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Business Administration
The Business Administration Major permits students to freely fashion their study to meet their professional and personal needs. The curriculum contains sufficient flexibility to meet most needs and expectations of the students, both those who intend to go on to graduate school and those who see immediate entrance into the profession.
Students who major in business administration choose to focus on a specific area of business. The business administration major allows students to choose a specialization sequence in areas such as management, marketing, health care management, sport management or management information systems.
Specialization Options
- Management
- Marketing
- Management Information Systems
- Pre-DPT Health Care Management
- Pre-DPT Sport Management
- General business
- Select specialization
IACBE
Accredited
Diverse Program Options
The accounting minor provides a strong analytical base for almost any major. With the increased concentration in accounting computerized systems, computer science majors will find this minor attractive.
The minor in applied economics will provide the student with a foundation of methods for analyzing the markets, institutions and actors that drive the economy. This foundation includes developing expertise in quantitative methods, ethics, and institutional or historical analysis. The minor is open to all majors that are not administered by the Business program.
The minor in forensic accounting provides the student with a foundation in the methods employed by accountants, auditors, and managers in preventing and detecting fraud and deception in business entities, not-for-profit organizations, and governmental agencies. This minor is open to all majors.
This minor is intended for those outside of the business major who have an interest in healthcare management. The minor is 18 credits.
In today’s electronic world, a background in information technology is a highly marketable asset. The minor in information security may enhance a major in any other field, depending on the student’s interests and career objectives.
The minor in management information systems provides the individual with a foundation in information systems that complements many varied disciplines and opens the door to information technology career opportunities.
An understanding of management styles and techniques can benefit anyone who will be involved in organizational life. Opportunities and advancement in one’s chosen field often will be enhanced by documented study of the skills required for success. This minor is well suited to individuals in any area of endeavor.
An understanding of marketing can benefit any individual who will be involved in promotion for private, public, profit, or not-for-profit organizations. Opportunities in the field of marketing are broadening every year, and this minor is well suited to students in any area of interest.
Related Minor Options
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- Accounting
- Applied Economics
- Forensic Accounting
- Healthcare Management
- Information Security
- Management Information Systems
- Management
- Marketing
ARCH Accelerated Degree Program
ARCH Accelerated Degree Program
You can earn your Bachelor of Science in as little as 2 1/2 years by attending classes part-time. The convenient and predictable schedule allows you take classes either once a week or online up to 12 credits per semester. Courses are offered face-to-face in 5-week sessions at Luzerne County Community College on the Nanticoke Campus, or online in 7 1/2 week sessions.
Career Focused
Hands-On Experience
Student Opportunities
Explore Your Future
It Starts At The Arch
Jayme DeMedio
Jayme DeMedio
My experience at Misericordia University has undeniably been the best four years of my life! Being able to be a student of the college of business and having the opportunity to major in business administration has given me opportunities that other higher education institutions would not have provided.
Matthew Collins
Matthew Collins
I think the Business department is truly special here at Misericordia. You are more than just a number. The professors care not only about your success in the classroom, but also in your professional career. They bring their prior career experiences into the classroom to better prepare you for your career after school.
Antonio Whyte
Antonio Whyte
As a Business major at Misericordia, you have chances to do service work, business simulation exercises, and critical thinking scenarios everyday that elevate your ability to become the most well rounded business major you can be by the time you walk out of Misericordia four years later.
Program Information
MBA 5th Year Program
MBA 5th Year Program
Why wait to begin the MBA program when you can get started as an undergraduate student?
Who’s eligible?
Accounting majors
Business Administration majors
Health Care Management majors
Sport Management majors
Find out more by emailing Karen Cefalo at
The BS/MBA 5-Year program is for eligible rising Misericordia University seniors within a business-related major or seeking a bachelor of science degree in a major which affords the ability to take all MBA pre-requisite courses and contains adequate free elective space. Accepted students will take up to 12 MBA credits* within their senior year to also serve as the fulfillment of required undergraduate free elective credits within their current program.
*Students pursuing the Accounting Specialization will take a maximum of 6 credits.
Student Testimonial
Antonio Whyte
The 4+1 program is a great opportunity to challenge yourself during the end of your undergraduate journey and get a third of your MBA completed at rates that save you money.
For questions regarding the Business Administration major, contact Dr. Zhen Ma, Business Department Chair, at zma@misericordia.edu or 570-674-6158.