How can you benefit from an online business management degree?

Earning a bachelor’s degree can have a significant impact on the job and salary opportunities available to you. According to the Pew Research Center, the annual earnings for college degree holders are, on average, $17,500 greater than for those with only high school diplomas — a gap that is only expected to increase. More and more, entry-level positions require a bachelor’s degree to even be considered for hire. The online Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree from Point Park University offers a broad-based education in business fundamentals, preparing you for a number of potential careers. With an online business management degree, you can design your own successful and lucrative future.

Curriculum Overview

The fully online bachelor’s degree in business management offers a diverse curriculum developed by professionals for professionals, with an emphasis on applicable skills for your career. Instructors bring years of experience and real-world expertise, so you can start making a difference from your first day on the job. The online bachelor’s degree in business management features a flexible, fully online format, as well as support from application to graduation.

Transform Your Experience into College Credit

Point Park University is proud to introduce a new Prior Learning Assessment and Advanced Standing/Experiential Learning Credit opportunities. Students can transfer credits from qualifying experiences including other college institutions, College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST exams) or UEXCEL exams, Advanced Placement (AP) credit and experiential learning assessment portfolio submissions. Experiential learning credits are not considered current coursework for financial aid and they do not fulfill any of the minimum 30 credits that must be completed at Point Park University to graduate. In addition, experiential learning credits through portfolio submissions are capped at 18 credits.

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  • Next Start Date: January 9, 2022

Est. Program Length: 2 – 4 Years
Credit Hours: 121
Course Length: 8 Weeks
Cost Per Credit: $520
Transfer Credits Accepted: Up to 90

  • Est. Program Length: 2 – 4 Years

  • Credit Hours: 121

  • Course Length: 8 Weeks

  • Cost Per Credit: $520

  • Transfer Credits Accepted: Up to 90

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Available Concentrations

Entrepreneurship Concentration

For those interested in starting their own business, the entrepreneurship concentration provides needed skills for this rewarding and challenging venture. Courses focus on foundational business topics seen through an entrepreneurial lens. Upon completion, you’ll be better prepared to be an effective entrepreneur in today’s competitive business landscape.

Management Concentration

Interested in pursuing leadership roles in the workplace? The management concentration offers students the skills needed to become a dynamic and impactful leader. With courses in labor relations, operational management and marketing management, you’ll have the skills that today’s employers are looking for.

Course Offerings

Admission Requirements

Course Description
This course introduces students to the different kinds of communities that people construct for themselves (e.g. social, political, artistic, etc.) and the values and dynamics that define such communities (e.g. cooperation, civility, tolerance, responsibility, etc.). The notion of what it means to be a responsible member of the community will actively be explored and discussed by engagement and analysis of multiple communities: the classroom community, the Point Park University community, and the Pittsburgh community. Students will also examine the responsibilities they have to their personal academic development.

Course Description
This course included communication theory as well as speech preparation, delivery, and communication technology. Student learning focuses on researching, composing, and delivering formal and impromptu speeches and presentations. Topics include research, analyzing and adapting audiences, message construction, outlining, delivery of messages and effective use of visual aids and technology. This course will develop each student’s ability to communicate effectively with respect to audience and purpose. The major emphasis is on the preparation and delivery of presentations ranging from one-on-one pitches and small group discussion to large audience speeches.

Course Description
Students will write argument-based assignments leading to an independently researched project based on academic and professional goals. Students will be required to 1.) find and integrate a variety of sources, 2.) read and analyze these sources, 3.) develop strong thesis statements that reflect perspectives on topics or issues, and 4.) construct persuasive arguments that engage with the viewpoints of experts and commentators. As the term progresses, students will have the opportunity to re-think or revise the ideas and perspectives they explored in earlier writing assignments by engaging with peer feedback and revising earlier drafts. Placement recommendations will require students to take ENGL 101 as a three credit course OR in conjunction with an additional credit of lab or studio instruction. Students who earn F or NP grades in ENGL 101 will be required to re-take the course in conjunction with a one-credit Writing Studio course.

Course Description
This college level algebra course includes the study of linear, polynomial, rational, radical, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions and their graphs. Other topics include inequalities, factoring, systems of equations, complex numbers, and applications. Students enrolling in this course should have a background in college preparatory algebra, including high school Algebra I and Algebra II or equivalent.

