Bachelor of Business Administration

Our 45-credit-hour Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in marketing program provides the knowledge and skills to plan, develop, deliver, and manage marketing strategies for a variety of businesses and organizations. The BBA core focuses on knowledge and skills in management, leadership, finance, accounting, marketing, technology, economics, and project planning.

What We Need From You

All applicants: Completed application form

Applicants with fewer than 12 hours of transferable college credit: Official high school transcript or state-approved high school equivalency test is required. The high school GPA must be at least 2.3. The minimum score required for admission using an official state-approved high school equivalency test is based on the scoring standards in place at the time of testing.

Applicants with fewer than 12 transferrable college credits who were home-schooled:

• A transcript or portfolio of their home-schooled experience
• Transcripts of any completed high school work
• An original ACT score report from Educational Testing Service with a composite score of 21 (or SAT score of 510)

Applicants with credit from other institutions: Official transcripts from all regionally accredited institutions of higher education previously attended with a combined GPA of at least 2.0 is required. NOTE: Course work attempted or completed at any postsecondary institution not disclosed at the time of application cannot later be submitted for potential transfer-in credit.

International applicants whose native language is not English:

• A minimum TOEFL test score of 600 on the paper-based test, score of 250 on the computer-based test, or score of 100 on the internet-based test for international applicants, or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5
• Additional requirements will apply

Required to enter the upper-level bachelors courses: A minimum of 48 hours of transferable credit including 3 credit hours of college-level English composition or equivalent course with a grade of C or better. Students admitted with fewer than 48 credit hours will begin with BK 110 and EN 102 and continue in the lower-level bachelors courses. Students admitted with 48 hours or more will begin with BK 110 and BU 305 and continue in the upper-level bachelors courses.

Enrollment Eligibility

Applicants who do not meet these minimum requirements will be considered for conditional or provisional admission on a case-by-case basis.

A student seeking to earn a bachelors degree must complete the required course of study as prescribed in the program. If a student has completed a comparable course within the past five years, he or she may request a course waiver for a maximum of two courses. The request to waive or transfer course work must be made in writing before beginning the bachelors program. The students schedule and financial aid packaging must be factored into the approval process for waived course work.

How to send transcripts to Baker.

• Successful completion of the specified upper-division courses (24 hours) and at least one of the majors (18 hours). A maximum of 6 hours of comparable course work may be transferred into the upper-division business or major courses with the exception of BU 305.
• A cumulative business program GPA of at least 2.5
• A cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
• Satisfaction of the 30 credit hours of general education requirements in arts and humanities, social science, and science. Typically, an earned Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from a regionally accredited institution will satisfy the requirement.
• Satisfaction of the 9-credit-hour general education requirement in math, upper-college English, and computer science. This 9-hour requirement is fully met by courses within the BBA upper-division courses: Math (BU 333), upper-college written English (BU 305), and computer science (BU 327). These hours cannot be counted toward total hours more than once, substituted, or waived by Baker. Completion of this requirement through these BBA upper-division courses does not decrease the total number of hours required for the degree (124 credit hours); rather, it allows students to complete additional elective course work.
• Submission of intent to graduate form six months before anticipated degree completion
• Payment of all tuition and fees
• Approval by the faculty and Board of Trustees

General Education Course Requirements | 33 credits

• Introduction to Undergraduate Education (BK 110) 3 credits (required for all BBA students)
• Arts & Humanities (with no more than 6 semester credits counted from any one discipline) 18 credits
• Social Sciences 6 credits
• Sciences 6 credits
• Math (College Algebra or higher) 3 credits (satisfied in the BBA upper-division and major courses)
• Computer Science 3 credits (satisfied in the BBA upper-division and major courses)
• Upper-College Written English 3 credits (satisfied in the BBA upper-division and major courses)

Total 33 credits (minus the 9 credits included in the BBA upper-division courses)

General Electives | 49 credits

Upper-Division & Major Courses | 42 credits

Minimum Credits Required for Graduation | 124 credits

Transfer Hours

We will evaluate your transcripts from other regionally accredited colleges and universities to determine which credits transfer.

• Evaluation of secondary school work. This can be completed by  SpanTran the Evaluation Company or by another credential evaluator approved by the Office of Admissions.
• SAT or ACT test scores are required for students with a cumulative GPA below 2.75 on the U.S. 4.0 scale.
  • Baker University SAT code – 6031
  • Baker University ACT code – 1386
• Proof of English proficiency. Students can prove proficiency in several ways:
  • Submit scores from one of the following tests: TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, or ACT.
  • Demonstrate at least three years of attendance at an accredited U.S. high school or international school in which English was the language of instruction.
  • Proof of citizenship in a country approved by the Office of Admissions as an English-speaking country.