The management curriculum is designed to provide a background that would be useful for entry-level jobs as well as long-range management positions. These can be in specialized institutions such as advertising agencies, marketing research firms, management consultants, service organizations, and retailing, wholesaling, and manufacturing companies. A Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Leighton University will open many types of employment opportunities for you. With Leighton University’s emphasis on communication and ethics, you may confidently choose to start a new career or take your work in the business field to the next level.
Bachelor of Business Administration – Management
Program Length: 120 credit hours
Accepted Transfer Credits: 90 Credit hours
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and understand risk, returns, management theories, effective decision making, critical thinking, planning and measuring profitability through case studies, projects and other assignments.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand the uses of technology concepts by managers, including hands-on learning techniques.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand ethical behavior and social responsibility in the workplace and satisfy stakeholders interests.
- Demonstrate the ability to use effective communication skills both written and oral through case studies, business plans, and/or oral presentation and research papers.
- Demonstrate an acceptable level of learning competencies across business discipline (i.e. courses) that encompass each functional area of core business curriculum.
- Demonstrate satisfactory skills and abilities in doing business across international boundaries and discuss the impact of global competitiveness on multinational organizations through internships, research and/or presentations.
- Demonstrate an acceptable level of engagement in community service.
Critical Graduation Information:
To earn a degree, all students must:
- Earn a minimum total of 120 credits, excluding credits below the 100-level
- Meet the general education requirements referenced here.
- Earn a minimum of 30 credits from Leighton University.
- Have earned a grade of ¨C¨ or better in order to apply transfer credit an accredited institution.
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in order to graduate.
- Must have paid in full all current debts to the University.
ADMISSION
Program Admission Requirements
To gain admission to the Program, an applicant must first complete the University’s Application for Admission form, along with the required $18.00 application fee (an additional $35.00 fee is assessed for applicants seeking transfer credit). All payments submitted for tuition and fees must be payable in U.S. dollars. Payments may be made in US dollars by check , money order, or credit card. Applicants must provide verification of High School graduation, GED, or the equivalency
Foreign Applicants and Applicants with International Credentials
Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score of 500 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT), or 61 on the Internet Based Test (iBT), or a 6.0 on the International English Language Test (IELTS).
Transcripts not in English must be evaluated by an appropriate third party and translated into English or a trained transcript evaluator fluent in the language on the transcript. For more information on TOEFL visit the website: www.ets.org/toefl
Foreign Degree Evaluation
Applicants wishing to transfer in credits or degrees earned at institutions located outside the United States must have their academic transcripts evaluated and certified by World Education Service (WES) or any organization recognized the by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES). Applicants will be assessed a fee by the certifying organization and should request that the report be sent directly to Leighton University.