Get equipped for business careers in corporations, nonprofits, and ministries. Engage in the business world under the guidance of Christian faculty with global experience. Our business administration degree provides you with a well-rounded Christian business program. You can also choose a concentration based on your career interests.
This might be the right degree for you if you
- Want to help businesses, nonprofits, and other entities operate more effectively
- Lead with integrity
- Have a degree that offers the flexibility to work in any industry
Why study business administration at Northwestern?
You can customize this major with a concentration in your area of interest. Students and employers love the flexibility of the business administration degree.
You can also add a graduate degree to your experience by enrolling in the Bachelors/Accelerated Master’s degree plan.
Northwestern’s small classes allow students to engage directly with faculty. Our business classes visit and have guest speakers from Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial start-ups, and nonprofits. Students experience a variety of business structures and organizations. Many classes use case studies to highlight real-world application of business principles.
Our campus is close to downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. Students take advantage of internship opportunities in Minnesota’s thriving business industries. More than 60% of our business internships have resulted in job offers.
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What degree concentrations are offered in Business Administration?
Students will complete 12 credits specific to Analytics.
- Principles of Data Analytics
- Statistics
- Big Data Analytics and Applications
- Business and Economic Forecasting
Students will complete 10 credits specific to Construction and Property Management.
- Cost Accounting
- Small Business Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
Students will complete 10 credits specific to Digital Branding Strategies.
- Project Management
- Digital Marketing
- Advertising and Promotion
Students will complete 8 credits specific to Entrepreneurship and Family Business.
- Business Law – Partnerships & Corporations
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Small Business Management
Students will complete 14 credits specific to Healthcare Management.
- Strategic Management in Healthcare
- Healthcare Leadership
- Healthcare Law and Ethics
- Financial Systems in Healthcare
Students will complete 10 credits specific to Leadership.
- Principles and Practices of Leadership
- Practicum and Seminar in Leadership
- Human Resource Management
Students will complete 8 credits specific to Logistics and Operations.
- Business Law – Partnerships & Corporations
- Small Business Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
Students will complete 10 credits specific to Nonprofit Leadership.
- Foundations of Nonprofit Leadership
- Business as Mission
- Human Resource Management/Human Resource Leadership
Students will complete 10 credits specific to QSR and Hospitality.
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Small Business Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
Students will complete 8 credits specific to Sports Management.
- Principles of Sports Management
- Sports Marketing
- Sport Public Relations
Students will complete 10 credits specific to Strategic Management.
- Money and Banking
- Human Resource Management
- Small Business Management
- Project Management
New Healthcare Management Concentration
Prepare to lead in the healthcare industry with a bachelor’s degree concentration in Healthcare Management. Business Administration majors who complete this concentration will:
- Gain business management and healthcare management knowledge and experience
- Acquire hard skills specific to business and unique to the health industry
- Learn from Christian professors who are experts in their fields and have a lot of healthcare experience
- Be ready for leadership positions in senior care and nursing facilities, group homes, rehabilitation centers, supportive care organizations, and medical technology and equipment companies
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT COURSES INCLUDE:
- Finance Systems in Healthcare
- Strategic Management in Healthcare
- Healthcare Law and Ethics
- Healthcare Leadership
UNW definitely helped prepare me for my current career. I had two great internships; Northwestern really pushed me to do that. I felt prepared and that I had all the business skills I needed; it was just the knowledge of the industry that I didn’t have, which I could get on the job.
Careers in business administration
There are a variety of career and academic pathways that begin with a degree in business administration.
What types of work are related to this degree?
- Banking and corporate financial management
- Brand/product management
- Consulting
- Economic research and forecasting
- Human resources
- Insurance
- Investment banking
- Project management
- Market research
- Personal financial planning
- Purchasing
- Real estate
- Small business management
- Tax planning and compliance
What will I learn?
You will develop leadership and critical thinking skills and learn to work as a team member.
HCM 4089
Finance Systems in Healthcare
This course will explore the unique and complex systems of healthcare reimbursement. Students will gain an understanding of how insurance reimbursement systems intersect with delivery and how providers use analytics to determine cost, cost sharing, and pricing. Students will also learn how hospital systems operate financially and how those systems comply with corporate governance and operational requirements. Students will use information interviews to build context for class content.
HCM 4087
Healthcare Law and Ethics
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the common legal and ethical issues in healthcare delivery. Students will evaluate cases to better their understanding of informed consent, as it relates to existing conditions, risks, and cost. Students will learn and assess various risk mitigation techniques for human resource, technology, and malpractice liabilities. The positive and negative aspects of corporate governance, community, state, and federal accountability systems in healthcare will be explored.
HCM 4085
Healthcare Leadership
Students will learn strategies for building high-quality, high context teams centered on quality healthcare delivery. An assessment of how existing organizations integrate vision and values in to their care menu and delivery modalities will be required. This course is designed to help students formulate and articulate their own healthcare leadership principles, in both the stewardship of resources and the management of staff. Information interviews will create a platform for experiential and market-place relevant learning in this course.
HCM 4080
Strategic Management in Healthcare
This course builds foundational understanding of the use of management systems in healthcare deliveries. Students will determine what management systems best align with an organization’s mission. Application studies on both Lean and TQM management styles will be completed. This course also requires students to explore howmanagers build teams in highly regulated environments and ensure the processes for completing work are practical, compliant, and efficient.
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