The Business Management Degree

Potomac College’s Bachelor Degree program in Business Management provides college students with the solid, theoretical foundation that is required to successfully accomplish the standard career objectives of an organization or company.

Our business management degree students are given in-depth and comprehensive class that teaches them how to effectively manage a company’s scarce resources - capital, human, and physical.

Potomac has two school locations, one in northern Virginia and one in Washington, D.C., You can also earn your business management degree online. Potomac College’s Bachelor degree in Business Management focuses on utilizing information as a resource for a company or organization. It also emphasizes the manager's important role in collecting, analyzing, recording and presenting the necessary market data during the corporate decision making process. Business management students are prepared to manage and succeed in a variety of industries such as healthcare, hospitality, telecommunications, finance, government, education or the nonprofit sector.

General Management

Our school’s business management degree specialization education courses are designed to provide students with a broad, comprehensive and detailed background of managerial techniques and processes that are applicable to virtually any type of organization. Through the combination of theory courses and appropriately selected application classes, students may tailor this degree specialization to their personal career needs.

Business Management Degree Program Information

Program Length - Potomac College students can earn a bachelor's degree within 4 years.

On-Time Graduation Rate - 100% of our students who graduated from this program between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, did so within 6 years.

Median Loan Debt - For all students completing this program between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, the median cumulative loan debts for each of the following are:

• Federal student loans: $31,161
• Private loans: $0
• Institutional finance plans: $0
  
  Note: This preliminary median loan data is pending confirmation from the U.S. Department of Education. It reflects total debt, including costs of living, while the median loan amount prescribed under the Department’s gainful employment regulations excludes such costs of living.

Business Management Program Costs - Cost information for Potomac College programs is available at http://www.potomac.edu/financial-aid/tuition. The tuition and fees for the entire program, at current full-time tuition rates, are $63,400. The total estimated cost for books and supplies for the entire program is $5,000.

For information on jobs related to this program, as well as the U.S. Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Codes, please click on the links below to the O*NET website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Business Management Program Mission

The mission of the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management is to provide students with the foundation of managerial techniques, processes and experiential management skills for success in managerial positions in public and private companies and in non-profit organizations.

Business Management Program Learning Goals

Graduates with the Business Management Degree are able to:

• Evaluate ethical issues affecting management functions and their implications in organizational decision making.
• Work in teams, use critical thinking to analyze and solve problems and effectively communicate to various stakeholders in any organization.
• Demonstrate the use of effective written and oral business communication skills.
• Demonstrate synthesis of managerial concepts, principles and theories by developing solutions to complex managerial and leadership problems.
• Apply technology to analyze problems, develop business analysis and recommend management decisions and actionable strategies.

Project Management
The upper division courses listed below prepare students for the examination leading to certification as a
Certified Federal Contracts Manager:
ACCT 307 Cost Accounting
MGMT 326 Principles of Federal Acquisition (FAR and DAR)
MGMT 330 Purchasing and Material Management
MGMT 350 Contract Administration
MGMT 424 Negotiations Management

Prerequisites for Major Courses
Successful completion of general education and lower division core course requirements

Program Outline
To receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Management, students must earn 120 semester credit hours.
Unless noted otherwise, all courses carry three semester credits hours. Program requirements are as follows:

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 Credits)
General Education Requirements 18 Credits
COMP 125 The Digital World
ENGL 101 English Composition I
ENGL 102 English Composition II
GNED 112 Student Success Strategies
MATH 106 College Mathematics
MATH 110 College Algebra
Lower Division Core Courses 42 Credits
ACCT 101 Financial Accounting
BUS 110 Foundations of Business
BUS 120 Business Law
BUS 202 Critical Thinking and Decision Making
BUS 225 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
BUS 240 Business Ethics – Legal and Societal
ECON 201 Principles of Economics
FIN 120 Fundamentals of Finance
MGMT 210 Introduction to Project Management
MGMT 230 Organizational Behavior
MGMT 235 International Business Management
MGMT 250 Introduction to Business Analysis
MGMT 280 Introduction to Business Consulting
MRKT 110 Principles of Marketing
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 Credits)
General Education Requirements 12 Credits
ENGL 395 Research and Report Writing
MATH 323 Research and Statistical Analysis
PSYC 201 Principles of Psychology
SCIE 312 Environmental Science and Sustainability
Upper Division Core Courses 30 Credits
MCAP 303 Organization and Technology of Information Systems
MGMT 303 International Business Management
MGMT 305 Organizational Communications
MGMT 360 Leadership
MGMT 411 Total Quality Management
MGMT 417 Human Resource Management
MGMT 427 Operations Management
MGMT 424 Negotiations Management
MGMT 435 Strategic Management and Planning
MRKT 319 Principles of Marketing and Advertising
Electives Any 18 credits or one of the concentrations below 18 Credits
Accounting Concentration
ACCT 306 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 307 Cost Accounting
ACCT 308 Assurance and Audit Services
ACCT 312 Risk Analysis
ACCT 402 Corporate Taxation
ACCT 450 Advanced Financial and Tax Accounting
International Business Concentration
BUS 310 Export/Import Marketing
MGMT 311 Supply Chain Management
MGMT 420 International Banking and Finance
MGMT 424 Negotiations Management
MGMT 440 International Organizational Development Strategies
MRKT 450 New Product Development (US and Global)
Information Management Concentration
CBSC 301 Introduction to Digital Forensics
CBSC 305 Introduction to Cybercrime and Homeland Security
CBSC 320 Information Security
MICS 341 Systems Analysis and Design
MICS 455 Computer Networking and Telecommunications
MICS 461 Database Management Theory
Government Contact Management Concentration
MGMT 308 Government Contract Law
MGMT 326 Principles of Federal Acquisition (FAR and DAR)
MGMT 330 Purchasing and Material Management
MGMT 332 Cost and Price Analysis
MGMT 350 Contract Administration
MGMT 424 Negotiations Management
Healthcare Management
HLTH 303 Information Systems for Health Systems
HLTH 401 Societal Health and Policy Issues
HLTH 403 Global Health Administration
HLTH 405 Healthcare Financial Management
MGMT 411 Total Quality Management
MRKT 427 Marketing Management
Sales and Marketing Concentration
MRKT 350 Salesmanship
MRKT 424 International Marketing
MRKT 425 Consumer Behavior
MRKT 427 Marketing Management
MRKT 450 New Product Development (US and Global)
MRKT 490 Marketing and Social Media
TOTAL CREDITS 120 CREDITS