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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Business Administration Major - BUAD


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Steve Brewer Associate Professor of Marketing
Sarah Esveldt Chair, Department of Business;
Associate Professor of Business (sesveldt@carrollu.edu)
Jack Forden Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Jay Jacobson Director of Corporate Training and Development;
Assistant Professor of Business
Muztoba Khan Assistant Professor of Business
Gregory Kuhlemeyer Chair, Department of Engineering and Technology Sciences;
Professor of Business
Katie McCarthy William B. Yersin Endowed Associate Professor of Healthcare Analytics
Michael Mortensen Clinical Associate Professor of Technology Sciences
Margaret Polk Associate Professor of Computer Science
Robert Salas Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Business Analytics
Alexandra Sielaff Director of Graduate and Professional Education;
Associate Professor of Business
Meena Subedi Assistant Professor of Accounting
Carol Tallarico Professor of Business
Mary Ann Wisniewski Professor of Business
Lisa A. Zajc Assistant Professor of Accounting

A Carroll University Business Administration degree facilitates integration of knowledge, development of lifelong skills, career preparation, and formulation of enduring personal values. Students who major in Business Administration are prepared for a variety of fulfilling and challenging careers with domestic and international organizations. These organizations need articulate, well-reasoning, effective leaders to manage business environments that are dynamic and increasingly complex.

Assurance of Learning Goals

  1. Demonstrate Global Awareness
    To meet this goal, students will describe similarities and differences among cultures; demonstrate knowledge of and sensitivity to cultural values and issues; and assess how global markets impact business decision-making.
  2. Analyze Critically
    To meet this goal, students will demonstrate knowledge of the decision-making process; evaluate information for credibility and appropriateness; create and use appropriate quantitative analyses to inform decision making; and understand and describe the consequences that result from specific business decisions.
  3. Plan Strategically
    To meet this goal, students will formulate an organizational vision, mission, goals, and values; develop a business strategy; and critically evaluate and adjust business strategies.
  4. Communicate Effectively
    To meet this goal, students will effectively communicate orally; effectively communicate through writing reports, memos, and papers; and effectively communicate at the interpersonal level by working in teams on varying projects.

Specialization Options


Students with a Business Administration major are required to pick one of the following specializations:

Economics Specialization - ECON (12 credits)


  • 12 credits of ECO 300/400 level courses

Human Resources Specialization - BAHR (12 credits)


Note:


CMP 112  and CMP 114  satisfy the Bachelor of Science requirement. Students can also take BUS 114  in place of CMP 114 . BUS 114  will satisfy the CMP 114  requirement for the major and CMP 112  and BUS 114  satisfy the Bachelor of Science requirement.

Bachelor of Science Requirements


The requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree are (NOTE: choose either CMP112 and CMP114 OR MAT140 or higher and CSC110 or higher):

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