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Business Administration - a high calling!
When someone asks how majoring in business equip one to serve God, the answer is might surprise you! As a Bethany business major summarized her sense of calling:
"Bethany is a community of believers that have been called to his work. Some of are missionaries, some of us are pastors, and even some of us are business majors, but we all have a common focus to serve God." Jami Scicluna
We believe that God equips individuals to serve society by calling some to business and entrepreneurial vocations. While skeptics may question whether or not commercial activity can serve as a legitimate means work or ministry, we believe the marketplace is a primary means by which God provides for people. The market rewards creativity, ingenuity and honesty. It provides opportunities for people to engage in meaningful work and provides the basic needs of life. Yes, the marketplace is a field to which God calls his people to serve!
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Business Administration Degree Plan:
Lower Division Core Courses (27 units):
- Foundations of Contemporary Business (3) -- foundational course
- Principles of Management (3)
- Quantitative Business Methods (3)
- Principles of Accounting I (3)
- Principles of Accounting II (3)
- Macroeconomics (3)
- Microeconomics (3)*
Upper Division Foundation Courses (30 units)
- Legal Aspects of Business Process (3)
- Computer Applications of Business II (3)--Microsoft Office Specialist Cert.
- Statistics (3)
- Organizational Behavior and Management (3)
- International Business (3)
- Financial Management of Organizations (3)
- Integration of Faith and Business (3)*
- Electives (6 units)
- Business and Policy and Strategic Management (3)--capstone course
- *Credits count toward General Education Requirements
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General Program Objectives:
Bethany University graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration will be able to do the following:
- Understand and use fundamental concepts related to economics, accounting, financial analysis, management, business law and marketing for business decision making.
- Identify those domestic and global trends that will have significant impact on how goods and services are provided to customers in the foreseeable future.
- Describe how organizations encourage ethical business behavior and social responsibility.
- Demonstrate the ability to write and present a basic business plan to potential investors, employees and trading partners.
- Demonstrate competency in basic business and office productivity applications and information technology.
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare, plan and search for a business career and lifelong learning opportunities.
- Articulate a personal and practical theology of leadership, the workplace and vocation.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate professionally in a variety of business styles and contexts including interpersonal, collaborative, written, and speaking.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking, problem solving, and economic reasoning to business and organizational opportunities and problems.
- Describe how entrepreneurs, businesses and not-for-profit organizations help to create economic opportunities and improve the standard of living in the markets they serve.
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Featured Instructors:
Joe Childs
Program Director and Associate Professor, Joe Childs has been teaching at Bethany since 1994. He has a MS degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and MA from Western Seminary and is currently pursuing a DBA degree. He is a Sam Walton Fellow with Students in Free Enterprise and a Cook Fellow with the Acton Institute. Professor Childs has previously held executive positions in the satellite telecommunications industry and technology-oriented start-ups. He maintains an active marketing communications consulting practice with clients such as Cisco Systems, HP, and Amgen. From 1990-1993 he worked with organizations and governments in Russian, Romania, Hungary and Poland as they transitioned to market economies.
Patricia Stokke
Adjunct professor Patricia Stokke teaches management and business law courses in both the traditional and APPL program. She has her MA. degree from John F. Kennedy University is in Management Professor Stokke is a member of the National Society for Human Resources, American Society of Training and Development and Toastmasters. She is an image consultant and has worked in Human Resources and Personal.
Cyril Rayan
Adjunct professor Cyril Rayan teaches marketing and advises research projects. He is also the President & CEO of Mindbrook Inc., a company that develops software to make product management more efficient. Cyril has many years experience in the semiconductor industry and in international marketing and sales. He holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
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What business students are saying:
"I'm learning to be successful in business from a Christ-like point-of-view." Tim Bywater
"I am getting a quality education from faculty who care about me." Annabelle Trokey
"The business program at Bethany University is an exciting Christ-centered experience. I can already put to use what I've learned!" Abel Aguilar
"I have learned more at Bethany University in two semesters than I have learned in my previous six at state universities. The individual attention, coupled with practical application and a commitment to excellence has molded me and made me feel confident to enter the business world with success." Spencer Hay
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