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Business Administration Major

Part of the Economics and Business department.

WHY CHOOSE A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR?
  • The business administration major gives you the most flexibility to apply your education to the widest range of career opportunities in virtually any area of business.
  • Business administration majors are often interested in the “people side” of business, including management, marketing, and public relations.
  • At Gordon the business administration major approaches business from a Christian perspective. How can business further the Kingdom of God? What does it look like for a Christian to be called to minister in the marketplace? Business administration majors develop their Christian virtue and vision as well as their ability to think strategically, communicate clearly, and build effective relationships.
WHAT DO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJORS STUDY?

The major provides a solid overview of business as a whole. You’ll get a strong foundation in all the basic functions of business, and be exposed to a wide variety of industries, from technology to retail to manufacturing to finance to services and more.

  • Coursework begins with a solid grounding in economics, quantitative analysis, accounting, finance, marketing, and management.
  • You build on the foundation with advanced study in an area or two that you select, such as international business, leadership, human relations in business, or small business management.
  • These themes are pulled together in the senior seminar class which focuses on business strategy and business ethics.

Business administration majors often do internships in junior or senior year. Internships help clarify career aims and help focus subsequent course selections—and some even lead to job offers.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR?

It takes 48 credits in the ECB Department to complete a business administration major. The major and Gordon’s core curriculum fit easily into a 4-year undergraduate program.

Required foundations  courses
ECB201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECB202 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECB211 Statistics for Business and Economics
Students who complete MAT 318 Probability and MAT 319 Statistics are exempt from ECB 211.
ECB311 Intermediate Microeconomics
One of the following courses:
  MAT134 Survey of Calculus
  MAT141 Calculus I

Business Administration core
ECB217, 218 Principles of Accounting I, II
ECB245 Principles of Management
ECB277 Principles of Marketing
ECB347 Financial Management
ECB492 Senior Seminar: Management, Policy and Ethics

An additional 8 credits of coursework within the major:

  • Any ECB course at or above the 300-level (note: double majors in accounting and business administration may not use the following courses as business administration electives: ECB 335, 352, 362, 364, 443).
  • MAT 325 Operations Research
  • CPS 356 Management Information Systems

International Business Concentration
A business administration major may complete the international business concentration by following the alternative format for the business administration major laid out below in addition to all other requirements:

  • In place of the 8 required electives:
    • ECB 366 International Economics
    • One of the following:
      • ECB 369 International Capitalisms: Asia, U.S., and Europe
      • ECB 305 Economic Development
      • ECB 440 International Business
  • An additional 4 credits of language study over and above the regular core requirement, namely, coursework or proficiency at the 201 level (first semester, second year)

Requirements for the Minor in Business Administration

ECB201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECB217 Principles of Accounting I
ECB245 Principles of Management
Additional 12 credits in business, worked out with advisor