Business Administration

The mission of the Department of Business Administration is to prepare students for professional, managerial, and leadership positions in business, governmental, and non-profit organizations. Emphasis is placed on the development of communication, teamwork, technical, analytical, and critical thinking skills that are needed by successful organizations competing in a global economy. Above all else, we strive to instill in students a desire to be life-long learners who will promote socially responsible solutions to organizational  problems and who will recognize the importance of ethical behavior and integrity in all aspects of their lives.

Program Outcomes:

• Business majors demonstrate broad-based business knowledge of the functions of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and the relationship of these functions to one another in an effective organization.

• Business majors apply economic concepts, statistical methods, business law, business ethics and social responsibility, and current technology to evaluate organizational problems.

• Business majors analyze business related information and develop entrepreneurial thinking skills.

• Business majors write well-organized and grammatically correct documents that conform to standard business format.

• Business majors produce well-organized and well-delivered oral presentations.

• Business majors demonstrate professional standards of team participation and leadership.

All business administration majors choose one of the following areas concentration:

Healthcare Management

• Management in Healthcare Organizations
• Medical Terminology
• Any 3 courses from BA 320, BA 325, BA 341, BA 401, BA 420, BA 425

Finance and Economics Concentration

• Budget and Cost Accounting
• Investment and Wealth Mgmt
• Managerial Economics
• International Economics
• Financial Markets

Management Concentration

• Operations Management
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Any 2 courses from 3-400 BA, ECO courses, or E

Marketing Concentration

• Marketing Research
• International Business
• Consumer Behavior
• Two courses from: ENG 350, 300- 400 level BA, or ECO

Graduates of the MHU business program have become:

• Corporate Executives
• Non-Profit Leaders
• Government Leaders
• Business Owners and Managers
• Accountants and Auditors
• Bankers
• Financial Consultants and Analysts
• Pharmaceutical Representatives
• Professors
• Public Relations Specialists
• Human Resource Managers
• International Business Representatives
• Teachers and Principals