BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN ROME
The Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration is distinguished by its international emphasis. In keeping with the tradition of American business education, the program provides students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds with a challenging business curriculum in the context of a dynamic learning environment.
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration at John Cabot University are required to take business-related courses that balance theory with practice, in addition to courses from other disciplines, such as economics, finance, law, or even mathematics aimed at promoting critical thinking in future business leaders. Small class sizes permit most of the upper-level courses to focus on active learning through class discussion and teamwork and allow for an excellent interaction between students and professors with a careful attention to an individual student’s needs. All courses emphasize the importance of clear and accurate communication, both written and oral, and require projects, reports, and/or formal presentations. Professors regularly invite renowned guest speakers from the world of business to talk to their students.
The final course of the business program is a capstone course in Strategic Management. This course is taken by students in their senior year to integrate the principles, concepts, and techniques developed in earlier core courses. In this course, they test their understanding of business theory and practice by analyzing an underperforming company and proposing a new strategy to bring the company back to health. Strategic Management makes extensive use of the case-study method of teaching.
We offer numerous merit-based Presidential Scholarships and need-based Assistance Grants.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE:
A. The Proficiency and General Distribution Requirements of the University.
B. Core Curriculum
- BUS 220 Business Communications
- EC 201 Principles of Microeconomics
- EC 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ACCT 201 Financial Accounting
- ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting
- FIN 301 Finance
- LAW 219 Legal Environment of Business
- MGT 301 Principles of Management
- MGT 310 Organizational Behavior
- MGT 330 Operations Management
- MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
- MGT 498 Strategic Management
C. Major Electives
Four additional courses from the following: upper division courses with the prefixes BUS, EC, FIN, LAW, MGT, MKT, MA209 Statistics II, MA299 Calculus II.
Approved substitutes include:
- MA 491 Linear Algebra
- MA 492 Mathematical Statistics
- MA 493 Stochastic Calculus for Finance
- MA 495 Differential Equations
D. General Electives sufficient to give a total of 120 credits.