Business Administration

Bachelor and Associate Degree

Preparing for a business career today requires an education that incorporates newly-developed management philosophies, technological awareness, and global thinking. As tomorrow's entrepreneur you will need an understanding of the world around you, developed by studying history, economics, government, philosophy, and the sciences.

Our mission is to provide you with skills necessary to be a leader in business as well as being prepared to enter graduate school.  In the information-rich environment that is today’s business arena, Business Administration students learn in classrooms equipped with the latest teaching-learning presentation technology 

The Business Administration degree provides a broad-based foundation of core courses in accounting, computer information systems, management, marketing, ethics, law and statistics. In the senior year, a seminar course is the capstone of the program.

Our business programs have been rated in the “Top Ten” three of the last four years by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

 Curriculum Information

 MAJOR

 Prerequisites – 18 credits required for AS and BS

 AS & BS require 18 credits

 Management Core – 21 credits required for AS, 33 credits required for BS

 AS requires 3 elective credits in ACC, BUS or CIT --not required for BS degree

Professional Option – 12 credits required for BS

The BS requires completion of one of the following Professional Options: Accounting, Computer Information Technology , Finance, Health Administration, Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Pre-Law, Public Relations/Communications, or Sports Management.

For International Business option see separate curriculum information.

General Education and Core Curriculum* – 30 credits for AS, 62 credits for BS

1. Skills for Exploring – 6 credits for AS & BS

2. Exploring Society and Global Diversity – 6 credits for AS, 12 credits for BS

3. Exploring the Natural World, Mathematics and Technology – 3 credits for AS, 9 credits for BS

4. Exploring the Spiritual World – 6 credits for AS, 9 credits for BS

5. Exploring the Arts and Imagination – 9 credits for BS

General Education Elective – 3 credits in either History, Sociology, Psychology or LLFA 

Internship (6 credits) and/or Open Electives - 14 credits

* Please contact the Office of Admissions at 1-800-DIAL-GMC or e-mail admissions@gmc.edu for specific general education course requirements.

Credit Requirement
A minimum of 63 credits is required for the AS degree.
A minimum of 125 credits is required for the BS degree.

Grade Requirement
The minimum passing grade within the major is C (a grade of C- is not acceptable)

Computer Information Technology Professional Option requires a Minor in CIS (18 credits)

For detailed course descriptions click here.