Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
A business degree you can earn around a full-time job. You will learn to read the numbers, read the contract, and make the call, and you will pick one of six concentrations to point the degree at the work you actually want.
A business degree built on the parts employers actually check.
A business degree is the most portable credential there is, which is also the problem with most of them. This one is built around the parts employers actually check: you will read a balance sheet and a cash flow statement, price a decision, sign off on a contract knowing what is in it, read a regression without being fooled by it, and run a marketing plan with a number attached to it. It closes with a six-credit capstone where you write a complete business plan for a real venture, which is the piece you can put in front of an employer.
It starts with the numbers. Financial and managerial accounting, two terms of finance, and business statistics, which together mean you can read a balance sheet and a cash flow statement, build a forecast from them, price a decision, and read a regression without being fooled by it. Then the contract: two full terms of business law, enough to read an agreement and know what is in it, what is missing, and when to stop and call a lawyer. Then the market, through marketing management and six credits of economics, where you learn how a market is sized, how demand responds to price, and how to build a marketing plan with a number attached to it rather than an adjective.
The rest of the core is what decides whether any of that gets acted on. Foundations of leadership, critical thinking, and business and professional writing are the courses that turn an analysis into a decision somebody actually makes, and they are the most common thing missing from people who already have the technical side. The degree closes with a six-credit capstone where you write a complete business plan for a real venture. It is the longest single piece of the degree and the one you can put in front of an employer, a lender, or an investor.
Then you choose a concentration, this is where the degree stops being generic: Finance, Marketing, Cybersecurity, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, or Project Management. If you would rather have breadth, the non-specialized route lets you build 18 credits from across the list instead.
Norwich has taught leaders since 1819 and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The business faculty teaching these courses online are the same ones teaching them on campus.
See what your previous experience can get you.
Bring up to 90 credits, and find out what they are worth before you apply
- 120 credits for the degree, up to 90 of them transferred in
- A 45-credit business core: accounting, finance, business law, marketing, statistics, and the capstone
- Everything else is general education and electives, which is where most transferred credit lands
- Credit can come from prior coursework, military training, CLEP exams, and assessed professional experience. See what transfers
Send a transcript and a resume and we will tell you which requirements you have already met, what is left, and how many terms that is.