About the program

The Business Administration major from Webster University curriculum prepares you to pursue a variety of career paths with foundational coursework in all areas of business — management, finance, human resources, marketing, information systems and more. With the business acumen you’ll gain from this practice-rich program, you’ll be ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work — and you’ll have a solid foundation if you choose to pursue graduate studies, such as an MBA.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to understand and apply the following seven competencies: 

• Systemic Thinking: Students understand the big picture of a business: how the business is impacted by outside forces and how it is driven by its interconnected internal functions.
• Problem Solving: Students can identify business problems and opportunities, analyze them and formulate potential strategies to address them.
• Business Communication: Students can prepare clear, concise and accurate written materials and can make formal and informal business presentations using appropriate visual aids.
• Interpersonal Skills: Students understand and can apply theories relating to group processes, group composition and teamwork.  
• Technology Literacy: Students can utilize technology to analyze business problems, propose and examine potential solutions and present recommended courses of action.
• Ethical Reasoning: Students can identify and analyze value conflicts and ethical dimensions of business issues and situations. 
• Global and Cultural Understanding: Students understand the inherently global nature of modern business and consider international systems and cultural differences in their decision-making process.

Courses Included

• College Algebra
• Financial Accounting
• Survey of Economics
• Marketing
• Career Management Strategies