Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management
 

The King’s College Business Management Program prepares students for careers in business. This program, however, differs in two key ways from most undergraduate business programs. First, we approach business 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.
Course		Year	Term	Title	Credits
YEAR 1					CREDITS
ENG	110	1	Fall	College Writing I	3
REL	112	1	Fall	Introduction to Old Testament Literature*	3
HIS	111	1	Fall	Western Civilization I*	3
URB	110	1	Fall	Introduction to the City	3
PHL	110	1	Fall	Logic*	3
				Fall Total	15
ENG	120	1	Spring	College Writing II   (ENG 110)	3
ECO	110	1	Spring	Introduction to Economics*	3
REL	110	1	Spring	Christianity and Society*	3
MAT	270	1	Spring	Calculus*   (MAT 160 or SAT-M 650/ACT-M 27)	3
		1	Spring	Open Elective	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 1 CREDITS	30
YEAR 2					CREDITS
POL	210	2	Fall	Foundations of Politics*	3
ECO	211	2	Fall	Microeconomics*   (ECO 110)	3
HIS	212	2	Fall	Western Civilization II*	3
BUS	271	2	Fall	Financial Accounting	3
BUS	273	2	Fall	Principles of Management and Organization	3
				Fall Total	15
REL	211	2	Spring	Introduction to New Testament Literature*	3
POL	216	2	Spring	American Political Thought and Practice I*	3
ECO	210	2	Spring	Macroeconomics   (ECO 110)	3
BUS	281	2	Spring	Managerial Accounting   (BUS 271)	3
BUS	274	2	Spring	Statistics for Business and Economics   (MAT 270)	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 2 CREDITS	30
YEAR 3					CREDITS
SCI	312	3	Fall	Scientific Reasoning*   (PHL 110)	3
POL	313	3	Fall	American Political Thought and Practice II	3
BUS	371	3	Fall	Introduction to Marketing   (BUS 273)	3
BUS	373	3	Fall	Corporate Finance   (BUS 271)	3
ELC		3	Fall	Open Elective	3
				Fall Total	15
REL	354	3	Spring	Biblical Interpretation*   (REL 112 & REL 211)	3
POL	315	3	Spring	American Political Thought and Practice III	3
BUS	378	3	Spring	Business Strategy   (BUS 273, BUS 371, BUS 373)	3
BUS	382	3	Spring	Decision Analysis and Computer Modeling   (BUS 274)	3
BUS		3	Spring	Business Elective	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 3 CREDITS	30
YEAR 4					CREDITS
REL	412	4	Fall	Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought*   (REL 112, REL 211)	3
BUS	471	4	Fall	Entrepreneurship and Venture Form   (BUS 371, BUS 373)	3
ELC	473	4	Fall	Legal Studies in Business	3
BUS	475	4	Fall	Operations Management and Information Technology   (BUS 382)	3
BUS		4	Fall	Business Elective	3
				Fall Total	15
ENG	412	4	Spring	Persuasive Writing and Speaking*   (ENG 120)	3
BUS	482	4	Spring	Business Ethics   (BUS 273, BUS 473)	3
BUS	484	4	Spring	Decision Process and Negotiation   (BUS 371)	3
BUS	486	4	Spring	Senior Project   (Sr. Standing)	3
BUS		4	Spring	Business Elective	3
				Spring Total	15
				YEAR 4 CREDITS	30
				TOTAL FOR DEGREE	120

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 students to manage both profit and non-profit organizations, and both privately held and public corporations. One program that offers experience to students is the annual Business Plan Competition, which you can read more about here.

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.

* These courses are offered in both the Fall and the Spring, students may take them in either semester.
** Courses in bold (e.g. ENG 120, POL 210 and SCI 312) must be taken at King's. No transfer credit accepted.

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

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. A student must obtain a grade of C or higher in both ENG 110, College Writing I, and ENG 120, College Writing II, within his first three semesters of attendance. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from the College.
4. The successful candidate must satisfactorily complete all the requirements for Interregnum.
5. The successful candidate for the BS degree must obtain approval for graduation from the Office of the Registrar and upon vote of the faculty.