Department of Business

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Dr. Amy Evans, Department Head

Department Mission Statement and Goals

The mission of the Department of Business is to provide quality programs to support the College of Professional Studies mission to prepare students to achieve professional and personal goals in the dynamic local and global communities. Specifically, the Department of Business pro- vides the students with six program options: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with options in Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources Management, Management, Marketing, and Finance; Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership with options in Business Studies, Liberal Studies, and Social Studies and Bachelor of Science in Sport Management with options in Sport Business and Fitness Management. The courses are taught using a large array of innovative methods, including regular classes, asynchronous and synchronous online courses, live audio/video courses.

To satisfy the OSRHE computer literacy competency, all majors in the School of Professional Studies will be required to complete one of the following:

• Satisfactorily complete CS 1113 ; or
• Pass the Advanced Standing Computer Proficiency Exam

Exceptions are transfer students with an AA, AS, or bachelor’s degree from an institutionally accredited state institution, as well as students who have completed a high school OSRHE approved Computer Science course. Those students are deemed to have met the computer proficiency in accordance with the OSRHE policy.

Students are advised to satisfy the computer literacy requirement within the first 24 credit hours.

Programs

• Business Administration, Accounting Option, B.S.
• Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Option, B.S.
• Business Administration, Finance Option, B.S.
• Business Administration, Human Resources Management Option, B.S.
• Business Administration, Management Option, B.S.
• Business Administration, Marketing Option, B.S.
• Organizational Leadership, Business Studies Option, B.S.
• Organizational Leadership, Liberal Studies Option, B.S.
• Organizational Leadership, Social Studies Option, B.S.
• Sport Management, Fitness Management Option, B.S.
• Sport Management, Sport Business Option, B.S.

A minor requires completion of at least 18-24 designated credit hours of coursework outside the student’s major field, including a minimum of 9 upper-division credit hours, and may have a required core. The same courses may not be used to fulfill the requirements for both a major and a minor. To complete a minor, a student is required to earn six 3000-4000 level credit hours in that minor at RSU.

• Business Administration, Minor
• Sport Management, Minor

• Accounting for Managers
• Basic Accounting
• Business Analytics
• Human Resources Management
• Law for Managers & Entrepreneurs
• Management & Supervisory Skills
• Non-Profit Organization Administrator
• Organizational Conflict Management
• Personal Finance Management
• Social Media Marketing

• Advanced Accounting
• Advanced Business Analytics
• Advanced Health Care Management
• Advanced Management
• Advanced Sport Management

• Business Administration, Accounting Option, M.B.A.
• Business Administration, Business Analytics Option, M.B.A.
• Business Administration, Health Care Management Option, M.B.A.
• Business Administration, Management Option, M.B.A.
• Business Administration, Sport Management Option, M.B.A.

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