B.S. Business Administration

About the Business Degrees Online – B.S. Business Administration Degree

American Sentinel University offers an online business administration degree, the Bachelor of Science Business Administration. This business degree program has seven specializations:

  • Finance – Focuses on concepts related to an organization’s financial activities, including accounting, finance and analysis. Students learn finance strategies to ensure the financial viability and growth of an organization, and learn simulation software to evaluate financial and business risk threats.
  • Health Care Management – Covers the structure of contemporary health care delivery systems and issues related to technology, regulatory standards, budgeting, financing and more. This online business administration degree is designed for students interested in gaining the skills to manage a health care organization’s strategic direction.
  • Human Resource Management -Gives students a foundation in human resources principles and how professionals can support a company’s strategic objectives through effective recruitment, training and development. Students will gain the skills needed to manage organizational change and monitor employee and team performance.
  • Informatics – Ideal for students interested in managing key information systems and using data to make organizational decisions. Students acquire working knowledge of database, enterprise information and management information systems.
  • Leadership – Focuses on the problem-solving and critical thinking skills needed to lead an organization and all of its business functions. Students will develop strategies to improve organizational performance and learn to lead an organization to achieve its goals.
  • Management – Gives students in-depth insight into various types of effective management techniques. Students will gain the skills needed to integrate marketing, accounting and financial programs to produce effective business strategies.
  • Marketing – Covers marketing techniques needed in today’s fast-paced business environment and how to integrate marketing programs with other business functions. Students learn about integrating marketing strategies and programs with other important business functions.

Students graduating with American Sentinel’s online business degree programs complete 39 hours of general education courses, 66 hours of courses in the major and 15 hours of courses in the specialization.

Related Business Degrees

Once you complete a bachelor’s degree in business, you can continue your American Sentinel education by earning a Master of Business Administration. The MBA program is designed for working professionals seeking to develop their business and leadership skills. Or, you could choose to pursue a Master of Science Business Intelligence, which prepares students to understand and apply technologies that identify, extract and analyze business data.

If you intend to move into the health care field, consider our Master of Business Administration Health Care, designed for current and future health care professionals – from the health care administrator to the vice president of operations.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the B.S. Business Administration, graduates will be able to:

  • Understand and articulate the role of managers in contemporary business operations.
  • Effectively collaborate in diverse organizational teams.
  • Facilitate in the research, identification and development of best practices.
  • Establish accountability, responsibility and stewardship for an organization’s actions.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the impact that values and ethics can have on an organization.
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of management, business law, human capital management, organizational leadership, quantitative reasoning, economics, accounting, operations management, corporate finance, marketing and strategic planning.

View general education learning objectives of American Sentinel’s general education curriculum.