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Online Bachelor’s in Business Administration Program Guide
You want to learn to express your ideas more effectively, use data to support your decisions, and take concepts from production to promotion.
These are the core business skills you can learn to apply in any industry with Maryville University’s online bachelor’s in business administration. Choose an emphasis area such as accounting, financial services, healthcare, marketing, management information systems, cybersecurity, or organizational leadership. We’ll prepare you to emerge with refined skills that can help you advance in your desired field.
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At a glance
Earn your bachelor’s in business administration 100% online.
Core business courses can be completed in as few as two years with eligible general education transfer credits.
Specialize your degree by choosing an area of emphasis.
Prepare for opportunities in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Apply with no entrance exams or application fee.
Curriculum
Maryville’s online bachelor’s in business administration includes 128 credit hours: general education (30 credits), business core (39 credits), business major (27 credits), and elective courses (32 credits). Choose to focus your degree in emphasis areas such as accounting, finance, healthcare, or information systems. Core business courses can be completed online in as few as two years with eligible general education transfer credits.
Business Core
- ISYS 100: Digital Foundations
BUS 150: Business Communications - ACCT 210: Financial Accounting
- ACCT 211: Managerial Accounting
- ECON 203: Principles of Economics
- BUS 241: Business Statistics
- BUS 280: Business Law
- MGMT 221: Management in Action
- MKT 360: Principles of Marketing
- FIN 312: Principles of Finance
- BUS 314: Operations Management
- BUS 491: Business Strategy (Capstone)
Business Administration Core
- MGMT 487: Leadership
Choose one of the following courses:
- BUS 325: International Business
- ECON 470: International Trade and Finance
Choose one of the following courses:
- MGMT 472: Organizational Behavior
- HRMG 330: Human Resource Management
Business Administration Electives
Choose six online courses from at least two different areas of business, maximum of four in one area (two courses at 200 level, remaining at 300 level or above): ACCT, BUS, selected COMM, ECON, FIN, ISYS, MGMT, MKT, SPTM with internship also as an option.
To ensure the best possible educational experience for our students, we may update our curriculum to reflect emerging and changing employer and industry demands. Undergraduate programs and certificates are designed to be taken at a part-time pace. Please speak to your advisor for more details.
Admission requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (high school) / 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (college)*
- Official transcripts from all colleges or universities previously attended
- Official high school transcript (required for applicants with fewer than 60 transfer hours from a regionally accredited school)
- Eligible transfer credits accepted; associate degree completion may satisfy general education requirements
- Click to view our transfer credit policy
- The acceptance of transfer credit is at the discretion of Maryville University
- No standardized tests required
*Applicants who do not meet the GPA requirement may be considered for provisional admission.
Explore our additional resources to help guide your admission journey.
Accreditation and rankings
Why Maryville Online?
We’ve been progressively challenging the norms of higher education for nearly 150 years. We started as one of the first universities to educate women. Today, we continue to push the boundaries and prepare students like you for a digital world. At Maryville, we understand what it takes to step beyond your comfort zone.
Maryville University is a nationally ranked private college recognized for comprehensive and innovative education focused on student learning, outcomes, and success — both online and on campus. We’re located just 22 miles from downtown St. Louis.
Early Access program
Did you know that Maryville undergraduates can qualify for graduate level credits? Once you are accepted — and as long as you have not yet completed your elective requirements — we invite you to explore Early Access as an option.
Through Early Access, you can get a head start on earning a graduate degree by taking master’s-level courses that count toward your undergraduate and graduate degrees. Graduate-level Early Access courses are billed at the undergraduate tuition rate — so you can save time and money.
You can learn more at our Early Access page.
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