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

Tuition

$479

Per Credit Hour

Duration

Up to 90

Program Transfer Credits

Credit Hours

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 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
In this online 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

Career opportunities:

  • Client Services Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Business Manager
  • Community Manager
  • Account Executive
Career opportunities:+
  • Client Services Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Business Manager
  • Community Manager
  • Account Executive
AACSB Accredited Program

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.

Tuition

Our online degree programs are 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.

Tuition per credit hour

$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 BSBA with a Specialization in Management 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

Tuition per credit hour

8/7/24

Next Application Deadline

Tuition per credit hour

8/24/24

Start Classes

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TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class Day
Fall I8/24/248/7/248/14/248/20/248/22/2410/11/24
Fall II10/19/2410/2/2410/9/2410/15/2410/17/2412/13/24

Admissions

Check the requirements for this online management BSBA

Admission to the BSBA – Management online program is based on a variety of factors including grade point average (GPA), SAT score and ranking in the top 10% of high school graduating class.

First-time freshmen students that meet ONE of the following criteria will be automatically admitted to SIUE and eligible for Direct Entry to the School of Business. Current University admission standards are:

  • Cumulative 2.6 high school GPA (4.0 scale)
  • Cumulative 2.0 high school GPA (4.0 scale) AND 990 SAT ERW + M OR 19 ACT
  • Rank in the top 10% of high school graduating class

Transfer students who have attempted at least 30 semester hours in courses at accredited institutions will be automatically admitted to SIUE and eligible for Direct Entry to the School of Business provided they have earned a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA (4.0 scale) in coursework at the previous accredited school(s) attended.

Transfer students who have attempted fewer than 30 semester hours in courses at accredited institutions must meet transfer admission criteria AND first-time freshmen criteria to be automatically admitted to SIUE and eligible for Direct Entry to the School of Business.

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 (Direct Entry School of Business and Business Administration BSBA).

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 degree program

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.

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Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Information system principles applied to Business. Analysis of how computer-based information systems support operational, tactical, and planning decisions. Prereqs: ACCT 200 Minimum Grade of C AND CMIS 108 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduction to financial decisions, tools, and models. Valuation, capital budgeting, and capital structure. Operating decisions and other long and short-term applications. Prereqs: ACCT 200 Minimum Grade of C AND MS 251 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
School of Business orientation; development of professional skills; introduction to and practice of business knowledge, interpersonal skills and integration of knowledge and skills.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Transition to professional business environment including job search, graduate school, and networking. Reinforcement, reflection, and integration of business knowledge and interpersonal skills.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focus is on developing basic business communication skills in written communication and formal presentations and introducing students to the basic functions of businesses and managers.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is strongly geared toward skill development and acquiring task and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a group to accomplish stated goals.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Capstone course using top management perspective to develop comprehensive, integrative analysis of organizations and environments as basis for development, implementation, evaluation, control of overall strategy. Not for Graduate credit.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Marketing in economic systems and society. External influences on marketing objectives, and outcomes. Marketing as functional area within organizations. Emphasis on product, pricing, distribution, and promotion decisions.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Study of manufacturing and service operations management. Covers process and product design; quality management; planning/control of materials and capacity; and project management.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Measurement and determination of national economic activity including production, income, employment, and prices. Role of government policy in U.S. macroeconomy. IAI Course S3 901.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Principles and characteristics of the market economy including: supply, demand, and market equilibrium; household demand, firm cost and supply; market structure, government regulation and deregulation; and factor markets. IAI Course S3 902.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Cartesian coordinates; graphing; lines; parabolas; functions; inverses; roots of polynomials; rational functions and inequalities; linear systems; matrices; and determinants. Prereqs: ALEKS PPL - Math Plcmnt 46
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Mathematical tools required for business analysis; business applications of functions, graphing, solving systems of equations, matrix algebra, counting rules, differentiation, and integration. Prereqs: (MATH 120 Minimum Grade of C OR MATH 120E Minimum Grade of C OR MATH 120I Minimum Grade of C OR MATH 125 Minimum Grade of C) AND ECON 112 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Descriptive statistics; probability; inferential statistics; estimation and hypothesis testing of means and proportions; simple and multiple regression; and analysis of variance and contingency table analysis. IAI Course BUS 901. Prereqs: (MS 250 Minimum Grade of C OR MATH 150 Minimum Grade of C) AND ECON 111 Minimum Grade of C AND ECON 112 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Provides a broad background of normative and descriptive theories of ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility to enhance decision making. Prereqs: Complete all Foundations Requirements: Foundation Writing 1, Foundation Writing 2, Foundation Speech Communication, Foundation Reasoning and Argumentation, and Foundation Quantitative Reasoning courses, and MGMT 330 and 331 which may be taken concurrently.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts of financial accounting and external reporting. Nature and measurement of assets, liabilities, equities, revenues, expenses. Emphasis on use and understanding of external financial statements. IAI Course BUS 903.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Information accumulation, analysis, and use in managerial decisions. Cost-volume-profit relationships; short- and long-term decisions; standards and budgets; segment and managerial performance evaluation. IAI Course BUS 904.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the skills needed to conduct research and analyze data to inform managerial decision-making. Prereqs: MS 251 AND ACCT 200 AND MGMT 330
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This advanced study course is designed to expose students to the field of organizational communication (its theories, research and practice), including history, communicating identity and identification, leadership communication, organizational culture, networks in organizations, crisis communication, organizing for change, and global and organizational communication. Prereqs: MGMT 330
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Theory, practice and trends in effective utilization of human resources in organizations. Prereqs: MGMT 330 AND MGMT 331
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course explores decisions around management of processes. We will discuss theory, concepts and tools related to process representations and mapping, process measures, process analysis, process control, and process improvement. Best practices in process management, including process design for lean systems. Prereqs: PROD 315 Minimum Grade of C OR SCM 315 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course explores supply chain issues. We will discuss important supply chain metrics, primary supply chain decisions and tradeoffs in these decisions, and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, planning, and supply chain coordination. Global supply chain design, distribution, and outsourcing will also be explored. Prereqs: PROD 315 Minimum Grade of C OR SCM 315 Minimum Grade of C
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Working with, through, and for people is the essence of organization life. This course focuses on the individual and interpersonal skills needed to navigate the human side of work.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Study of organizational change with emphasis on diagnostic skills necessary for effective management of planned organizational change. Individual and group leadership approaches to increase effectiveness.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide students with a real sense of what it feels like to "be in charge". The course uses problems presented in the text, cases, and assignments to give students a better understanding of how complicated an act of leadership can be. Students will have the opportunity to better understand the dynamics of leadership, and to improve their own personal performance.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Management of business in other countries and in global economy. Interaction of political, cultural, social, legal, and economic forces in international business context.

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