Ave Maria University
The Business Administration major at AMU gives you the opportunity to achieve business excellence and develop ethical leadership skills from a truly Catholic perspective. This major is rooted in our Core Curriculum, so you’ll build a strong foundation in human and societal behavior that will give meaning and power to the tools and techniques you’ll receive.
Careers: Sales, Analysis, Business Management, Accounting, Law, Graduate Studies
Our Business Administration program combines broad education and specialized business knowledge to help you find meaningful work after graduation or progress to more advanced business studies. You’ll benefit from our small class sizes, professors with real-world business experience, and access to mentorships, internships and career opportunities.
Fast Fact: This degree is available fully online!
The Business Administration program seeks to make it possible for students to master the requirements – in broad education and in specialized knowledge – to find immediately meaningful work and/or to attend critically a graduate business school program. Basic tools and concepts, theories, and analytical techniques are readily learned. What is harder to imitate – and, therefore, more valuable in the business environment – are communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to weave together and make use of different kinds of knowledge. The Business Administration program intends to open to students the possibility to internalize those skills and ability through an uncompromisingly excellent classroom teaching that emphasizes the integration of the business disciplines and prudential decision making.
Business Administration addresses the complex phenomenon of acting persons engaged in business transactions. Decisions made during those business transactions are always based on value judgments that rely upon non-systematic information available and upon the purpose of the inter-acting persons. The personal characteristics of the business person, the individual knowledge, skills and abilities are precisely what makes the difference between good and bad decisions. The acquired habit of weighing the qualitative and quantitative factors involved in the business oriented personal interaction is the cornerstone of the business craft.
Students intending to major in Business Administration will proceed through the normal sequence of the Core Curriculum. The program in Business Administration holds the conviction that students need a broad foundation in the moral dimension of human history, activity, and political life in order to carry out successfully the practice of business. The Core thus serves as the necessary foundation for the major in Business Administration.
Education: B.S., History and German, Marquette University; J.D., Law, Marquette University Law School; LL.M., International and Comparative Law, The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army; LL.M., International and Comparative Law, University of Notre Dame Email: kevin.govern@avemaria.edu
Education: B.A., Political Science & Spanish, Wellesley College; M.B.A., Marketing, Washington University; M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (candidate), Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology Office: Henkels 2030 Email: mary.hunt@avemaria.edu Phone: (239) 304-7128
Education: B.S., Business Administration, Le Moyne College; M.B.A., Business, Le Moyne College; Ph.D., Marketing, State University of New York Email: magdoleen.ierlan@avemaria.edu
Education: B.A., Economics, Wheaton College; M.A., Economics, Washington University; Ph.D., Economics, Washington University Office: Henkels 3067 Email: timothy.iijima@avemaria.edu Phone: (239) 304-7923
Education: B.S., Bacteriology, University of Maine; M.B.A., University of Maine Office: Henkels 2020 Email: john.may@avemaria.edu Phone: (239) 280-1652
Education: B.B.A., International Business, Schiller International University; M.A., Economics, University of South Florida Email: davor.pranjic@avemaria.edu
Education: B.S., Marketing, Florida State University; M.B.A., Business Administration, Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Marketing, University of Oregon Office: Henkels 2046 Email: peter.whalen@avemaria.edu Phone: (239) 280-1694
Typical Order of Required Courses for the Major
INTERNSHIPS: Ave Maria University is fortunate to be connected to a strong, nationally-recognized network of business managers and CEOs who are looking for the skills and the virtues that characterize Ave Maria students. We are very active in developing our students’ career potential, connecting them with suitable internships, and ensuring their success.
CAREERS: Business administration majors are highly employable. The best projections suggest strong growth in both pay and availability of jobs in business. Business majors work as market research analysts, operation research analysts, accountants, financial advisors, business operations managers, marketing or financial managers, event planners, compliance officers, human resources managers, sales managers, insurance agents, loan officers, etc., in every industry and walk of life.
There is strong competition for good positions in business. To be competitive, the best business majors distinguish themselves with academic excellence, a second major in a complementary field, internship experience, excellent personal skills, analytical ability, courage, responsibility, moderation, and judgment.
AFFILIATIONS: The Business Honor Society Sigma Beta Delta has a chapter at Ave Maria University, to which the top twenty percent of juniors and seniors are admitted.
Career Services prides itself on providing students, alumni and employers with the opportunity to connect. No matter where you are in your career search, whether it’s deciding on a path, preparing for your first job interview or working on graduate school or fellowship applications, we can help.
The spiritual life on campus is the beating heart of Ave. Whether it’s attending Mass, receiving the sacraments, participating in retreats or getting spiritual direction, you’ll find the spiritual support you need from the priests and staff of Campus Ministry.
With AMU’s core curriculum, you’ll not only achieve breadth of knowledge, but also depth of knowledge. You’ll encounter the truth about God and His creation more completely through the dynamic interplay of all of the liberal arts, including theology and natural science.
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