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The Associate of Arts in Business Administration provides a great introduction to a variety of business topics, preparing students for further studies or for immediate entry-level employment. Students will learn essential skills in accounting, management, and marketing. In addition, coursework emphasizes effective oral and written communication.

Core classes in this online Business Administration degree program give you the preparation necessary to work in nearly any business environment. Studies of management principles will help you to take advantage of opportunities for advancement. Elective coursework allows you to customize your degree, with options available in areas including accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, and management information systems.

With this online bachelor’s degree in Accounting, you will gain valued business and leadership skills while enhancing your Christian faith. Courses emphasize the importance of ethics and personal responsibility in any business situation.

Classes cover topics in budgeting, financial analysis, personal and corporate taxation, and auditing. Learn how to handle challenges and effectively present your ideas to a variety of stakeholders. Graduates will be well prepared for roles managing finances for small businesses, corporate offices, and financial institutions.

Some of the classes you can expect to take in this online Accounting degree include:

• Business Law
• Computerized Accounting
• Cost Management
• Managerial Finance
• Business Ethics

The Bachelor of Arts in Business provides an online option for a foundational business degree that provides you with strong business knowledge. Coursework not only teaches you essential business skills, but hones your abilities in decision making, leadership, problem solving, team building, and more.

Alongside classes in accounting, finance, and marketing, you will also study values and ethics, organizational behavior, and conflict resolution through the lens of your Christian faith. Students learn how to present their ideas and themselves in the best way possible. Graduates will understand the legal, social, and economic factors affecting business today.

Some of the classes included in this online Business degree are:

• Introduction to Statistics
• Strategic Management
• Business Ethics
• Business Law
• Cost Management

Whether you just finished your bachelor’s degree or have been working in the industry for years, step up your game with an MBA in Business Innovation and Marketing. Coursework in this concentration explores innovative marketing strategies and business plans.

This Master of Business Administration degree provides you with an enhanced overall understanding of business topics while allowing you to focus on your interests. You will gain skills in managerial communications, marketing management, and managerial economics. 

This online Marketing degree program discusses topics in:

• Innovation and problem solving
• Marketing research
• Sales management
• Business plan development

The online MBA with a concentration in Management is designed for students who want to advance their careers in Management areas of business. In this Christian program, you will complete a program built upon faith in God and true Christian fellowship that allows students to grow their faith while also growing their careers.

The curriculum of this online business management degree is designed to improve your skills in managing people and organizational systems while helping you become well-versed in teambuilding and employee motivation. In addition, students will complete MBA courses that improve strategic and critical thinking skills while you learn to work with people of all faiths and backgrounds.

Courses in this program include:

• Managerial Communications
• Managing Organizational Dynamics
• Marketing Management
• Leadership & Ethical Management
• Cost Management
• Managerial Economics

An MBA degree coupled with a concentration in Organizational Leadership is an extremely versatile pairing that will prepare you for a wide range of business leadership roles. Students will learn how to analyze systemic organizational problems, find creative solutions, and influence organizational culture.

In this online Organizational Leadership degree, you will study concepts in management, leadership, and psychology. MBA coursework explores leadership theories such as transformational and servant leadership, as well as various motivational theories. You will learn about communications, marketing, and financial planning at the managerial level.

Organizational Leadership students will take classes such as:

• Innovation and problem solving
• Empowering others
• Leading by serving
• Leading change

You can take a new direction within education with the Master of Education in Educational Administration / Adult & Higher Education from USF. This online higher education master’s program offers a path out of the classroom into administration. Graduates find success in such contexts as:

• Adult learning organizations
• Higher education institutions
• Business and industry

Through the online higher education graduate program, you develop a broad knowledge of postsecondary education from developmental, historical, social, and philosophical perspectives. As a Christian university, the online educational administration master’s program provides ethics, depth, and Christian compassion to the curriculum.

You can learn to improve student reading achievement with the Master of Education in Reading from USF. This online reading and literacy master’s program can be a foundation for your next degree, such as an Ed.S./Principal.

Working online with a community of learners, you learn research skills and will submit research for publication. Other topics of study include:

• How to teach oral language
• Phonemic awareness
• Phonics
• Fluency

You can advance your academic career with the online Master of Education in Technology & Personalized Learning from USF. This online instructional design master’s program can be a big step in professional development, resulting in new opportunities in leadership.

Most students of this online instructional design graduate program begin in the summer. Topics of study include:

• The evolving roles of teachers and learners
• Digital communication and collaboration 
• Teaching and learning with technology
• Instructional approaches to personalized learning

USF offers a BA in Health Administration to prepare you for leadership roles in healthcare. With the university’s Christian foundation, you can have the reputation of a Christian university behind you. 

This online healthcare administration degree provides instruction on innovations in science and technology, human demand, governmental and social policy, as well as economic forces. Your service-focused business faculty act as mentors with their expertise.

Enrollment periods occur roughly every eight weeks. Outcomes of the healthcare administration program include the abilities to:

• Present effective oral and written professional communications
• Demonstrate competency through critical, creative, and integrative thinking
• Evaluate the social, economic, and legal environments of business
• Identify ethical obligations and issues of business through faith-based frameworks

This online MBA offers an optional concentration in Healthcare. The program combines an MBA mindset with the student’s experience and talent in healthcare to help you meet their goals. The curriculum prepares students to be leaders and to serve their communities with the experience, education, and values gained in the program. 

In addition to courses in MBA topics and Healthcare, students will join a true Christian fellowship that also helps them interact with people of all faiths and backgrounds. 

Courses in this online healthcare administration degree include:

• Health Care Systems
• Legal & Regulatory Issues in Healthcare
• Management Elective
• Health Care Colloquium