Business Administration, Bachelor of Science

Accounting concentration

Business Analytics concentration

Business Management concentration

Hospitality Management concentration

IT Management concentration

Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management concentration

Program Overview

In ECPI’s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) program, students develop decision-making, problem-solving, and leadership skills based on a foundation of practical knowledge and application of business fundamentals. Students investigate business theory as it relates to accounting, management, analytics, and operations. 

The program creates a unique opportunity for the student to explore the diverse aspects of business as they relate to today’s global environment. The focus on real-world application, case studies, hands-on activities, and relevant scenarios are woven into the framework of the program to develop and enhance analytical, professional, and organizational skills. The curriculum integrates the functional areas of the business environment, such as finance, accounting, marketing, and management. 

At ECPI, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program addresses industry needs while incorporating current events, topics, business theories, and technological concepts.  Students work collaboratively while applying concepts to complete projects based on real-world scenarios. This program provides an exceptional opportunity to obtain and practice the professional skills and industry knowledge necessary to be successful in any contemporary business environment.

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree offers six concentrations: Accounting, Business Analytics, Business Management, Hospitality Management, IT Management, and Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management. For the Accounting concentration, students can choose from the Accounting Data Analytics track or General Accounting track.  For the Business Analytics concentration, students can choose from the Operations Analytics track or the Leadership track.  For the Business Management concentration, students can choose from the Project Management track, Human Resources Management track, Leadership track, or General Management track.  The General Management track is only available at the Online campus.  For the Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management concentration, students can choose from the Project Management track or Leadership track.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Conduct organizational research and analysis 
  • Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to make strategic decisions 
  • Demonstrate effective communication in a global environment  
  • Apply ethical behavior and professional values 
  • Examine an organizational community of learning and positive change

For additional information about the program link to https://www.ecpi.edu/college-of-business. To see the Student Consumer Information link to https://www.ecpi.edu/student-consumer-services which provides additional information on the future careers, success, cost, and financing for this program. For information on the University Completion and Graduation Rates, please see About ECPI University on the ECPI website.

In 2.5 years, through our year-round schedule, students can earn the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.

Concentration Outcomes

Accounting Concentration

In today's marketplace, business, industry, government, and not-for-profit organizations need high-quality and near to real time financial information to compete in local, national, and global markets.

The accountant is a key person who can provide management with this critical information. No organization can function effectively without accounting. Our Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting provides students with an in-depth understanding of accounting principles. Accounting graduates are prepared to pursue careers in public accounting, business, or government.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Apply accounting principles to record and analyze financial information for a firm's financial position

Accounting Data Analytics Track
The accounting data analytics track provides students with an opportunity to engage with auditing and analytics knowledge that adds to their accounting concentration. Organizations want data-driven perspectives and decisions. The additional analytics focus allows students to look at data output while combining financial and accounting insights. 

*students interested in sitting for the CPA exam, depending on state of residence, will need thirty upper division accounting credits.  

General Accounting Track
The general accounting track covers the additional topics of auditing and personal taxation, providing students with a broad overview of accounting. By taking the additional core areas, students will become well rounded accounting graduates. The focus on auditing prepares students to track and verify accounting transactions and their source when reviewing financial reports to meet organizational goals. 

 

Business Analytics Concentration 
The Business Analytics concentration focuses on how organizations, more now than ever, are depending on data and analytics to inform decision making. Business analytics is the process of transforming data into action to improve decision making. However, the modeling cannot be done in isolation from organizational context. As demand continues to evolve, organizations must model and analyze data to improve processes for producing and delivering goods. 

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Evaluate organizational data to solve problems

Operations Analytics Track

The operations analytics track focuses on using data to solve organizational problems by leveraging techniques such as optimization, data mining, and statistical analysis. Operations Analyst positions are found in the government, military, freight, and shipping to health care. Students learn how organizations leverage big data into pragmatic operationalization to operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. 

Leadership Track
The leadership track allows students to develop ethical leadership skills and abilities and the emotional intelligence necessary to lead contemporary organizations.  The program emphasizes the creation of a learning environment that encourages change and innovation.  Students are afforded an opportunity to develop strategic decision-making and problem-solving skills. 

 

Business Management Concentration

The Business Management concentration emphasizes application of business theory and principle in managing in a technically and economically dynamic world. As technology advances, businesses must continue adaptive change in order to sustain competitive advantage. Our program is designed to create managers and business-oriented personnel who are able to strategically manage and utilize technology while implementing changes essential to today's global business environment.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Apply management skills in business leadership roles

Project Management Track
The project management track focuses on leading projects from start to completion.  Students will develop the skill set to lead project teams and will use project management tools to successfully manage the different stages of projects, including how to maximize performance and minimize risk.  Core competencies, quality control, and enhancing the customer experience through a collaborative organizational framework are emphasized. 

