Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Preparation for Business Success
This is one of the most popular online degrees at William Woods University, designed to further the ideals and values of ethics, self-liberation, and lifelong education. This program will prepare you for entrepreneurial management in the business community, whether you are working for someone else or running your own company.
You will take part in a rigorous and challenging business curriculum that includes not only the fundamentals of business administration, but customer service, non-profit management, ethics, and entrepreneurial management. You will be taught by experienced faculty, committed to supporting you every step of the way. You will have the opportunity to collaborate online with your peers, honing techniques and skills that you will apply in the workplace after graduation.
Program Advantages
William Woods is frequently ranked among the nation's top online learning programs. We combine rigorous coursework with a student-centered, serviceoriented educational environment. Our convenient, eight-week courses offer start-and-stop flexibility and affordable tuition.
100% Online
5-Week Terms Designed for Working Professionals
Accredited program
ACBSP accredited program
Tuition Promise
No Increase While Continuously Enrolled
Admission Requirements
Completed application + official transcripts showing a minimum 2.0 GPA from an accredited high school, university or college
Course List
ACC 240 Principles of Accounting I
An introduction to the accounting principles, focusing on the role that accounting information plays in different activities of businesses.
ACC 241 Principles of Accounting II
Learn to interpret financial positions of a company based on their organization of the financial data, using various software tools.
BUS 206 Entrepreneurship
A fundamental approach to managing a small firm by learning to plan, operate, direct, and evaluate a new small business.
BUS 231 Risk Management and Insurance
Learn to handle personal and business risk by understanding terms related to the fundamental concepts of different insurance programs.
BUS 321 Principles of Marketing
Understand concepts from the field of marketing of consumer demand, including issues of marketers from a marketing perspective.
BUS 235 Introduction to Finance
This course introduces students to fundamental concepts of financial management, including basic financial statement and ratio analysis, leverage and capital structure, risk and return, and time value of money and discounted cash flow valuation.
BUS 329 Managerial Ethics
Students will study the framework for the concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics.
BUS 332 Business Communications
Learn to develop the business/management communication process and its functions in a business environment.
BUS 335 Business Law
Understand the fundamental principles of law in relation to business including court systems, torts, contracts, and sales.
BUS 351 Principles of Management
Investigate management concepts on the four managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
BUS 415 Corporate Finance
Apply the concepts of financial analysis and planning, investment risk, and the time value of money to a broader management process.
BUS 450 Business Policy and Procedures
This is a senior capstone course which synthesizes the student's academic experience in various professional business subjects taught in the business administration degree program.
ECN 251 Macroeconomics
Introduction to monetary and fiscal policy processes, and each policy's impact on national economic performance.
ECN 252 Microeconomics
Discover the principles of microeconomics through fundamental economic concepts, business organization forms, and introductory theory regarding exchange and price determination.
MAT 114 Elementary Statistics
A pre-calculus introduction to statistics, including probability, variation, sampling, estimation, etc.
MIS 125 Productivity Tools
Learn basic skills involving the applications of word processing, database, spreadsheet, presentations, and e-mail.