Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A)

Students earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree complete a 51-credit business core that provides an overview of the primary business functions. Students also choose a specialty, providing more in-depth study of a particular business area. B.B.A. Specializations: Specializations within the B.B.A. allow students to gain a greater depth of knowledge in a field of particular interest. All B.B.A. majors will choose a specialty from the following: Accounting: This specialization is designed to prepare students to pursue careers in public, private, and government accounting and to pursue advanced degrees in business or law. Business Law: This specialization is designed to provide students with a general understanding of the laws that impact businesses and business relationships. Finance: This specialization prepares students to pursue careers in corporate finance. General Business: This specialization offers the greatest degree of flexibility and choice within the B.B.A. major. It allows students, in consultation with an advisor, to combine business specialty, information technology, and/or economics courses in a way that advances their individual career goals. Hospitality Management: This specialization prepares students for a career focused on the business operations of running hotels, restaurants, and other travel and tourism-related entities. International Business: This specialization is designed to give students the entry-level skills needed to succeed in the diverse and complex environment of international business operations. Today?s business organizations are increasingly international in their financing, production, and marketing operations as global competition forces U.S. managers to rethink traditional business practices. Students in this specialty are strongly urged to take at least one year of a foreign language and participate in a study abroad program, if possible. Management: This specialization prepares students to succeed in this dynamic, intellectual discipline concerned with solving problems and improving business operations using specialized knowledge, skills, and systematic analysis. Marketing: This specialization offers students marketing expertise in advertising and sales, as well as such diverse topics as Internet marketing, consumer behavior, marketing research, international marketing, and marketing management. Purchasing and Contract Management: This specialization provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to do business with and as the government. Courses focus on procurement and contract management, essential components of doing business with Federal, state and local governments. Sport Management: This specialization prepares students for a career focused on the business operations of sports teams or facilities. In addition to a required internship in the senior year, students pursuing this specialty are encouraged to gain practical experience through summer employment in the sport industry. Marymount has a direct entry affiliation agreement with Catholic University?s Columbus School of Law. This enables qualified third-year Marymount students in designated majors to be admitted to the first year of law school during their senior year at Marymount. Business administration students pursuing a business law specialty who are interested in direct entry to the Columbus School of Law after their junior year at Marymount should discuss the 3+3 partnership with their major advisor as soon as they become interested. The advisor will guide students through the selection of Marymount courses and refer them to the Office of Admissions of the Columbus School of Law as potential applicants. Qualified students may receive credit from both Marymount and Catholic University for a maximum of 29 credits taken at the Columbus School of Law.