Course Description:

A course on how Information Technology impacts organizations and how to use Information Technology to solve problems. Topics include: main concepts of Information Technology at a general level, online collaboration tools, application software, and information literacy as applied to searching and using the Internet. In addition, students will become proficient at an intermediate level in using application software. The student will learn each of the four software applications (Spreadsheet, Database, Word Processing and Presentation) and be able to apply them successfully to problem-solving scenarios.

Course Description:

A philosophical investigation of the main concepts and theories of ethics, with applications to fundamental moral questions as they arise in different areas of business. The following issues may be used as illustrations: affirmative action, investment in unethical companies or countries, product safety, whistle blowing and advertising.

Choose ECON 201 and one of the following courses:

  • ECON 201 – Principles of Macroeconomics (*Required by Department Major)
  • GCS 175 – Intro to Global Cultural Studies
  • HIST 201 – Western Civilization I
  • HIST 202 – Western Civilization II
  • PADM 210/POLS 204 – Public Administration
  • POLS 205 – World Geography
  • POLS 250 – Intro to Study of Gov’t Systems
  • PHIL 215 – World Religions

Choose one of the following courses:

  • NSET 110 – Intro to Natural Sciences I
  • NSET 111 – Intro to Natural Sciences II

Choose one of the following courses:

  • ENGL 250 – World Lit: Drama, Poetry, Epic
  • ENGL 251 – World Lit: Novels

Choose PSYC 150 and one of the following courses:

  • PSYC 150 – Psychological Foundations (*Required by Department Major)
  • PSYC 214 – Psychology of Emotion
  • SOC 150 – Sociological Foundations

Choose one of the following courses:

  • ART 100 – Intro to Visual Arts
  • COMM 290 – Seminar in Media Studies
  • COPA 250 – Exploring the Arts

Course Description:

This capstone class requires students to interpret knowledge gained throughout their coursework in the University core and major program in order to conceptualize a business model (mission/vision/values), analyze a company’s business model, and create a business operations plan for a theoretical organization. An e-Portfolio will be utilized for assessment purposes. Prerequisites: ACCT, BMGT, or ECON/FIN Major. 90 or more credit hours. ACCT 101 & 102; BMGT 201, 202, 300; ECON 201, 202; and any 1 course in the student’s concentration area.

Course Description
Data analysis and charts, rules of probability, conditional probability, distributions, random variables, sampling, confidence interval estimates, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation. Students enrolling in this course should have a background in college preparatory algebra, including high school Algebra I and Algebra II or equivalent.

Course Description
The basic principles and procedures for gathering, recording, summarizing and interpreting accounting data.

Course Description
Use of accounting information for management planning and control and the interpretation of accounting data as a management tool. Prerequisite: ACCT 102.

Course Description
An introduction to the law in general and a survey of the law as it relates to business transactions including the law of contracts, agency and employment, personal property, bailments, real property, wills, descendants’ estates, trusts and international law. Prerequisite: BMGT 101.

Course Description
Study of functions, institutions, marketing structure tools, career opportunities and the preparation of a complete marketing campaign for a job.

Course Description
Selection procedures, training techniques, wage and salary administration, fringe benefits, grievance procedures and disciplinary action. Prerequisites: BMGT 101; PSYC 150.

Course Description
This Pass/Fail course will prepare each student for their formal review by a board to determine each student’s ability to enroll in the Cooperative Education program in the School of Business. Emphasis will be placed on resume and cover letter writing, mock interviews, electronic portfolio, and various other methods to adequately prepare students for possible Cooperative Educational opportunities. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Course Description
The problems associated with the effective management of capital. Includes the development of corporations, legal aspects, securities market, and financial planning and development. Prerequisites: BMGT 101; ACCT 102; MATH 175.

Course Description
Students will study concepts of operations management. Students will learn to use statistical techniques and quantitative analysis to apply to business type problems. Topics will include: Project management (PERT), use of formulas/mathematical equations/probability to make business decisions, models such as linear programming, forecasting, and basic inventory models.

Course Description
Examines the role of individual and group behavior within work organizations. Review the traditional theories of management. Topics will include motivation, leadership, group behavior, organizational structure, conflict management, and resistance to change.

Course Description
The course focuses on the computerized and Web-based systems used in business. Topics covered will includeknowledge management, customer relationship management, enterprise resource management, and supply chain management.

Course Description
An introduction to the pricing and allocation mechanism of the classical market economy.

