successful collaboration, including task coordination, meeting facilitation, conflict management, and effective communication strategies. This course teaches students how to navigate individual differences, practice decision-making in team settings, and employ organizational behavior concepts to solve management problems collaboratively.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Employ fundamental techniques for successful group projects that will be integrated throughout the School of Business undergraduate curriculum
- Demonstrate effective practices in completing one's task assignments and cooperating with others
- Demonstrate best practices for effective meetings, in the role of meeting leader or meeting participant
- Model effective organizational behavior concepts (i.e. conflict management, effective communication strategies, accepting and managing individual differences, and decision making) in a group setting
- Evaluate management problems and apply organizational behavior concepts to solving them
What is strategic management?
Strategic management is the process of analyzing competitive environments, formulating long-term organizational strategies, and implementing plans to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. It integrates insights from all business functions to create coherent strategies that position organizations for success in dynamic markets.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Assess the business landscape facing the firm and the origin of competitive advantage
- Develop the capability to apply and evaluate analytical tools, concepts, and theories in strategic management so that students can formulate scientific and theoretically based strategies and recommendations
- Develop the ability to integrate knowledge across various business disciplines and apply it to real-world business problems
- Develop the capability to clearly and persuasively communicate ideas on business issues and problems through oral and written media
What is marketing?
Marketing is the process of creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers through strategic planning and execution of the marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion). Effective marketing identifies customer needs, segments target markets, and develops integrated strategies to build lasting customer relationships and drive business growth.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Analyze of the concepts of marketing and how marketing works in today's business; also to identify the environmental forces affecting a marketer's business
- Identify the marketing concept and marketing mix utilized to build desire
- Identify/segment the target market(s) for a product, service or idea
- Define the key components of a distribution strategy for a product, service or idea
- Enumerate and apply a basic promotion mix for a product, service or idea
- Define the fundamental elements of a pricing strategy for a product, service or idea
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Explain key concepts of operations management and their application in creating goods and services
- Analyze operational processes to identify areas for improvement in efficiency, quality, and resource use
- Apply operations management techniques to optimize performance in real-world business scenarios
- Evaluate the effectiveness of operational strategies to enhance cost, quality, and customer satisfaction
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Interpret unemployment and inflation data and how that data is collected and computed
- Derive and synthesize the components of the National Income Accounts, especially GDP
- Identify the frequency of business cycle phases
- Examine the roles of monetary policy and fiscal policies, their tools, and the advantages and drawback of each policy
- Understand the role of trade and international currency exchange in the world economy
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe how consumers and firms behave in a market economy
- Identify how prices, wages, and market structure impact decisions in everyday life
- Describe the relationship between incentives, prices, and economic costs
- Predict outcomes given a change in the market environment
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Solve and apply linear, quadratic, polynomial, radical, and rational equations and inequalities
- Graph and interpret graphs of linear, power, root, absolute value, polynomial, and rational equations
- Graph functions using basic transformations
- Identify the sum, difference, product, quotient, composition, and inverse of functions
- Solve systems of linear equations using algebraic and matrix methods
- Use mathematical vocabulary and symbols in order to understand, interpret, and represent mathematical information
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Analyze linear functions, especially as they relate to forming supply and demand functions
- Solve systems of linear equations, especially as they are related to a business problems involving unknown investment amounts
- Locate the vertex of a quadratic function and interpret it in terms of a business context
- Form and solve total revenue and profit functions. Emphasis will be placed on starting with a demand function
- Solve equations involving common and natural logarithms. Apply this knowledge to solve compound interest problems, sales decay problems and demand function problems
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Use Excel to describe a business data set using appropriate numeric and graphical methods.
- Identify and use appropriate probability distributions to answer questions as part of a business application and present the answers in clear business language.
- Identify and perform appropriate parametric hypothesis tests using business data to answer questions as part of a business application and to present the results and implications of the results in clear business language.
- Identify and perform appropriate hypothesis tests for relationships between variables as part of a business application and to present the results and implications of the results in clear business language
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Exhibit an understanding of business’s interaction with dynamic political, international, economic, legal, and social forces
- Demonstrate an understanding of the psychological and sociological factors affecting ethical organizational behavior
- Analyze morally relevant decisions
- Demonstrate an ability to reason through complex business cases
- Demonstrate an understanding of principle normative approaches to ethics
- Understand sub-cultural influences in the U.S. and international cultural influences on corporate social responsibility and ethical behavior
What is financial accounting?
Financial accounting is the process of recording, classifying, and reporting financial transactions to produce standardized financial statements for external users. Following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial accounting provides stakeholders with transparent information about a company's financial position, performance, and cash flows.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Prepare, analyze and comprehend the contents in the four basic financial statements (Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows)
- Complete the accounting cycle (trial balance > journal entries > adjusted trial balance > adjusting entries > adjusted trial balance > financial statements > closing entries) for both a service and merchandising company
- Learn and apply GAAP inventory cost methods including FIFO, LIFO and weighted-average, GAAP rules related to Accounts Receivable, GAAP rules for fixed assets and depreciation, and GAAP for short and long-term liabilities including contingent liabilities and bonds
- Read, analyze and comprehend a company's financial statements by using ratio analyses
What is managerial accounting?
