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Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Bachelor Degree
University of Idaho
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Instruction Method
Online
Time to Degree
4 years

About the Program

Designed as a certificate-to-degree program, you will complete four skills-based certificates to earn your bachelor’s degree. Each certificate focuses on real world business practices, cases and experiences, and is designed to help you apply lessons from coursework to your career immediately. All classes are eight-weeks and 100% online, giving you the flexibility to complete the coursework around your schedule. Each of the certificates below can each be completed in as little as one year.

Please note that this is a sample four-year degree plan with a fall semester start. Students must meet with an advisor each semester to verify course offerings, program requirements, and degree completion timeline.

Program Requirements

  • Year 1- Semester 1 take the following courses, take 3-16 credits
    3 - 16 credits
    Year 1- Semester 1
    BUS190 - Integ Bus & Value Creation
    3 credits
    MATH143 - College Algebra
    3 credits
    ENGL101 - Writing and Rhetoric I
    3 credits
    COMM101 - Fndmntls Oral Communication
    3 credits
    ECON201 - Principles of Macroeconomics
    3 credits
  • Year 1-Semester 2 complete the following 5 requirements
    3 - 15 credits
    Take the following:
    ECON202 - Principles of Microeconomics
    3 credits
    ENGL102 - Writing and Rhetoric II
    3 credits
    One Scientific Ways of Knowing Course
    One Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course
    One American diversity course
  • Year 2-Semester 1 complete the following 5 requirements
    3 - 15 credits
    Take the following:
    ACCT201 - Intro Financial Acctg
    3 credits
    STAT251 - Statistical Methods
    3 credits
    One Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing course
    One Scientific Ways of Knowing course
    Certificate Courses, Major Elective courses
  • Year 2-Semester 2 complete the following 4 requirements
    3 - 16 credits
    Take the following:
    ACCT202 - Intro Managerial Acctg
    3 credits
    One Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing course
    One International course
    Two Certificate Courses (Major Elective Courses)
  • Year 3 Semester 1 take 3-15 credits, take at least 1 course
    3 - 15 credits
    Take one of the below, three certificate courses (major elective courses), and one elective course
    ENGL207 - Persuasive Writing
    3 credits
    ENGL208 - Personal & Exploratory Writing
    3 credits
    ENGL313 - Business Writing
    3 credits
    ENGL317 - Technical Writing
    3 credits
    PHIL201 - Critical Thinking
    3 credits
  • Year 3, Semester 2 take the following courses, take 3-15 credits
    3 - 15 credits
    Take three certificate courses (major elective courses), and two elective courses.
  • Year 4, Semester 1 take the following courses, take 3-15 credits
    3 - 15 credits
    Take four certificate courses (major elective courses), and one elective course
  • Year 4, Semester 2 take the following courses, take 3-15 credits
    3 - 15 credits
    Take three certificate courses (major elective courses), one elective course, and the course below:
    BUS490 - Strategic Management
    3 credits
Grand Total Credits
120

* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.