Bachelor's DegreeBusiness Administration: Major in Management

In a well-run business every department works together as a whole. With a degree in business administration: major in management, you can participate in that process. As a business manager, you'll use strong leadership and communications skills to encourage teamwork and productivity among your staff. A business administration: major in management degree from Westwood College gives you the training necessary to start your career in the business world.

Program features include:

• case studies to teach real-life scenarios
• courses in all areas of business to teach versatility and critical thinking
• the use of business simulations, business plan formatting and other applications to teach managerial skills
• a capstone course to demonstrate real-world application of management knowledge and skills to potential employers

• Course Info

  A business administration: major in management degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Managerial Communications
  • Principles of Supervision
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Purchasing and Supply Management
  • Essentials of Project Management
  • Principles of Small Business Management

  Course breakdown

  

  Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate proficiency with software applications common in business
  • Illustrate how ethical issues influence behavior in a business environment
  • Determine the competitive position of an organization
  • Create a strategic business plan that meets organizational objectives
  • Describe the management practices used for planning, organizing, and controlling operations in an organization.
  • Discuss how the basic business functions of accounting, finance, human resources, operations, and marketing are interconnected

  Locations offering this degree:*

  Online Online Campus California Anaheim - Anaheim, CA Inland Empire - Upland, CA Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA South Bay - Torrance, CA Colorado Denver North - Denver, CO Denver South - Denver, CO

  Georgia Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA Virginia Annandale - Annandale, VA Arlington Ballston - Arlington, VA

  *Not all programs are offered every term.  Check with the campus of interest for current program offerings.

  
  

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  Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
  

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  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or your bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

• Careers

  Where could your Business Administration: Major in Management degree take you?

  Our business administration: major in management program provides the educational background and hands-on experience necessary to successfully begin a career in management. Our faculty of professionals who work in their fields will provide you with the knowledge, training and insight that you’ll use in your career.Take a look at a few of the career areas that may be available to graduates with a bachelor’s degree in business administration: major in management from Westwood College.* 

  • Business administration
  • Business operation
  • Compliance management
  • Project management

  *Graduates without experience in the field will likely start in entry-level positions.

  
  

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  Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
  

  Did You Know?

  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or your bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

• Employers

  Westwood has prepared our Business Administration: Major in Management graduates for careers with employers such as:

  • Caterpillar Logistics
  • Delta Airlines
  • Denver Restaurant Group
  • Holtman Insurance
  • Kaiser Permanent
  • Kroll Factual Data
  • MCR Federal, Inc.
  • Merrill Lynch Atlanta
  • South Gate Engineering
  • USF Holland, Inc.

  Westwood College tracks the initial employers of its graduates for accreditation purposes. This list represents a partial list of employers of graduates from this program, drawn from across the Westwood campus system, and contains employers of Westwood College graduates from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. It is not intended to represent an endorsement of Westwood College by the listed employers.

  Comprehensive employment information for graduates from each campus is available.

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• Graduate Outcomes

  Occupation Disclosures

  The Department of Education lists the following occupations as potential careers for graduates of this program:*

  11-1021.00	General and Operations Managers
  11-2022.00	Sales Managers
  11-3011.00	Administrative Services Managers
  11-3051.00	Industrial Production Managers
  11-3071.01	Transportation Managers
  11-9151.00	Social and Community Service Managers
  11-9199.01	Regulatory Affairs Managers
  11-9199.02	Compliance Managers
  11-9199.04	Supply Chain Managers
  13-1111.00	Management Analysts

  To see descriptions of the occupations, go to  www.onetonline.org and enter the six digit Standard Occupational Code (SOC) in the Occupation Search Area.

  *The list of SOC codes is based on Department of Education standards. Actual entry-level jobs for graduates in each program may vary from the list. The job code was pulled from IPEDS CIP-SOC crosswalk as of Sept. 10, 2012. Although the Department of Education requires all job titles to be listed, Westwood College has not found that all programs prepare graduates for all the jobs listed.

  Program Disclosures

  For information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please access the document below and refer to the index page to locate information on your campus of interest.

  Program disclosures