Managerial accounting provides internal financial information and analysis to help managers make informed business decisions. Unlike financial accounting, which focuses on external reporting, managerial accounting emphasizes cost analysis, budgeting, performance measurement, and planning tools that support operational and strategic decision-making within organizations.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Calculate product costs using job costing, process costing, absorption costing, and variable costing
- Calculate and interpret managerial accounting information and models
- Identify financial strengths and weaknesses within a company
- Prepare and interpret planning documents and information
What is data analysis for managers?
Data analysis for managers equips leaders with skills to identify relevant data sources, apply analytical techniques, and translate insights into strategic business decisions. This course focuses on leveraging data-driven assessments across marketing, operations, and finance functions to develop actionable recommendations that improve organizational performance and competitive positioning.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Identify key data and data analysis techniques for management decisions
- Analyze data from various sources to gain managerial insights
- Apply data analysis techniques for strategic planning and decision-making
- Gain skills in forming actionable business recommendations through data interpretation
- Evaluate the outcomes through data-driven assessments
- Leverage data analysis to drive decisions in marketing, operations, and finance
What is managing workplace information?
Managing workplace information focuses on effective communication strategies for reaching diverse stakeholders, handling organizational crises, and managing media relations. This course develops skills in crafting appropriate messages for various audiences, responding to media inquiries, providing impromptu responses, and maintaining organizational reputation during challenging situations.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Learn practices that allow companies to reach a variety of stakeholders
- Practice in handling crisis and how to communicate with varied audiences
- Create messages for the media and provide impromptu response
What is human resource management?
Human resource management encompasses strategic planning and administration of organizational workforce functions including staffing, training, compensation, and employee relations. This course examines legal compliance, talent management strategies, workforce protection measures, and global HR practices that align with organizational goals while addressing ethical and sustainability considerations.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Analyze legal issues in the 21st century
- Identify the nature of staffing and discuss job analysis, measurement, external and internal selection, staffing models, and strategy
- Recognize and explain human resources support activities (e.g., training, talent management, and development)
- Identify examples of compensating and protecting the workforce (e.g., benefits, rewards, safety, health, and security)
- Examine a broad overview of business ethics and global issues (e.g., sustainability, social responsibility, and HRM in the global context)
What is managing and improving business processes?
Managing and improving business processes examines methodologies for designing efficient supply chain processes, analyzing variation, implementing continuous improvement techniques, and applying lean and agile principles. This course develops data-driven decision-making skills for measuring, tracking, and controlling processes to enhance operational performance and supply chain adaptability.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- (Learning objectives to be defined)
What is advanced supply chain management?
Advanced supply chain management explores complex supply chain functions including inventory management, demand forecasting, global distribution network design, and strategic coordination. This course analyzes trade-offs in supply chain decision-making, evaluates outsourcing strategies, and develops actionable approaches for enhancing efficiency and performance in international operations.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- (Learning objectives to be defined)
What is interpersonal dynamics in conflict, power, and negotiation?
Interpersonal dynamics examines conflict resolution strategies, negotiation techniques, power dynamics, and emotional intelligence in professional settings. This course develops skills for managing difficult situations, influencing others effectively, recognizing and addressing biases, and employing negotiation as a strategic conflict management tool to improve workplace interactions.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Model an effective conflict resolution plan
- Evaluate your ability to manage your emotions even in difficult situations
- Recognize negotiation as a conflict management strategy
- Explain the concept of power and identify how to influence others
- Examine assumptions and work through biases to improve interactions
What is managing organizational change and innovation?
Managing organizational change and innovation examines theories, models, and strategies for leading transformation initiatives and fostering innovative cultures. This course explores change management processes, overcoming resistance, driving innovation, implementing new technologies and processes, and sustaining momentum for continuous improvement in dynamic business environments.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- (Learning objectives to be defined)
What is leading in organizations?
Leading in organizations applies leadership theories and techniques to analyze leader-follower dynamics, assess situational factors, and develop persuasive communication skills. This course examines how task, organizational, and environmental factors influence leadership effectiveness while addressing social, ethical, environmental, and economic challenges at local, national, and international levels.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Apply fundamental techniques & theories for successful leadership
- Analyze leader and follower characteristics
- Critically assess situations in terms of key factors such as task, organizational and environmental factors and how their strength and salience vary across people
- Effectively present, critique, and defend ideas in a persuasive manner
- Identify social, ethical, environmental, and economic challenges at local, national, and international levels
- Develop problem solving techniques with resourcefulness and originality
What is managing in the global economy?
Managing in the global economy explores international business strategies, cross-cultural management practices, global market dynamics, and challenges of operating across national boundaries. This course examines how economic, political, cultural, and legal factors influence international management decisions and develops competencies for leading organizations in diverse global contexts.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- (Learning objectives to be defined)
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