Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Degree Completion Program

The importance of a formal business education should not be underestimated. Aspen's Bachelor Degree Completion Program provides you with the critical and current knowledge needed by today's progressive companies and sought after by employers. Dramatically increase your potential (without setting foot on a campus) through our degree completion program.

Bachelor Degree Completion Program Admission Requirements

This program is designed to benefit adults who have yet to complete an undergraduate business degree, and who now seek to transfer accumulated undergraduate credits, or an Associate Degree into an accredited and widely recognized college degree.

Aspen University's degree requirement is the equivalent of 121 credit hours of earned credit. The degree program is designed for students who have successfully completed a minimum 60 credit hours of undergraduate studies including general education requirements, or earned an Associate Degree from an accredited institution.

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for transfer credits. The 61 credits offered by Aspen include 24 credits of business foundation courses, 36 credits of business major courses, and a mandatory one-credit orientation course, "Becoming an Online Learner."

All candidates must submit a completed application. In addition, candidates must submit the following:

• A $50 application fee payable to Aspen University in U.S. dollars.

• Evidence of an Associate's Degree. This must be in the form of an official transcript from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent certified degree from a recognized foreign college or university. Official transcripts of all previous baccalaureate study must be sent directly to Aspen University by the granting institution(s).

• A resume, curriculum vita, or list of professional accomplishments.

• A statement of the academic, professional, and personal goals you would like to achieve through your studies at Aspen University. The Admissions Committee, as part of the application process, evaluates goals statements.

Personal Attention from Instructors

Students receive valuable, personalized instructor-time when they need it. Our faculty is remarkably qualified. All instructors hold advanced degrees and most have terminal degrees within their disciplines, and they are highly skilled in sharing information through distance learning channels. One other important quality we look for in our faculty: caring. That's why you'll find they're there when you need them, to answer questions, clarify concepts, or to just help work out a problem.

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Please contact our admissions office if you have any questions about your ability to enroll in the Bachelor's Completion Program.

Course Listing

Two Proctored Exams will be required for this program. The first will be given half way through and the second will be given at the end.

Foundation Courses (25 credits)

Major Courses (36 credits)

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Course Descriptions:

Foundation Courses

301-Becoming an Online Learner
This introductory, one-credit course orients learners to learning online. Becoming an Online Learner acquaints learners with the features and functions of Aspen's online learning environment, prepares participants for the valuable and interactive experience of online learning, assists student in creating a personal learning plan, and builds a solid foundation of skills that will assist participants for future Aspen distance learning courses. It includes instruction in the use of a variety of online tools including the online classroom, internet-based multimedia tools, search engines, online library resources, and other related tools.

305-Business Research and Communications
This course provides an understanding of business research and communications. It familiarizes students with the techniques, strategies, and forms of writing used in the professional world in order to achieve their business goals. Through library research and online information gathering, this course will increase students' knowledge of organizational writing and communications including case analysis, data interpretation, problem solving, and report writing.

315-Business Information Systems
In today's wired economy, the collection and dissemination of information has become increasingly critical to the success of most businesses. While information systems in business perform a wide variety of tasks; ultimately the goal is to increase revenue and/or reduce costs. From financial executives to administrative assistants, people in all capacities use information to improve effectiveness, customer service, and to gain a competitive advantage. This course outlines the current business requirements that drive the need for information systems, the technology available to satisfy those requirements, the procedures and components of system analysis, planning and development, and the ethical issues that define the boundaries of acceptable behavior as they relate to information systems.

320-Principles of Marketing
Students develop an understanding of the fundamentals of marketing including a general understanding of the strategies and methods involved in marketing a variety of goods and services. Topics include market research, segmentation, target marketing, positioning, developing new products, pricing, distributing and promoting goods and services, and marketing management. As a concluding project, students will prepare a marketing plan for a simple product offering.

325-Principles of Accounting I
Accounting, the language of business, provides crucial decision-making information to business organizations. Principles of Accounting I presents an introduction to the basic theory and techniques of contemporary financial accounting. Topics include the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements for solo proprietorship, and ethical accounting considerations.

327-Principles of Accounting II
A continuation of Principles of Accounting I, this course extends the accounting principles and procedures to corporate accounting. Budgeting, managerial accounting, and automated accounting systems are introduced.

330-Principles of Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics emphasizes national income, the monetary system, economic fluctuations, fiscal policy, and the international economy. This course includes a study of institutions that help develop the national and international economy. Supply and demand, theory of prices, government spending and taxation, business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, banking system and economic development are examined through class discussion and analysis of current economic events.

