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BS in Business Administration

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Next enrollment cycle

January 2024

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First Year Course Fee

USD 47,649

Course Accredited By

THLC

  • 4 Years
  • On Campus
  • Undergraduate
  • Degree

You might not know exactly what you want to do, but you know it's a business life for you. The Bachelor of Science in business administration at Trine University is designed to provide a foundation for a career in a wide variety of business disciplines.
 

The degree: Business overview
If you are interested in becoming an entrepreneur, managing a nonprofit or running a small business, this major is ideal. You will be exposed to many of the roles a business owner or entrepreneur may fill, including financial analyst, marketing director, human resources manager and accountant. Required internship experience and networking opportunities at Trine will help you narrow your focus to determine where and how you will be most effective. The Ketner School of Business will help you establish business acumen that will serve you well in industry.

The experience: Training in management, marketing and accounting

In the Bachelor of Science in business administration program, you'll gain knowledge and experience in business fields including management, marketing and accounting, making you a well-rounded graduate.  The degree will help you develop managerial skills, communication skills and business decision-making capability through project-based learning, internships and networking with area business leaders.

The result: Skills for success in business and management

This degree is excellent preparation for careers in:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Small business management
  • Non-profit management

Enrollment Cycles

  • January 2024
  • May 2024
  • August 2024

Admission requirements for transfer students:

  • Transfer students applying to the Allen School of Engineering and Computing must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of “C” or better in Calculus I, Chemistry I, and College Composition.
  • Transfer students applying to the Franks School of Education must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.
  • Transfer students applying to the Rinker Ross School of Health Sciences must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.
  • Transfer students applying to the Ketner School of Business and the Jannen School of Arts and Sciences must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 and a grade of “C” or better in a mathematics course, a social sciences or humanities course, and English Composition 1.  

High School Transcripts:

  • Request your high school to send a copy of your current transcript to Trine.
  • Transcripts can be submitted via mail, fax, Parchment, screenshot, and e-mail.
  • Trine University is Test Optional for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years. "Test-optional" means that standardized tests are not required from high school students when they are considered for admission to Trine University.  Of course, students can still choose to submit their test scores, however, those scores will be considered to be only part of the student’s overall academic record.  
  • High school students can take the American College Test (ACT) and/or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and request that scores be sent to Trine.
  • The University's code numbers are 1250 for the ACT and 1811 for the SAT.  
  • Test scores can be submitted via mail, fax, Parchment, screenshot, or e-mail and may be sent FREE from College Board to your counselor at any time.

Total Credit Hours - 120

General Education Requirements - 42 credit hours

• ENG 143 College Composition or ENG 133 Technical Communications

• HUM 203 Humanities Seminar

• SP 203 Effective Speaking

• ECO 213 Microeconomics and ECO 223 Macroeconomics

 or ECO 203 Survey of Economics and Social Science Elective

• Humanities Elective - 6 credit hours

• MA 113 College Algebra

• MA 173 Essential Calculus

• Science Elective

• MA 253 Statistics

• PSY 113 Psychology

• BA 213 Advanced Spreadsheets for Business

• General Education Elective

Business Core - 35 or 36 credit hours

• BA 102 University Experience - Business

 or UE 101 University Experience

• BA 123 Business Concepts

• BA 201 Professional Development and Strategies

• AC 203 Accounting I

• AC 213 Accounting II

• BA 343 International Business

• BA 3113 Business Internship

• FIN 303 Managerial Finance

• LAW 203 Business Law I

• MGT 353 Designing Operations

• MGT 363 Organizational Behavior

• MGT 453 Strategic Management

• MK 203 Marketing

Business Administration Concentration - 30 credit hours

• AC 303 Cost Accounting

• AC 373 Accounting Information Systems

• FIN 353 Personal Finance

• FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance

• MGT 303 Risk Management

• MGT 313 Human Resource Management

• MGT 323 Leadership

• MK 323 Integrated Marketing Communications

• MK 473 Digital Advertising

• Business Elective (AC, BA, ECO, ENT, FIN, HR, LAW, LDR, MGT, MK 300/400 Level)

• Free Electives - 12 credit hours

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