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Undergraduate Catalog Business Administration
Business Administration OBJECTIVES
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The business administration major provides students with a broad range of instructional options as professional preparation for a variety of careers.
(See appropriate departments for related requirement course descriptions.)
All of the business major programs at Cabrini include a common business core which recognizes the ‘enterprise’ nature of today’s business world that integrates the various strategic areas of business. Students interested in careers in specific segments of the economy, such as with government organizations or private non-profit business, can combine the major with one of the concentrations to provide specific skills. Students also may customize the major to meet career interests in everything from sports and recreation, to construction, to managing a family business, to new technological areas through the selection of specific elective courses or minors within and outside of the Business Department.
BUS 110 Introduction to Business Course surveys the basic principles of business including formation, strategy, and structure. Course is open only to students with no previous credits in the business department. 3 credits
BUS 120 Principles of Management Students are involved with the discussion of organized structure, personnel administration, and management theory and practice. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
BUS 220–221 Quantitative Business Analysis I and II
The Business Department is a member of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.
This course reviews the collection and presentation of data; measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability; sampling distributions; and statistical inference and correlation. Time series analysis and forecasting also are included in the course materials. Prerequisites: Completion of math requirements. BUS 220 is a prerequisite to BUS 221. Offered both semesters. 3 credits each
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
BUS 231 Personal Finance
Students transferring into the business administration program from another college must complete a minimum of 18 Cabrini College Business Department credits, 15 credits of which must be 300-level or above.
Students learn individual and family financial planning. Topics discussed are budgeting, credit, real estate, stocks and bonds, insurance, and estate planning. Offered spring. 3 credits
Students should consult with their faculty advisor about the use of concentrations and minors.
MINORS Students can minor in related business fields (Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources Management) or in the following: • Economics • International Business • Sports Management See below for course requirements and descriptions.
CONCENTRATIONS Nonprofit Management: Department requirements plus three upper-division non-profit management courses (BUS 312, MKT 382 and a 3-credit course approved by the department). Public Administration: Department requirements plus FIN/POL 307, POL 213 or POL 324 and SOW 402. Advertising: Department requirements plus MKT 365 and two from the following: COM 360, COM 366, GRA 253, GRA 318, and GRA 319.
BUS 232 Sports Management This course introduces students to the basic tenets of how the business of sports is conducted in several different settings. Topics include leadership and management of personnel, budgeting, legal and current issues, general administration and operations and dynamic integrated relationships different populations involved in sports-related interests and activities. Offered fall. 3 credits
BUS 236 Sports Facilities Management Students are introduced to the many aspects of athletic facilities including management/operational and physical plant. Topics include needs and interests assessment, budget study and utilization, program development, operations and event management. Subjects in facility structure include architecture and design, form vs. function, risk management, legal issues and long range planning. Offered spring. 3 credits
H-BUS 304 Honors Business Administration: Business Ethics (V) This course will examine issues and scenarios that relate directly to the workplace, so that future employees can develop a clearer sense of how their corporate code of ethics relates to operational decisions made on a daily basis. Offered fall, alternate years. 3 credits