Human Resources Management Track

The human resource management track provides students with the opportunity to engage in contemporary practices that support and motivate a diverse and multicultural workforce in individual and group settings.  Employee recruitment and retention is emphasized, including compensation and benefits, rewards, and recognition.  

Leadership Track
The leadership track allows students to develop ethical leadership skills and abilities and the emotional intelligence necessary to lead contemporary organizations.  The program emphasizes the creation of a learning environment that encourages change and innovation.  Students are afforded an opportunity to develop strategic decision-making and problem-solving skills. 

General Management Track
The general management track allows students the flexibility to tailor coursework to their individual career goals.  Students are able to take a variety of courses in order to customize an educational plan suited to their needs. 

 

Hospitality Management Concentration

Students with a passion for food service but who are more interested in the business than in cooking may find the challenge of managing the food service operations in America's restaurants, schools, businesses and health care facilities to be the right program for them.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Apply effective management strategies to operational decision-making in the hospitality industry from a service, people, product, and facilities perspective

IT Management Concentration

The IT Management concentration includes advanced courses in information technology communication, networking, and cloud computing.  The project-based coursework prepares graduates to optimize both technology for operations and manage information technology projects.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Apply knowledge of information technology and its impact on business to optimize management of IT projects and professionals

Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management concentration

Students in the Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management concentration develop skills necessary to function in a global operations, logistics and supply chain environment by relating models and theory to real-world practical applications. The program integrates the management functions of creating supply chains, beginning with the initial workflow design of critical processes like material sourcing and logistics, through the delivery of outputs to the customer base. The program’s key goals are creating and maintaining customer satisfaction, operating within budget, and providing on time delivery.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are able to:

  • Apply forecasting tools and methods in a successful logistical supply chain model

Project Management Track
The project management track focuses on leading projects from start to completion.  Students will develop the skill set to lead project teams and will use project management tools to successfully manage the different stages of projects, including how to maximize performance and minimize risk.  Core competencies, quality control, and enhancing the customer experience through a collaborative organizational framework are emphasized. 

Leadership Track

The leadership track allows students to develop ethical leadership skills and abilities and the emotional intelligence necessary to lead contemporary organizations.  The program emphasizes the creation of a learning environment that encourages change and innovation.  Students are afforded an opportunity to develop strategic decision-making and problem-solving skills. 

About Business Administration

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration may find employment in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, banking, service, restaurant, accounting, and in government. Possible job titles include accountant, project manager, entrepreneur, sales manager, and actuary, among many others. Graduates of this program, in any concentration area, may be qualified to work in government positions as well as in industry.

Recommended Certifications

Certifications are not required for completion of this program; however, ECPI encourages student to obtain all appropriate certifications to increase potential job opportunities. ECPI provides students in this program with vouchers which allow the student to take certification exams at a greatly reduced cost.  Students pursing concentrations and tracks could earn certificates while earning their bachelor’s degree. Certificates in Leadership, Accounting Analytics, Business Analytics, Operations Analytics, Project Management, and Human Resources are available and complement the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program.

Other recommended certifications for this program include Management Skills, Six Sigma, Project Management, and Systems Analyst. For students taking the IT Management concentration, all of these certifications are recommended along with the Security+ certification. For students taking the Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management concentration, all of these certifications are available along with Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and Six Sigma Green Belt Expert Rating. All ECPI certifications are available to Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students if they meet the criteria and requirements.

Certifications recommended for an entry-level career position in the Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management concentration are Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP) for students with applicable experience, SCPro Level One: Cornerstones of Supply Chain Management, Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA), Six Sigma Green Belt, Strategic Planning Associate (SPA), and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).

