BA in Business Management

The BA in Business Management degree requirements are listed below. Students can transfer up to 90 semester credits from a previous college or university. Of those, up to 80 semester credits can be lower division, or 100- and 200-level courses.

• 120 semester credits to graduate.
• 36 credits in Business Management Major
  • Minimum 18 upper-division credits Antioch coursework
    • 9 credits Major Core Coursework:
      • Economics (3 cr)
      • Ethics (3 cr)
      • Leadership (3 cr)
    • 6 credits business management electives
    • 3 credits capstone
  • Remaining credits of business management electives
• 30 minimum credits earned at Antioch (residency requirement).
• 40 or more upper-division credits 
• Successful completion of our gateway course, Transformative Education, during the first term of enrollment.
• 36 credits of General Education courses
  • 24 credits in the following domains, with a minimum of 3 credits in each: Art, Communications, Humanities, Quantitative Reasoning, Science,and Social Science. (Can be transferred in)
  • 12 credits of Antioch core (must be earned at Antioch)

The length of time it will take a student to complete a degree depends upon (1) the number of credits transferred into the program and (2) the number of credit hours taken each term. By applying credit from previous undergraduate work, you can finish this program in less than two years.

Courses available in the Business Management degree include a variety of offerings related to business finance, nonprofit management, community engagement, and global economics. The three focus areas of leadership, ethics, and economics frame the curriculum while infusing every course with social justice priorities. All of the classes taught through Antioch consider diverse perspectives and prepare students to engage in critical thinking about their field and their position within it. 

As a graduate of Antioch’s business management degree completion program, you will exhibit the wide range of professional competencies for skillful management, including

• Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills
• An understanding of multicultural diversity in the business environment
• The ability to develop strategies to cope with rapid change
• An awareness of the need for ethics and values at the core of business management
• An awareness of the social, political, and economic issues that affect the future of business management
• Competence in traditional management areas of accounting, finance, marketing, economic, and production

Our program builds on your experience, teaching immediately-applicable skills for a wide variety of business functions, including

• Marketing
• Human resources
• General management
• Project management
• Nonprofit management and fundraising

Possible careers include:

• Human Resources Specialist
• Human Resources Manager
• Production Manager
• Operations Manager
• Sales Manager
• Project Manager
• Public Relations Specialist
• Marketing Manager
• Marketing Specialist

Take advantage of a program that focuses on the high growth field of project management. The demand for project management professionals is expected to grow more than 12 percent between 2010 and 2020 (resulting in almost 6.2 million jobs)1 as organizations increasingly turn to project-based processes to manage operations. Expertise in this area will not just be valuable, but essential in the coming years.

In today’s economy, with its demand for educated workers with college and advanced degrees, many of our undergraduate students enter our program on an express train headed for graduate study and credentialing that will quickly equip them to compete successfully in the career of their choice. This is especially true for our large number of adult students who are looking to become therapists and counselors in their communities. 

To help our students economize on the time and money they spend completing their education, Undergraduate Studies collaborates with our graduate programs to offer pathway options that allow qualified undergraduate students to earn significant advanced standing in several of our master’s programs. Undergraduate students can apply to an Antioch graduate program while working on the BA degree and, if accepted, complete their remaining bachelor’s degree credits by taking first-term graduate courses.Credits earned during this “pathway” apply toward both the student’s bachelor’s and master’s degrees, saving significant time and money in the process.

Prior to applying for the graduate program, undergraduate students must consult with their Academic Advisors to determine their eligibility to become a Pathway candidate and gain approval from the Undergraduate Studies Chair. Business Management students might be particularly interested in the following pathways:

• MBA
• Individualized MA in Social Sciences

Note that with permission of the chair, an undergraduate may be able to take a course in one of these graduate programs before applying. Information about these and other pathways can be found on our Pathways site.