332-Principles of Microeconomics
Microeconomics focuses on economic decision-making, production, competition and market structures, government, labor markets, unions and the distribution of income. The principles of scarcity, choice, and the laws of supply and demand are examined through class discussions and analysis of current economic events.

350-Quantitative Methods
The quantitative approach involves using numbers to help define, describe, and resolve a wide range of business problems. Quantitative Methods is an overview of statistical techniques used in business decision-making. Students examine research design, statistics, data analysis, and research methodology.

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Major Courses

414 -Management
Effective management is the touchstone for any successful organization. The primary aim of the Management Course is to help the student develop a basic understanding of the essentials of management and the nature of complex organizations. To accomplish these goals, students focus on the basic theories, principles, concepts, and applications of management and organizations; develop rational and systematic techniques of analysis and inquiry; and finally interface theory with practice.

424-Leadership in Organizations
This course provides a basic foundation of skills needed to equip students for future leadership activities. It introduces the history, philosophy, theories, and concepts of leadership and its relationship to the management of organizational change. Students identify and hone their own personal characteristics that will help them develop into effective leaders.

434-Internet Marketing
The new economy presents new challenges and opportunities for organizations and professionals alike. One area in which firms have felt this influence most acutely is in marketing. This course presents a framework to help students and practitioners understand how to think about and implement effective Internet marketing programs. The course concludes with the students generating an Internet marketing plan for a selected organization or product.

444-Finance for Managers
This introduction to corporate financial management and investments provides the framework, concepts, and tools for analyzing financial decisions by applying the fundamental principles of modern financial theory. Major topics include the time value of money and capital budgeting.

454-Ethical Decision Making for Business
This course examines ethics and values in business. It begins with an introduction to ethics in business. The perspective then broadens to include corporate ethics and the role of moral leadership in business. The course concludes with an examination of ethical dilemmas created by an expanding global economy.

464-Organizational Behavior
This course focuses on the people in the organization and how they work and behave in the work environment. It examines the behavior of individuals, the dynamics of teamwork, the processes of small groups, decision-making, problem-solving, conflict management, and ways to eliminate barriers to effective communications within the workplace.

474-Fundamentals of Project Management
This course introduces students to the fundamental elements of effective project management. In the context of the typical project life cycle, the required tools and techniques used to plan, measure, and control projects and the methods used to organize and manage projects are presented.

484-Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is an introductory course intended to provide students with a solid foundation in terms of the vital role played by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in the 21st century global economy. Students will assess, explore, critique, and celebrate the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. The course will focus on the creation of new ventures, the ways that they come into being, and factors associated with their success.

490-eBusiness
The Internet and related technologies pose enormous opportunities for developing new business models and significant threats to existing models. Today's professionals need to be aware of the emerging opportunities as well as the limitations presented in the ever-evolving electronic economy. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of eBusiness and the strategic role information technology plays in gaining and maintaining competitive advantage. Topics cover subjects from the foundations of eBusiness, through the hardware, software, networking, ethics, and security of conducting business online. Special attention is given to the tools that enable successful e-businesses to support operations, decision-making and collaboration. Course assignments include multiple real-world case studies and online research.

494-Strategic Management
Strategic management is designed to help students effectively guide an organization toward a profitable and dynamic future. This course provides students with a formal method of defining the organization's purpose and aligning the entire business to achieve corporate goals. It also examines emerging technologies in information processing as an important element of strategic planning.

495-International Business
Business today happens at breakneck speed and keeping up with the changes can be a challenge. Change is so profound that it provides new constraints in how business is conducted. The challenge is to compete successfully in the global marketplace as it exists today and as it develops. This course presents the impact of international business on countries, corporations, and individuals. In-depth attention is paid to the role of culture, policies, and politics. Theoretical foundations, market entry, strategy, and operations in international business are highlighted. The dimensions of ethics, social responsibility, and diversity are fully reflected through examples and vignettes. A research component provides an opportunity to increase your knowledge and application of matters relative to the international business environment.

499-Senior Capstone
The capstone project allows students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in their courses to the work environment. The Senior Capstone emphasizes the student initiative in defining and investigating problems or projects focusing on integration and application of theory through research. This project is completely individualized; students are encouraged to select work-related projects that are of particular interest to them and that will result in professional growth and benefit the organization. Recommended final course for Business Administration majors.

Due to the extensive evaluation process, and the quantity of work and research involved, the Capstone course has a time limit of 6 months.