Associate Degree Requirements

Did you know that employees who have earned a business degree continue to be in high-demand for companies regardless of industry? According to a 2016 article by Forbes ("Top Degrees For Getting Hired In 2017"), the National Association of Colleges and Employers ranks a business degree in the top two as most desirable for employees; with emphasis on management and finance.

Earning a business administration degree from Marian University could take your life in a whole new direction. Students earning an associate degree select one of the following concentration areas: management, human resources management, or project management.

To earn an Associate of Business Administration degree, you must complete the following coursework, plus one concentration area.

• Requirements

  	Core Courses	Credit Hours
  ACC 210	Principles of Accounting I	3
  ACC 211	Principles of Accounting II	3
  BUS 240	Principles of Marketing	3
  BUS 250	Principles of Management	3
  BUS 301	Business Law	3
  ECN 200	Introductory Economics	3
  	General Education Courses	Credit Hours
  BUS 205 or PSY 205	Statistical Methods	3
  ENG 112	Writing and Community	3
  FYS 110	First Year Seminar	3
  HIS 102	History of the Modern World	3
  HUM 210	The Search for Meaning Through Culture	3
  PHL 130	Human Nature and Person	3
  THL 105	Introduction to Theology	3
  	Lab Science (Select One)
  BIO 214	Microbiology
  BIO 226	General Human Physiology
  CHE 100/108	Elements of General & Bio Chem / Lab	4 or 5
  	Social Science (Select One)
  SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology
  PSY 101	Intro to Psychology
  PSY 220	Human Growth and Development	3
  	Minimum Concentration Courses	6
  	Minimum Elective Courses	12
  	Total	64

• Concentration Areas

  Choose one associate's degree concentration. Two courses (6 credit hours) are required to complete a concentration.

  Management
  1st	BUS 330	Leadership	3
  	BUS 372	Creativity and Change	3
  2nd	BUS 351	Human Resources Management	3
  	BUS 450	International Business	3

  Human Resources Management
  1st	BUS 352	Organizational Behavior	3
  	BUS 361	Talent Management	3
  2nd	BUS 358	Employment Law	3
  	BUS 362	Compensation and Benefits	3

  Project Management
  1st	MIS 332	Project Management Methodologies	3
  	MIS 342	Project Planning and Control	3
  2nd	MIS 362	Team Building & Interpersonal Dynamics	3
  	MIS 372	Project Accounting Methods	3