Business Major (B.A.)

The bachelor of arts in business has a strong interdisciplinary focus. The curriculum adheres to a philosophy that effective decision making requires a broad understanding of the institutional and cultural climate within which businesses are operating. The program uses the resources of Manchester's business community and its economic strengths to provide students with skills, knowledge, and opportunities.

The business program offers areas of focus in business economics, management (including human resources), and marketing/sales. Students with a unique interest can create a self-designed concentration with approval of their advisor and the coordinator of the business program.

The culminating capstone experience enables students to apply their knowledge in the form of an internship or applied senior project. Because this is a bachelor of arts program, students fulfill the foreign language requirement. Students have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge through community experiences and internships. Graduates of UNH Manchester's business program are in demand because they offer future employers a portfolio of practical skills and theoretical knowledge, coupled with applied experiences through internships, leading to effective communication and leadership.

For more information, contact Yvette Lazdowski, program coordinator or the Office of Admissions, (603) 641-4150.

This degree plan is a sample and does not reflect the impact of transfer credit or current course offerings. UNH Manchester undergraduate students will develop individual academic plans with their professional advisor during the first year at UNH.

Sample Course Sequence

Degree Requirements

All Major, Option and Elective Requirements as indicated.
*Major GPA requirements as indicated.

Major Requirements

Students must complete 128 credits to graduate. Each required course must be completed with a minimum grade of C-. Students must attain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in major courses required for graduation. Majors cannot use BUS 430, ECN 411, or ECN 412 to satisfy both Discovery Program and major requirements. Transfer students must complete at least half of their credits in the major and the 8-credit capstone experience (BUS 705 and either BUS 750 or BUS 760) in residence at UNH Manchester.

Areas of Study

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Experiential learning is required prior to the last semester at the University. BUS 690 Business Program Internship as an internship course satisfies this requirement. Most students will take two internships at UNH Manchester - (BUS 690 Business Program Internship and BUS 750 Business Capstone Senior Seminar - Internship.)

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Business Capstone Experience (two courses: BUS 705 Business Ethics and one senior business seminar [BUS 750 Business Capstone Senior Seminar - Internship or BUS 760 BUS SR SEM - Research Project], fulfills the Discovery Program capstone requirement for business majors and is taken during the senior year).

Note: Because this is a bachelor of arts program, students must fulfill a language requirement. Efforts will be made to enhance fluency through subsequent courses and community experiences.

At the conclusion of the Business program, students should be able to demonstrate:

• Breadth and depth of knowledge about business and economic concepts, theories and methodologies, especially in the sub-field concentrations of: accounting/finance (full option), management/organizational behavior/ human relations, marketing/sales, and business economics, and how these varying fields are inter-related and complementary.
• Ability to analyze the effects of economic, social and political forces on changing local, national and global business by employing a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach rooted in the social sciences and ethics.
• Ability to apply business and economic social science research to real-world, case based, situations in order to craft workable solutions that will yield to increased success and profit.
• Information literacy (ability to find, retrieve and analyze information) in the fields of business, economics, accounting/finance, marketing through use of proven and reliable private and public sector resources, including: articles, studies and research reports using UNH library resources such as ebscohost.
• Ability to lead discussion groups and project teams to effective conclusions – written and oral, delivered in or out of the classroom.
• Adeptness at multiple kinds of qualitative and quantitative analysis of data, particularly data found in, but not limited to, private and public sector reports.
• Effective writing skills in all types of business and professional writing: memoranda, case studies, analytical and project reports.
• Essential grasp of cogent presentation methods and techniques in the classroom, in front of visitors and peers.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and an appreciation for the diversity of human experience and perspectives.
• An understanding of the importance of engaged citizenship in building healthy communities at every level (local, national and global).
• Display professionalism in the workplace, in both service learning and internship contexts.