Degree: Bachelor of Science
Program: Business Administration
Degree Level: Undergraduate Degree Completion
Credit Hours: 42 credit hours available online (120 credit hours needed to graduate)
Delivery Format: Online
Prerequisites: Preference will be given to those who have general studies completed
UNK’s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Online Degree Completion Program is ideal for working adults interested in skill and knowledge development as well as degree completion. This degree in business administration provides majors with knowledge of how businesses and organizations operate. Students will study the various functions of business and learn how they cooperate to build successful organizations. Graduates of the BSBA Online Degree Completion Program earn a four-year degree in Business Administration from UNK. The UNK business programs are accredited by AACSB International. UNK graduates often find positions in management and management training programs, human relations, marketing, sales, or information technology.
The BSBA program requires a total of 14 courses or 42 credit hours. There are eight core courses that are required for every student. Additionally, students take six courses in a minor area. Currently UNK offers a fully online minor in Marketing and Management. Students can start the program in any semester, including summer. Students need to have completed the general studies courses and 200-level business courses necessary for a Bachelor’s degree independently.
Basic computer literacy is required to succeed as an online student. To decide if online learning is for you, click on http://www.unk.edu/acad/continuing_ed/ecampus/index.php?id=4788. To determine if you have the minimum hardware and software needed, log on to http://www.unk.edu/acad/continuing_ed/students/index.php?id=6213.
Take all of the following (3 credit hours each):
- MGT 314 - Operations Management
- MGT 493 - Social Responsibilities of Business: Issues and Ethics
- MGT 495 - Administrative Strategy and Policy
- ACCT 311 - Business Law
- FIN 308 - Principles of Finance
- MIS 302 - Principles of Management Information Systems
- MKT 300 - Principles of Marketing
Take one course from (3 credit hours):
- MGT 301 - Principles of Management
- MGT 355 - Organizational Behavior
Elective Course List
Marketing/Management Minor:
Take all of the following (6 credit hours):
- MKT 300 - Principles of Marketing
- MGT 301 - Principles of Management
Take six of the following (no more than 6 credit hours may be duplicated between the core and elective courses):
- MKT 331 - Professional Selling
- MKT 336 - Services Marketing
- MKT 420 - Retail Management
- MKT 430 - International Marketing
- MKT 434 - Business-to-Business Marketing
- MKT 435 - Marketing Research (Prereq: MKT 300, MGT 233 OR MKT 300, STAT 241)
- MKT 437 - Sales Management
- MKT 438 - Consumer Behavior
- MKT 440 - Advertising Management
- MKT 444 - Person Marketing
- MKT 450 - Pharmaceutical Marketing
- MKT 457 - E-Marketing
- MKT 460 - Strategic Product Management
- MKT 474 - International Experiential Learning: Marketing (Prereq: MKT 430 or MGT 330 or ECON 430; junior or senior standing; permission of instructor)
- MKT 498 - Marketing Topics
- MGT 314 - Operations Management (Prereq: MGT 233 or equivalent college-level statistics course)
- MGT 355 - Organizational Behavior
- MGT 380 - Human Resource Management
- MGT 409 - Leadership: Skills, Applications, Research
- MGT 415 - Quality Management Concepts & Practice
- MGT 498 - Management Topics
- MIS 302 - Principles of Management Information Systems
- BSAD 295 - Business Communications
*Subject to change.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is a mid-sized comprehensive public university. UNK is one of four institutions in the University of Nebraska system. In a typical year, UNK draws students from 47 states and 50 foreign countries with a total enrollment approaching 7,200 students.
Affordable -UNK has one of the lowest tuition rates in the country. For tuitions rates, click here.
Accredited Programs -UNK business programs are accredited by AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International which only accredits 30 percent of business programs in the United States. UNK is also accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Quality Education – UNK offers the same quality distance degree programs and courses that are offered on the campus. The majority of the instruction is taught by credentialed full-time faculty with doctoral degrees who are committed to quality teaching. Students and teaching remain the first priority with faculty at UNK.
Quality Student Support Services – Quality student support services are a hallmark of education at UNK. To help students get started with their online courses, a set of online video tutorials are available, as well as the Online Student Orientation. Other services include 24/7 library services, discounted software and hardware, a writing center, 24/7 technology help desk, online bookstore, and more.
Program Contact: Dr. Kathryn Zuckweiler
Department: Management
Email: onlinebizdegree@unk.edu Phone: 308-865-8515
Address: College of Business & Technology, West Center, Room 245W, UNK, Kearney, NE 68849