Program Outline

To receive the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, students must earn 121 semester credit hours. The program requires a minimum of 8 semesters, which is equivalent to 30 months or 120 weeks of instruction. The program requirements are as follows:

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum

40 semester credit hours

ACC160Principles of Accounting I

3

ACC161Principles of Accounting II

3

BUS121Introduction to Business

3

BUS222Ethics in Business

3

BUS298Externship-BUS III

3

BUS331Management Information Systems

3

BUS480Strategic Planning and Implementation

3

BUS480LStrategic Planning and Implementation LAB

1

ECO201Macroeconomics

3

ECO202Microeconomics

3

FIN350Financial Management

3

HRM211Introduction to Human Resources Management

3

LAW225Legal Environment of Business

3

MKT214Marketing Management

3

Arts and Sciences*

31 semester credit hours

CAP480Arts and Sciences Capstone

3

COM115Principles of Communication

3

ENG110College Composition

3

ENG120Advanced Composition

3

HUM205Culture and Diversity: Exploring the Humanities

3

MTH131College Algebra

3

MTH140Statistics

3

PHY120Physics

3

PHY120LPhysics LAB

1

PSY105Introduction to Psychology

3

PSY220Positive Psychology

3

*For allowable substitutions of arts and sciences courses, see the Arts & Sciences Department page.

Self-Integration

6 semester credit hours

CIS108Office Applications

2

COR191Career Orientation

1

FOR110Essentials for Success

3

Concentration Requirements

Accounting Concentration

21 semester credit hours

ACC309Managerial Accounting for Managers

3

ACC319Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACC321Intermediate Accounting II

3

ACC322Intermediate Accounting III

3

ACC330Cost Accounting

3

ACC480Advanced Accounting I

3

ACC481Advanced Accounting II

3

Accounting Data Analytics Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
ACC470Auditing I

3

ACC471Auditing II

3

BAN317Data Analytics and Business Forecasting

3

Various Electives

14

General Accounting Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
ACC206Personal Income Tax I

3

ACC470Auditing I

3

ACC471Auditing II

3

Various Electives

14

Business Analytics Concentration

24 semester credit hours
BAN317Data Analytics and Business Forecasting

3

BAN325Advanced Business Analytics

3

BAN327Business Analytics Tools

3

BAN385Data Mining I

3

BAN485Data Mining II

3

BAN495Business Analytics Methods and Modeling

3

CIS106Introduction to Operating Systems

3

CIS123Introduction to Python Scripting

3

Operations Analytics Track

20 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BAN390Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimization

3

BAN400Operations Analytics

3

OPM227Operations Management

3

Various Electives

11

Leadership Track

20 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS224Change Management

3

BUS409Organizational Dynamics: Motivation and Leadership

3

BUS460Leadership Capstone

3

Various Electives

11

Business Management Concentration

21 semester credit hours

BUS102Fundamentals of Customer Service

3

BUS226Managerial Processes & Communications

3

BUS242Technology Optimization

3

BUS303Organizational Leadership and Management

3

BUS436International Business

3

MKT440Global Marketing

3

OPM227Operations Management

3

Project Management Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS312Accounting for Business Decisions

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS328LBusiness Process Improvement LAB

1

PMT472Applied Project Management

3

PMT472LApplied Project Management LAB

1

Various Electives

12

Human Resources Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

HRM443Staffing and Workforce Diversity

3

HRM463Compensation and Benefits

3

Various Electives

14

Leadership Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS224Change Management

3

BUS409Organizational Dynamics: Motivation and Leadership

3

BUS460Leadership Capstone

3

Various Electives

14

General Management Track

23 semester credit hours (any course from BS Business Administration and/or BS Organizational Leadership, including electives)

ACC206Personal Income Tax I

3

ACC309Managerial Accounting for Managers

3

BUS224Change Management

3

BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

BUS321Business Organizational Management

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS328LBusiness Process Improvement LAB

1

BUS345e-Commerce and Technology

3

BUS409Organizational Dynamics: Motivation and Leadership

3

BUS496Externship-BUS Sr. I-a

1

BUS497Externship-BUS Sr. I-b

1

BUS499Externship-BUS Sr. III

3

CIS106Introduction to Operating Systems

3

CIS121Logic and Design

3

CIS150Introduction to Networking

3

CIS223Introduction to Databases

3

CIS282Web Interface Design

3

HRM443Staffing and Workforce Diversity

3

HRM463Compensation and Benefits

3

PMT472Applied Project Management

3

PMT472LApplied Project Management LAB

1

SOC100Introduction to Sociology

3

Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management Concentration

21 semester credit hours

BAN317Data Analytics and Business Forecasting

3

BUS102Fundamentals of Customer Service

3

BUS226Managerial Processes & Communications

3

BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

OPM227Operations Management

3

OPM307Logistics and Supply Chain Management

3

OPM403Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management Capstone

3

Project Management Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS312Accounting for Business Decisions

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS328LBusiness Process Improvement LAB

