Course variations

Course summary

The concentration in business communication is designed to provide students a basic understanding of business fundamentals, plus background knowledge and skills in human message exchange. This exchange can occur in many forms: one-on-one, in groups, across cultures, and electronically. In addition to the general business courses required of all business majors, students who elect to do concentrated study in business communication take four additional communication courses, selected with the guidance of their adviser. These courses can focus on working with people or with electronic media. Those communication courses that emphasize working with people, such as Organizational Communication or Small Group Communication, provide the foundation for effective interaction and discussion. Those courses that focus on electronic media, such as Electronic Media Production or writing and design for the web, provide the basics for working with technology in the workplace and can help prepare students for business-related careers in the electronic media and broadcasting industry.

Program modules

Students will have their courses in Business Core Courses ACCT 210 Introduction to Financial Accounting, ACCT 215 Managerial Accounting, BETH 301 Business Ethics, BUSN 200 Business Learning Through Service, DSCI 310 Operations Management, FINC 321 Financial Management, MGMT 305 Management and organizational Behavior, MKTG 300 Principles of marketing. Plus four credits from the following BLAW 301 Legal Environment of Business, BLAW 302 Business Law for Accounting, BLAW 303 International Business Law.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must have a secondary or higher education from an accredited high school, or the equivalent. The better their secondary higher education school records are, the better the chance that they will secure admission. It is recommended that an applicants high school transcript include four units in English, four units in one foreign language, four units of mathematics (three units required), two units in natural sciences and two units in history or the social sciences. Graduates of accredited high schools are admitted on the basis of their grade point average, academic rank in their graduating class (if applicable), college preparatory course selection, and their scores on one of the following: the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), or the American College Test (ACT). The university’s SAT code number is 6110. The ACT code number is 2102. Students with a Graduate Equivalency Diploma should submit the GED, including scores, in addition to their high school transcript. The minimum acceptable TOEFL score is the iBT total of 80 with subs scores of 20 on speaking and writing. In lieu of the TOEFL test or other English proficiency tests, completion of Level 112 at any ELS Language Centers facility will satisfy the English requirement for admission.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of St Thomas

Department name

Opus College of Business, Department of Management