The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree Completion program offers a challenging variety of courses intended to give you a well-rounded background in all aspects of operating a business. The program helps you develop your critical thinking, problem solving, leadership and other skills that you can put to use on the job today as well as establish a foundation for lifelong learning.
These online business courses will help equip you to adapt to the constantly changing business world, including the globalization of our economy. They will give you a credential that can serve as a launching pad for a variety of business operation and leadership positions, as well as an advanced degree in business if so desired.
The curriculum of the 60-credit-hour program is as follows.
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- ACTG 210: Introduction to Financial Accounting
Defines, explains and applies concepts and standards underlying the preparation and analysis of external reports; alternative effects and role of accounting in the business environment and capital markets.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in January of each year
- ACTG 211: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Describes, explains and applies management planning and control; cost concepts and measurement; cost accounting systems; analysis of cost and volume-profit relationships; standard costs and variances; and budget preparation.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in March of each year
- ACTG 355: Business Law I
Defines and examines commercial transactions including: contracts, sales of goods, negotiable instruments, and secured transactions.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in May of each year
- BA 200: Managerial Communication
Applies principles of effective business communication to writing and speaking. Includes individual and team work. Emphasizes written communication.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in November of each year
- BA 495: Business Strategy(Capstone Course)
Applies the understanding of strategic management and business policy formulation and implementation. Students will utilize knowledge from all functional areas of business to formulate business strategy and implementation plans through case analysis (may include simulation).
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in January, March and/or September of each year, beginning in March 2010, depending on completion dates for a cohort. This course is always the last class a cohort takes.
- ECON 218: Microeconomics: Theory and Business Applications
Explains and examines the price system, efficient resource allocation by consumers, firms, and government; perfect and imperfect competition; government regulation; ethics and the marketplace; and business applications.
Credit: 4 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in September of each year
- ENTR 300: Survey of Entrepreneurship
Defines, explains and examines entrepreneurship. Designed for undergraduate students with a curiosity about business, particularly small business or not-for-profit organizations.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in July of each year
- FIN 300: Introduction to Managerial Finance
Describes the financial markets. Examines the time value of money risk and return. Details the market evaluation of securities, capital budgeting, capital structure and the dividend policy of firms.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in November of each year
- IDS 200: Introduction to Management Information Systems
Introduces concepts and applications of information technology for solving business problems and supporting organizational functions. Includes hands-on instruction in use of computer-based productivity tools.
Credit: 4 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in March of each year
- IDS 270: Business Statistics I
Explains, defines and applies the survey of concepts and techniques for business statistics. Utilizes computer software for tabulation and analysis of data.
Course Starts: Offered in May of each year
- IDS 355: Operations Management
Applies management sciences to the planning and design of production, distribution, and service systems.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in January of each year
- IDS 371: Business Statistics II
Continues a further application of survey of statistical concepts and techniques for operational and managerial decisions. Utilizes computer software for analysis of data.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in July of each year
- MGMT 340: Introduction to Organizations
Examines important organization and management concepts and applications and their relevance to individual and organizational goal attainment. Emphasizes organizational structure, systems, processes, and change from a national and global perspective.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in September of each year
- MGMT 350: Business and its External Environment
Evaluates the concerns in the political, economic, social, legal, regulatory and international environment of business and the ethics and social responsibility of business actions.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in January of each year
- MGMT 460: Business, Society and the Global Economy
Defines and describes managing in a free enterprise system. Market, regulatory, ethical, and cultural norms are identified. Explores internationalization of business and urban problems of business. Employs landmark and contemporary case analyses.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in May and September of each year
- MGMT 463: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Applies the strategies and techniques for successful agreement negotiation and business conflict resolution. Includes applications to classic situations such as collective bargaining, interpersonal relations, and stakeholder concerns.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in July and November of each year
- MGMT 485: Business Ethics
Defines and examines leading theories of ethics and moral choice. Includes analysis of ethical problems in business. Guidelines for ethical decision-making are examined. Utilizes case studies in in the context of business ethics.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in September of each year
- MKTG 360: Introduction to Marketing
Defines and examines the role of marketing in business and society. Explores the marketing decision process in domestic and international settings.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in November of each year
- MKTG 469: International Marketing
Analyzes strategic and tactical marketing of goods and services to countries beyond domestic or current markets. Considers distinct economic, socio-cultural, and political-legal-regulatory environments.
Credit: 3 Sem. Hr(s).
Course Starts: Offered in March of each year
The courses will be offered in the following standard order for the accelerated (two courses per session when available) and regular (one course per session) tracks. Please note that the course order will be different depending on whether you begin the program in September or January. Our advisors will work with you to customize your schedule if life events or other circumstances do not allow you to follow this order.
| January |
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ACTG 210
MGMT 350 |
ACTG 210 |
| March |
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ACTG 211
IDS 200 |
ACTG 211 |
| May |
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IDS 270
ACTG 355 |
IDS 270 |
| July |
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IDS 371
ENTR 300 |
IDS 371 |
| September |
ECON 218
MGMT 340 |
ECON 218 |
ECON 218
MGMT 340 |
ECON 218 |
| November |
BA 200
MKTG 360 |
BA 200 |
BA 200
MKTG 360 |
BA 200 |
| January |
ACTG 210
MGMT 350 |
ACTG 210 |
IDS 355 |
MGMT 350 |
| March |
ACTG 211
IDS 200 |
ACTG 211 |
MKTG 469 |
IDS 200 |
| May |
IDS 270
ACTG 355 |
IDS 270 |
MGMT 460 |
ACTG 355 |
| July |
IDS 371
ENTR 300 |
IDS 371 |
MGMT 463 |
ENTR 300 |
| September |
MGMT 485
MGMT 460 |
MGMT 340 |
MGMT 485 |
MGMT 340 |
| November |
FIN 300
MGMT 463 |
MKTG 360 |
FIN 300 |
MKTG 360 |
| January |
IDS 355 |
MGMT 350 |
BA 495 |
IDS 355 |
| March |
MKTG 469
BA 495 |
IDS 200 |
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MKTG 469 |
| May |
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ACTG 355 |
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MGMT 460 |
| July |
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ENTR 300 |
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MGMT 463 |
| September |
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MGMT 485 |
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MGMT 485 |
| November |
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FIN 300 |
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FIN 300 |
| January |
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IDS 355 |
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BA 495 |
| March |
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MKTG 469 |
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| May |
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MGMT 460 |
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| July |
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MGMT 463 |
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| September |
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BA 495 |
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Textbooks and course packets are available online through our virtual bookstore. Ordering materials is easy and straightforward. Various shipment and payment options are available, and orders are shipped within 24 hours, Monday through Friday. Electronic books and used books will be available for purchase whenever possible, and students will often have the option to sell their books back to the bookstore at the end of a class.
The University of Illinois provides easy access to library resources online, including electronic reserves and materials necessary to complete course-related research. Assistance will be available by email, phone, or virtual chat. Online tutorials, guides, and other forms of assistance will help you gain familiarity with the library resources most appropriate for your program.
