Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration

The King’s College Business Administration 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 Administration 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 Administration 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 Administration 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.

Recommended Course Sequence

Year One – 30 Credits

BUS 273: Principles of Management & Organization
ECO 110: Introduction to Economics
ENG 110: College Writing I
ENG 120: College Writing II
HIS 111: Western Civilization I
MAT 270: Calculus I
PHL 110: Logic
REL 110: Christianity and Society
REL 112: Introduction to Old Testament Literature
OPEN ELECTIVE (3 credits)

Year Two – 30 Credits

BUS 271: Financial Accounting
BUS 274: Statistics for Business & Economics
BUS 276: Business Communication
BUS 281: Managerial Accounting
ECO 210: Macroeconomics
ECO 211: Microeconomics
HIS 212: Western Civilization
POL 210: Foundations of Politics
POL 311: American Political Thought and Practice I
REL 211: Introduction to New Testament Literature

Year Three – 30 Credits

BUS 371: Introduction to Marketing
BUS 373: Corporate Finance
BUS 378: Business Strategy
BUS 382: Decision Analysis & Computer Modeling
POL 313: American Political Thought and Practice II
POL 315: American Political Thought and Practice III
REL 354: Biblical Interpretation
SCI 312: Scientific Reasoning
BUSINESS ELECTIVE (3 credits)
OPEN ELECTIVE (3 credits)

Year Four – 30 Credits

BUS 471: Entrepreneurship & Venture Form
BUS 473: Legal Studies in Business
BUS 475: Operations Management and Information Technology
BUS 482: Business Ethics
BUS 484: Decision Process and Negotiation
BUS 486: Senior Project
REL 412: Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought
BUSINESS ELECTIVE (6 credits)
OPEN ELECTIVE (3 credits)