Business administration is the study of business across the major functional areas of an organization: accounting, economics, marketing, management, finance, and international.

The business administration curriculum provides students with a diversified rather than a narrow field of study in business. Business administration is unique among business degrees in that it gives the student the most comprehensive view of business and its place in the domestic and world economy. Essentially, it is the undergraduate version of the MBA degree.

Business administration is designed especially for those who need or want a broad background of training for managing businesses of their own or for students planning to work for large businesses that maintain their own specialized training programs. The curriculum stresses the use of creative thinking, decision making, communication skills, technology and ethics, exactly the kinds of knowledge and skills that prepare students for today’s employment and tomorrow’s challenges.

Industries where Arkansas State University business administration graduates have risen to president/CEO status include:

• Banking
• Insurance Services
• Real Estate
• Communications
• Agricultural Business
• Hospital and Medical Services
• Energy Services
• Manufacturing