Course Description
A survey of business and management using descriptive and analytical techniques including the study of human relations, delegation of authority and managerial communications.

And Choose 5:

Course Description
A survey of the law as it relates to business transactions including the law of sales, the Uniform Commercial Code, consumer law, commercial papers, partnerships, corporations, antitrust, labor, environmental, secured transactions, bankruptcy, insurance and administrative law. Prerequisite: BMGT 201.

Course Description
Emphasis on the major theories and functions of management. Students develop an understanding of why management is needed in all organizations and what constitutes good management.

Course Description
The objectives, methods and forms of business communications; business research and the classification and presentation of findings. Prerequisites: ENGL 101.

Course Description
Life is coming and so are its financial responsibilities. Now is the time to become more financially literate. This course will provide students an engaging and approachable framework for developing greater financial literary and creating financial plans as students move out of their college experience and into the real-world. Topics such as student loan consolidation, balancing consumer needs and savings, creating financial budgets and plans, maintaining a healthy credit standing, and developing long-term financial horizons will be few of the areas covered through the use of readily available PC and mobile applications. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above.

Course Description
An introduction to spreadsheet, database management and communication software. A thorough understanding is achieved through laboratory assignments.

Course Description
This course provides information and analysis of e-commerce. Course topics include – e-commerce business models, e-commerce infrastructure, implementing an e-commerce website, e-commerce security and payment systems, e-commerce marketing concepts, ethical, social and political e-commerce issues, social networks, and how highly portable, place-aware, always-with-you personal devices are expanding the e-commerce environment.

Electives provide students with the opportunity to study content areas that meet personal, professional, or vocational interests.

Course Description
The history and evolution of American labor and labor unions including industrial relations problems. Prerequisite: BMGT 207.

Course Description
An analysis of securities and principles governing the management of investment assets including risk management pertinent to insurance and real estate. Prerequisites: BMGT 300, ACCT 210

Course Description
Planning and coordinating a dynamic and aggressive marketing campaign and synthesizing the tools of marketing. Prerequisites: BMGT 205; Senior Standing.

(3) additional electives from ACCT, BMGT, CMPS, ECON, PADM or other approved courses

Course Description
The course involves an introduction to the discipline of entrepreneurship and a study of the essential steps in starting and operating a smaller business.

Course Description
A study of those legal and regulatory issues that entrepreneurs face in starting and operating a new small business. The focus of the course will be on training entrepreneurs to recognize those legal issues in the new enterprise before they become significant legal problems

Course Description
An extension of the study of entrepreneurship by applying many of the basic principles of entrepreneurship in an advanced setting. This would include a detailed analysis and preparation of a business plan for a new enterprise. The course would also involve case studies showing how various enterprises have met and solved some of the unique challenges facing those types of businesses. Prerequisite: BMGT 332.

(3) additional electives from ACCT, BMGT, CMPS, ECON, PADM or other approved courses

Career Outcomes

Business analysts are responsible for helping companies and organizations run more efficiently by examining financial data. They often consult with upper management, coordinate financial projects, analyze budgets and cash flow projections, and provide solutions to the problems they find. Business analysts may work in finance, banking, information technology or other relevant fields.

Sales consultants work to find customers for their company’s products or services. They often travel for their jobs to meet clients, recommend and describe products, and demonstrate the care and use of the items they sell. Sales consultants must possess excellent interpersonal skills, with emphasized talent in listening and empathy.

Account managers are sales professionals charged with handling relationships with clients of their companies. They are responsible for onboarding clients and ensuring customer satisfaction, developing business opportunities, staying up to date on industry trends, promoting company offerings and more. Account managers must possess strong interpersonal skills and be effective in public speaking.

Human resources managers oversee administrative functions as they relate to employees within a company or organization. This may include deciding how to best use workforce talents, organizing benefits programs, consulting with managers on human resources issues, overseeing the hiring process and serving as a link between higher management and support staff. Human resources managers may focus specifically on areas such as work in union settings, payroll departments or recruitment.

Financial analysts are responsible for helping businesses and individual investors make sound investment decisions. They may provide portfolio recommendations, determine the value of financial statements, evaluate financial data, prepare reports and perform other tasks to help clients earn profit. Financial analysts often work in banks, insurance companies, securities firms, and pension and mutual funds.

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Point Park University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and complies with all regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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