Tired of Taking Orders? Learn the Skills to Become the Boss
American National University’s Business Administration diploma program is designed to prepare you with knowledge of basic business concepts, skills, and techniques required in today’s ever-changing business environment.
As a skill credential, this certificate program has been created to provide additional training to accompany your existing degree(s) to make you stand out in the workplace. An earned associate’s degree or higher from an accredited institution is required to be enrolled in any skill credential program.
If you do not already possess a degree, look into our Business Administration Accounting associate’s degree and Business Administration Management associate’s degree programs.
Your Learning Experience
American National University’s Business Administration diploma program will expose you to a wide variety of business and management topics, administrative skills, and practical tools that will assist you in dealing with situations within a business-related career. You will also gain:
- A solid foundation in basic principles of a business environment, including concepts, organizational design and structures, accounting, and business math and law.
- An introduction to the most relevant aspects of business management and administration.
- Professional skills in high demand by employers: teamwork, communication, customer service, multitasking, and problem solving.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and commonly used spreadsheets
- The material learned throughout this program can be put to immediate use in your current workplace and can serve as a strong foundation to build on if you decide to switch your career path.
Where could your degree take you?
- Administrative Assistant
- Receptionist
- General Office Worker
- Payroll Clerk
- Retail Sales
- Assistant Office Manager
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DIPLOMA REQUIRED COURSES
48 credit hours required/96 quality points required All courses are 4 credit hours
Program Core (Required) 48 total credit hours required
ACC210 Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors
4 Credit Hours
Designed for the non-accounting major, students examine the accounting cycle, fundamental accounting structures, account maintenance, and financial statement preparation.
BUS101 Introduction to Business
4 Credit Hours
This introductory course in modern business focuses on basic business terms, business concepts, organization structures, and the functions of business.
BUS110 Business Mathematics I
4 Credit Hours
(Prereq. – MAT090 if applicable) Students will learn basic business math concepts, including number systems, fractions, decimals, the metric system, and problem solving.
BUS120 Introduction to Finance
4 Credit Hours
(Prereq. – ACC101, ACC102 for ACCT programs; ACC210 for BUS programs)
This course is designed to provide students an introductory awareness of financial concepts and financial statements.
BUS123 Practical Law
4 Credit Hours
Students taking this course will discuss the United States Constitution as it relates to the business community, commercial paper, negligence, criminal law, bankruptcy, and employment law.
BUS125 Principles of Management
4 Credit Hours
This course focuses on decision-making, strategic planning, organizing, and job organizational design aspects that are essential to the field of management.
BUS130 Introduction to Business Information Systems
4 Credit Hours
The purpose of this course is to introduce information systems and its impact on organizational decision-making. Students examine how to use information systems for process improvement to achieve organizational goals.
BUS225 Business Communications
4 Credit Hours
(Prereq.- ENG090) A comprehensive course in business communication, that includes the study and practice of concepts and skills as they apply to business and professional settings including written communication, business and professional presentations, interpersonal and group dynamics. Special attention is given to learning to communicate effectively in multiple formats as professional in today’s digital, social, and mobile world.
BUS227 Human Resource Management
4 Credit Hours
This course examines the principles of employee selection, job design, performance appraisal, compensation, training and development, safety and health, and labor relations. Upon completion of this course students are eligible to sit for the Associate Professional in Human Resources (aPHR) certification exam through Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI).
COM235 Spreadsheet Applications
4 Credit Hours
(Prereq. – COM151) Students taking this course will learn how to use Microsoft® Access and Microsoft® Excel to prepare databases and spreadsheet applications.
ENG102 English Composition
4 Credit Hours
(Prereq. – ENG090 if applicable) Students taking this course will study and discuss rhetoric, style, and composition, with special emphasis on written communication skills.
ETH205 Ethics
4 Credit Hours
Students taking this course will study ethical thought and ideals, with emphasis on the central assumptions of personal and social morality. Students will also investigate ethics and related problems in industry, civil society, and the typical American community.
For all courses: See course description for applicable prerequisites.
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