Business Administration
Ready to learn how to become an effective and ethical leader in the corporate world? A business administration degree may be the best option for you.
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Why Saint Martin's University?
Our Bachelor of Arts in business administration prepares students with personalized attention through small class sizes, quality internship and networking opportunities, and one-on-one mentoring with faculty members who are both educators and experienced business professionals. Additionally, our 4+1 dual degree program helps qualified students earn both a bachelor's and MBA degree in five years.
Program highlights
- Small class sizes and one-on-one mentoring with faculty
- 4+1 dual degree program: qualified students earn bachelor's and MBA in 5 years
- Faculty members are both educators and business professionals
- Emphasis on real world, hands-on internships
- Business-specific career and internship fairs held on campus each semester
- Extracurricular activities, competitions and networking opportunities
Our Concentrations are:
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Economics
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Mission statement
Built on the General Education foundation informed by Saint Martin’s Catholic, Benedictine heritage and values, the School of Business prepares students from a variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews for leadership positions which emphasize ethics; interpersonal communication; and technical, analytical, and critical thinking competencies needed by organizations in a global environment.
Business Administration program learning goals
- Mastery of content knowledge and skills (be competent in basic business discipline)
- Effective communication skills (be effective communicators)
- Innovation and critical thinking skills (think critically and be prepare to manage innovation and change)
- Leadership (demonstrate effective leadership and team membership behavior)
- Ethics and social responsibility (have an ethical perspective and behave in socially responsible ways)
Internships
Proximity to the Washington state capital allows for access to quality internship opportunities. 35-40% of students are offered a job at their internship site. Business administration majors have the opportunity to intern with a variety of local businesses and organizations including:
- H&R Block
- Enterprise
- Local CPA firms
Business Administration Requirements
Details on courses, including university core requirements, can be found in the academic catalog.
- University core requirements
- 21-22 credit hours of foundation courses
- Business Administration Degree Checklist and Audit Sheet (2022 – 2023)
- 27 credit hours of common professional component courses
- Nine -18 credit hours of concentration courses
- 12 credit hours of foundation courses
- 12 credit hours of professional component courses
- Business in society: Ethics and responsibility
- Career management
- Consumer behavior
- Fundamentals of entrepreneurship
- Integrated marketing communications
- Project management
Business Administration at a Glance
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Program Type
- 4+1 Accelerated
- Major
- Minor
- Campus
- Main (Lacey)
- Saint Martin's-JBLM
- Type of Instruction
- In Person
- School
- School of Business
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