1

PMT472Applied Project Management

3

PMT472LApplied Project Management LAB

1

Various Electives

12

Leadership Track

23 semester credit hours (track courses plus electives)
BUS224Change Management

3

BUS409Organizational Dynamics: Motivation and Leadership

3

BUS460Leadership Capstone

3

Various Electives

14

Elective Courses

ACC206Personal Income Tax I

3

ACC309Managerial Accounting for Managers

3

BUS102Fundamentals of Customer Service

3

BUS224Change Management

3

BUS226Managerial Processes & Communications

3

BUS242Technology Optimization

3

BUS303Organizational Leadership and Management

3

BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

BUS321Business Organizational Management

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS328LBusiness Process Improvement LAB

1

BUS345e-Commerce and Technology

3

BUS409Organizational Dynamics: Motivation and Leadership

3

BUS411Study Abroad Business Elective

3

BUS436International Business

3

BUS496Externship-BUS Sr. I-a

1

BUS497Externship-BUS Sr. I-b

1

BUS499Externship-BUS Sr. III

3

CIS106Introduction to Operating Systems

3

CIS121Logic and Design

3

CIS150Introduction to Networking

3

CIS223Introduction to Databases

3

CIS282Web Interface Design

3

HRM443Staffing and Workforce Diversity

3

HRM463Compensation and Benefits

3

MKT440Global Marketing

3

OPM227Operations Management

3

PMT472Applied Project Management

3

PMT472LApplied Project Management LAB

1

SOC100Introduction to Sociology

3

Electives - any course from BS Business Administration and/or BS Organizational Leadership, depending on prerequisite. General electives from other programs and schools.

Hospitality Management Concentration

44 semester credit hours (concentration courses plus electives)

BUS226Managerial Processes & Communications

3

FSM101Introduction to Food Service

3

FSM335Menu Engineering for Food Service

3

FSM355Wine and Beverage Management

3

FSM409Advanced Hospitality Customer Service

3

FSM424Facility Management

3

FSM440Project and Special Event Management

3

FSM490Food Service Entrepreneurship

2

Various Electives

21

Hospitality Management Electives

ACC206Personal Income Tax I

3

BUS102Fundamentals of Customer Service

3

BUS224Change Management

3

BUS242Technology Optimization

3

BUS303Organizational Leadership and Management

3

BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

BUS321Business Organizational Management

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS345e-Commerce and Technology

3

BUS499Externship-BUS Sr. III

3

CAA105Culinary Skills

2

CAA110Culinary Techniques

2

CAA120Culinary Fundamentals

2

FSM380Food Service Cost Controls

3

IT Management Concentration

44 semester credit hours (concentration courses plus electives)

BUS242Technology Optimization

3

BUS328Business Process Improvement

3

BUS345e-Commerce and Technology

3

CIS106Introduction to Operating Systems

3

CIS121Logic and Design

3

CIS142Introduction to Cloud Solutions

3

CIS150Introduction to Networking

3

CIS206Linux Administration

3

CIS212Principles of Cybersecurity

3

CIS223Introduction to Databases

3

PMT472Applied Project Management

3

PMT472LApplied Project Management LAB

1

Various Electives

10

IT Management Electives

ACC206Personal Income Tax I

3

ACC309Managerial Accounting for Managers

3

BUS102Fundamentals of Customer Service

3

BUS226Managerial Processes & Communications

3

BUS303Organizational Leadership and Management

3

BUS316Foundations of Decision Making

3

BUS321Business Organizational Management

3

BUS328LBusiness Process Improvement LAB

1

BUS436International Business

3

BUS496Externship-BUS Sr. I-a

1

BUS497Externship-BUS Sr. I-b

1

BUS499Externship-BUS Sr. III

3

CIS202Introduction to Routing and Switching

3

CIS204Intermediate Routing and Switching

3

CIS213Javascript

3

CIS225Network Protocols and Services

3

CIS230Advanced Cybersecurity

3

CIS245Windows Client and Server

3

CIS245LWindows Client and Server LAB

1

CIS250Structured Query Language

3

CIS280CIS Project

3

CIS305Advanced Linux Administration

3

CIS403Ethical Hacking

3

CIS425Advanced Defense and Countermeasures

3

CIS425LAdvanced Defense and Countermeasures LAB

1

MKT440Global Marketing

3

OPM227Operations Management

3

Business Administration Specific Policies

Student Evaluation. Students pursuing the BS Business Administration, Business Analytics concentration are required to earn a grade of C or better in MTH140 (Statistics) prior to beginning the Business Analytics concentration courses. Students will have no more than three attempts to achieve a C or better in this course.