Business Administration

Overview & Academics

The Business Administration major at North Carolina Wesleyan University provides a broad education in business. The Business Administration major provides students with a well-rounded education in general policy and strategy which is beneficial for students who want to work in a general management position, a family business or are unsure of a specific area of concentration. Students who want to own their own business can benefit from entrepreneurship concentration.

Students also have the flexibility to pursue a particular area of interest in greater depth. You may even decide to add a new concentration in entrepreneurship to your program.

Career Options

Private banking and financial management industry: investment and personal, lending and loan-making.
Real Estate: Financing, investment, and property management opportunities.
Insurance and risk management.
Human Resources: Relay and enforce labor law, policies in employment, coordinating employee benefits.
Operations Management: Manage processes of workflow and production.
Logistics: Transportation and distribution of products and services.
Research and development of new products; product innovation; entrepreneurship.

Business Administration Undergraduate Plan

Business Admin Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Plan

Business Admin Logistics Undergraduate Plan

Major Requirements

Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting or Cost Accounting
Principles of Management
Legal Environment
Corporate Finance
Organizational Behavior
Human Resources Management
Management Info Systems
Operations Management
International Business
Business Strategy and Policy
Business Administration Capstone
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Economics I
Principles of Economics II
Business Communication
Elementary Statistic
Business & Professional Ethics
Sociology of the Workplace

Six semester credit hours from the following: any upper-level ACC, BUS, CIS, ECO or MKT course.

Requirements for Entrepreneurship Concentration:

Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting or Cost Accounting
Principles of Management
Legal Environment
Corporate Finance
Organizational Behavior
Human Resources Management
Management Info Systems
Operations Management
International Business
Business Strategy and Policy
Business Administration Capstone
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Economics I
Principles of Economics II
Business Communication
Elementary Statistic

Concentration Requirements:

Small Business Management
Entrepreneurial Finance
Business and Society
Small Business Consulting

Requirements for Logistics Concentration:

Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting or Cost Accounting
Principles of Management
Legal Environment
Corporate Finance
Organizational Behavior
Human Resources Management
Management Info Systems
Operations Management
International Business
Business Strategy and Policy
Business Administration Capstone
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Economics I
Principles of Economics II
Business Communication
Elementary Statistic

Concentration Requirements:

Advanced Operations Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Logistics

Minor Requirements

Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting or Cost Accounting Principles of Management
Legal Environment
Organizational Behavior
Management Info Systems
Principles of Economics I
Principles of Economics II
Principles of Marketing
Only available to students not completing a major in the School of Business.