Business Administration
Degrees and Certificates
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Business Administration
Courses
ECBU1000: Program Pre-Assessment
Credits 0Students in the eCampus business administration program complete both pre- and post-program assessments to measure their knowledge at different stages of their academic experience. Because many students enter the program with prior professional experience, these assessments help distinguish what they have learned through the program from what they already knew.
The assessments are conducted using a secure, online platform and are designed to evaluate program-level knowledge in alignment with accreditation standards. Results provide objective, data-driven insights that support assurance of learning, demonstrate outcomes to stakeholders, and guide continuous program improvement.
This course is Pass/Fail. Students will receive a passing grade upon completion of the assessment.
ECBU2010: Principles of Economics
Credits 4An introduction to the basic economic principles that are used to understand the process of decision-making by individuals and business organizations. Students will study production, distribution, exchange and consumption at both the micro and macro-level.
ECBU2060: Financial Accounting
Credits 4An introduction to financial accounting in business. Topics include basic terminology, mechanics, theoretical framework of double-entry bookkeeping and preparing financial statements for external reporting. Emphasis is placed on creating the financial statements and includes topics related to inventory, receivables, long term assets, stocks and bonds.
ECBU2070: Managerial Accounting
Credits 4An introduction to managerial accounting. Course will explore decision-making models in factory and service organization settings. Topics include cost flows in a factory environment, cost-behavior patterns, break-even analysis, lease or buy, make or buy, and business contraction and expansion of product lines. Considers the time value of money and covers financial statements for internal use and the statement of cash flows. Computer applications will be used throughout the course.
ECBU2170: Computer Applications in Business
Credits 4Introduction to computers as a tool for business. Includes fundamental concepts of information technology and the use of business application software such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics, electronic communications, and the web.
ECBU3030: Management Information Systems
Credits 4The course considers management information systems from the perspectives of the manager, accountant and data processing professional. Topics include introductory concepts, hardware and software resources, common areas of application, and planning and developing management information systems. The areas of application include financial information systems, marketing production information systems, personnel and managerial decision models, and general office information systems.
ECBU3410: Business Law
Credits 4Study of the present-day law of business in the United States as it relates to contracts, sales, agencies, the legal environment, and selected topics. Ethical considerations and international topics are also discussed.
ECBU3510: Principles of Marketing
Credits 4Study of marketing from the point of view of the business firm. Topics include the structure of the marketing system, the nature of marketing management, consumer behavior, marketing research, product policy, pricing policy, channels of distribution policy, promotion policy, and analytical techniques useful to marketing management.
ECBU3640: Principles of Management
Credits 4Study of the functions and principles of management with emphasis on relationships between workers and management as well as between individual employees. Topics cover the areas of planning, organizing, directing and controlling personnel, and decision-making procedures and techniques.
ECBU3710: Principles of Finance
Credits 4An introduction to financial management. Topics include financial statement analysis, valuation of cash flows, capital budgeting, the time value of money, the concepts of risk and return, cost of capital and applications of these concepts in the firm.
ECBU3950: Field Experience in Business
Credits 1 3This course is designed to provide academic credit for a complementary experience in business or academics related to the student’s major. Academic credit is awarded for work hours at a rate of one credit hour for each 40 hours of work and/or the achievement of agreed-upon learning outcomes. This course awards a maximum of three credit hours and will have a pass/fail grade. May be repeated for credit.
ECBU3960: Internship in Business
Credits 2 3Business students may enhance their academic experience through participation in an internship. Internships are a unique form of education, integrating classroom study with planned and supervised work experience. Learning objectives will be established prior to the start of an internship and one credit hour is awarded for every 40 hours of work. This course will be graded and may be repeated for credit.
ECBU4600: Global Business Strategies
Credits 4The course will cover the structure of global operations, methods of entering international markets, cultural impact on business practices, legal and ethical impact on multi-international business, human resource management in international firms, and international movement of business factors.
ECBU4990: Program Assessment
Credits 0Students in the eCampus business administration program complete both pre- and post-program assessments to measure their knowledge at different stages of their academic experience. Because many students enter the program with prior professional experience, these assessments help distinguish what they have learned through the program from what they already knew.
The assessments are conducted using a secure, online platform and are designed to evaluate program-level knowledge in alignment with accreditation standards. Results provide objective, data-driven insights that support assurance of learning, demonstrate outcomes to stakeholders, and guide continuous program improvement.
This course is Pass/Fail. Students will receive a passing grade upon completion of the assessment.