BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Designed specifically for working adults, South University's Bachelor of Business Administration program online prepares you to build upon your professional career. Our Business Administration program will develop your management and leadership skills while you maintain a balance between your academic studies and your work and family obligations.
Learn the same business strategies taught at our campus locations and enjoy the convenience of attending class online anytime - day or night. At South University, you are in control of your education.
Our Business Administration program online offers you many benefits including:
Tailor your Business program
South University lets you tailor your Business Administration degree by offering six areas of emphasis:
- Accounting
- Management and Leadership
- Marketing
- Finance
- General Business Administration
- Human Resources Management
- Management Information Systems
Success centered on your schedule
- Attend class anytime - day or night
- Earn a Business Administration degree online while you work full time
- 5 1/2 week courses
- Students can earn a Business degree in as little as 2 years and 10 months. Degree completion time may be shorter if you have previous transferable college credit.
Gain a hands-on business education
As a student in the Business Administration degree program online, you will:
- Discover how to adapt business strategies to accommodate changing marketplace conditions through courses such as Organizational Change Management, Strategic Cost Management and Advanced Organizational Development.
- Apply effective leadership skills through courses that include Managerial Communications, Dynamic Decision Making and Leadership in Action.
- Gain the ability to assess organizational needs and implement effective improvement scenarios by analyzing case studies and working on hands-on projects.
- Finish the program by working on a capstone project, a two-course sequence that focuses on your area of emphasis and enables you to apply the concepts and skills you've learned in both simulated and real business situations.
Launch your career
As a graduate of the Business Administration program online, you will be prepared to pursue a variety of entry-level positions in fields that include:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Financial services
- Marketing
- Personnel resources
- Sales
Time-honored academic heritage
- Founded in 1899, South University has delivered quality education and personal attention to students for more than 100 years.
- South University has campus locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
- The Business Administration online program is part of the School of Business.
South University is accredited
- South University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees (www.sacs.org).
Academic Requirements
The Business Administration program online is designed for prospective students who are high school graduates OR have the equivalent GED (General Education Development Certificate).
After meeting this qualification, applicants must also fulfill one of the following criteria:
- Achieved a satisfactory score on one of the college entrance examinations (SAT, ACT or CPT, which is the placement test used by South University) OR
- Earned 30 college quarter credit hours (20 college semester credit hours), with a cumulative GPA of 2.0