Catalog 05-07 - Biola University

Business Administration
Faculty
Dean: ............................................................................. Larry D. Strand, M.B.A.
Professors:...............................................................................Mestre, V. Smith
Associate Professors: ....Bourgeois, Buckles, Canning, Harman,
............................................................Rundle, Y. Smith, Strand, Woodward
Objectives
Biola University, through its School of Business, is nationally accredited
by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
to offer a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with
emphases in the following: accounting, information systems, international
business, management and marketing.
Each program is structured to give the student broad understanding
of the social and economic environment in which Christian business
persons function, and provides a common body of knowledge for
students who elect this major. Students study economics, finance,
management, business law, accounting, and marketing as the core
of the major based upon quantitative management skills. The five
individual emphases prepare students through additional specified
courses to enter a career field in those areas, or to select a graduate
school upon graduation.
It is the purpose of the School of Business to prepare highly skilled,
technically competent business persons who have broad preparation
in the liberal arts as well, and who can make significant contributions
in the workplace or in Christian organizations they may serve.
Admission Requirements
Admission into Biola University does not guarantee admission as a
business administration major in the School of Business, nor permission
to enroll in upper division business administration courses.
(Intermediate Accounting excepted.) The following requirements
must be observed:
a. Complete, with a minimum of a “C” (2.0) grade in each course,
Business Statistics 190, Accounting 211 and 212, Economics
201 and 202, English 110 A and B, and Calculus for Management
Sciences 223 (24 semester hours), or the equivalent,
with a cumulative grade point average of 2.5. A minimum
requirement of 30 hours of General Education (including
Bible) must be completed with an overall GPA of 2.5.
b. Accomplish an overall cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all college
level course work completed at the time of formal application
to the School of Business.
C. File an application with the School of Business for admission,
which shall include an essay, and affirm that the above
requirements have been achieved either at Biola University or
another accredited institution. The application should be filed
at the completion of the fourth semester with a fee of $20.
d. Meet approval of the faculty of the School of Business. The
process will require an interview.
e. Prior to formal admission, students shall continue to be
advised as pre-business majors.
Degree Program
A Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration is offered
upon the completion of baccalaureate requirements and the business
major in one of the following emphases: accounting, information
systems, international business, marketing, and management.
Thirty of the required units must be upper division. Other requirements
include courses: 190, 201, 202, 211, 212, 220, 223, 230, 235,
327, 328, 361, 370, 470.
The general education requirement for a foreign language for those
following a business administration major may be met by two years
of high school language or the first four units of a college language.
Business administration majors may use Business 190 and 223 for a
math credit toward the science / mathematics requirements for the
general education requirements, but the units cannot be counted in
both general education and in the major. Philosophy 215, Communication
181 and Psychology 200 are recommended for all business
majors.
Majors
Requirements for the emphases are as follows. Upper division classes
require department signature.
aCCo U n t I n G (6 0 U n I t s)
Must complete 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 411, 412 and three units of
upper division business electives.
I n fo r m at I o n s ys t e m s (6 0 U n I t s)
Must complete: 105, 305, 306, 402, 403, 405, CSCI 430 and three units
of upper division business electives..
I n t e r n at I o n a l b U s I n e s s (6 0 U n I t s)
Must complete: 314, 347, 375, 429, three units BUSN upper division
electives, ANTH 403, INCS 322 or 420, three units upper division
chosen from INCS 313, 338, 400, 425 or 456.
note: All students in the International Business emphasis are
encouraged to take ANTH 200 for GE Behavioral Science,
and BBST 458 Theology of Mission as a Bible elective.
m a n aG e m e n t (6 0 U n I t s)
Must complete: 318, 344, 421, 453, 464 and 9 units of upper division
business electives.
m a r k e t I n G (6 0 U n I t s)
Must complete: 332, 337, 344, 432, 433, 435, three units of upper
division business electives and one of the following: 453 or 460 (with
department approval).
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