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Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management

The King’s College Business Management Program prepares students for careers in commerce. This program, however, differs in two key ways from most undergraduate business programs. First, we approach commerce as one of our nation’s (and the world’s) strategic institutions. Business students at The King’s College learn not just the techniques of management, such as accounting and marketing, but also how to understand the social, political, and economic foundations of free markets. Second, The King’s College Business Management Program centers on the Christian concept of stewardship. Our goal is to prepare students who will be wise in their prosperity and employ their wealth for the betterment of society. To that end, we are dedicated to developing our students’ commitment to personal integrity. Students in the program learn how to identify risks and opportunities, optimize performance with limited resources, and to manage and inspire human talent. The Business Management major begins with the Common Core in the freshman year: a sequence of courses that lay the foundation in macroeconomics, mathematics, logic, political theory, theology, and Western civilization. The Common Core also emphasizes the written and spoken word—essential skills for the business professional. Sophomores take Principles of Management and Organization, which surveys key business disciplines: marketing, financial accounting, corporate finance, entrepreneurship, negotiations, and business strategy. Sophomores also take Financial Accounting, Statistics for Business and Economics, and Business Communications. As Business students progress into their junior and senior years, they turn from studying other people’s decisions to examining what will happen if they were to make the decisions. Juniors take Introduction to Marketing, Corporate Finance, Quantitative Analysis and Computer Modeling, and Business Strategy. Seniors take Entrepreneurship and Venture Formation, Legal Studies in Business, Operations Management and Information Technology, Business Ethics, Decision Process and Negotiation, and Senior Project. Juniors and Seniors also continue to take Common Core courses and electives. Business Management classes are taught both by full-time faculty members and people currently working in the fields they teach. Faculty members include a venture capitalist, a former bank executive, and a Wall Street investment specialist. The program aims to prepare student to manage both profit and non-profit organizations, and both privately held and public corporations. In teaching business skills, The King’s College puts unusual emphasis on the historical and philosophical background of capitalism. That’s because we see ourselves as preparing our graduates to be the innovators and leaders of an increasingly globalized economy. We do not seek simply to prepare students for their first job on Wall Street or Madison Avenue. We prepare them for careers in which they can expertly, confidently, and ethically work with colleagues in Zurich, Jakarta, and Cape Town, as easily as their colleagues in Trenton, Denver, and Minneapolis. Business leadership today requires agility to act wisely within the moment, while never losing sight of the long view. By grounding the study of business in history, economics, and politics, we seek to put students on the path to this kind of balanced insight.

Course		Year	Term	Title	Credits
YEAR 1					CREDITS
POL	110	1	Fall	Introduction to Politics*	3
ENG	110	1	Fall	College Writing I	3
HIS	111	1	Fall	Western Civilization I	3
REL	111	1	Fall	Introduction to New Testament Literature	3
PHL	110	1	Fall	Logic*	3
				Fall Total	15
MAT	140	1	Spring	Mathematical Ideas and Practices,* or Pre-Calc or Calc (placement)	3
ENG	120	1	Spring	College Writing II (ENG 110)	3
HIS	112	1	Spring	Western Civilization II (HIS 111)	3
REL	112	1	Spring	Introduction to Old Testament Literature (REL 111)	3
ECO	112	1	Spring	Macroeconomics*	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 1 CREDITS	30

YEAR 2					CREDITS
PHL	211	2	Fall	Plato and Aristotle (POL 110)	3
HIS	211	2	Fall	American Civilization I (HIS 112)	3
ECO	211	2	Fall	Microeconomics* ((MAT 140 or MAT 150) and ECO 112)	3
BUS	271	2	Fall	Financial Accounting	3
BUS	273	2	Fall	Principles of Management & Organization	3
				Fall Total	15
POL	212	2	Spring	Enlightenment and Liberal Democracy (PHL 211 and HIS 112)	3
HIS	212	2	Spring	American Civilization II (HIS 211)	3
REL	212	2	Spring	Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought* (REL 112)	3
BUS	274	2	Spring	Statistics for Business & Economics (MAT 140 or MAT 150)	3
BUS	276	2	Spring	Business Communications & Presentations (ENG 120 and BUS 273)	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 2 CREDITS	30

YEAR 3					CREDITS
ECO	311	3	Fall	History of Economic Thought	3
BUS	371	3	Fall	Introduction to Marketing (BUS 271, BUS 273)	3
BUS	373	3	Fall	Corporate Finance (BUS 271, BUS 274)	3
POL	213	3	Fall	American Political Thought and Practice (POL 110)	3
ELEC		3	Fall	BUS 381 Managerial Accounting (BUS 271) or a PPE course	3
				Fall Total	15
PHL	312	3	Spring	Philosophical Apologetics (PHL 110 and REL 212)	3
BUS	382	3	Spring	Quantitative Analysis and Computer Modeling (BUS 274)	3
BUS	378	3	Spring	Business Strategy (BUS 273, BUS 371 and BUS 373)	3
ELEC		3	Spring	Elective	3
MFE		3	Spring	Major Field Elective - BUS 376: Investment (ECO 112 and BUS 373) or BUS 372: Human Resource Management (BUS 273) or BUS 374: Consumer Behavior (BUS 371)	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 3 CREDITS	30

YEAR 4					CREDITS
BUS	471	4	Fall	Entrepreneurship and Venture Form (BUS 371 and BUS 373)	3
BUS	473	4	Fall	Legal Studies in Business	3
BUS	475	4	Fall	Operations Management and Information Technology (BUS 382)	3
ELEC		4	Fall	Elective	3
MFE		4	Fall	Major Field Elective - BUS 481: Market Research (BUS 273 and BUS 371) or BUS 483: Organizational Change (BUS 273) or BUS 485: Valuation/Capital Structure (BUS 373 and ECO 112)	3
				Fall Total	15
BUS	482	4	Spring	Business Ethics (BUS 273 and BUS 473)	3
BUS	484	4	Spring	Decision Process and Negotiation (BUS 371)	3
BUS	486	4	Spring	Senior Project (Senior Status)	3
PHL	412	4	Spring	Theories of Human Nature (REL 212)	3
MFE		4	Spring	Major Field Elective - BUS 472: International Business (ECO 211 and BUS 273) or BUS 474: Venture Capital and Funding (BUS 274 and BUS 373)	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 4 CREDITS	30
				TOTAL FOR DEGREE	120

* These courses are offered in both the Fall and the Spring, students may take them in either semester.
** Courses in bold (POL 110 and ENG 120) must be taken at King's. No transfer credit accepted.

While completing this course of study, the following requirements must be met:

No fewer than 60 of the semester hours of course work must be earned at The King’s College, and these 60 hours of credit must include at least 48 semester hours which apply to this degree.
The successful candidate for this degree must have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all work completed at The King’s College. In addition, all students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in the courses that are a part of the Common Core. In order to graduate, students must achieve a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA (B-) in all courses specific to their major. They must also earn a grade of C or higher in each course taken in their major.
The successful candidate for the BS Degree must obtain a grade of C or higher in MAT 140 Mathematical Ideas and Practice or MAT 150 Calculus I with Pre-Calculus.
To progress beyond the freshman year, the student must obtain a grade of C or higher in both ENG-101 College Writing I and ENG-201 College Writing II.
The successful candidate must satisfactorily complete all the requirements for the Fall and Spring Interregnum.
The successful candidate for the BS degree must obtain approval for graduation from the Office of the Registrar and upon vote of the faculty.

While the Bachelor of Science in Business Management program may be started at the beginning of any semester, students should be aware that not all courses will be offered each semester.