Notice to Prospective Degree Program Students
This institution is approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to offer degree programs. To continue to offer degree programs, this institution must meet the following requirements:

• Become institutionally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, with the scope of the accreditation covering at least one-degree program.
• Achieve accreditation candidacy or pre-accreditation, as defined in regulations, by 5/6/2024, and full accreditation by 5/6/2027.

If this institution stops pursuing accreditation, it must:

• Stop all enrollment in its degree programs, and
• Provide a teach-out to finish the educational program or provide a refund.

An institution that fails to comply with accreditation requirements by the required dates shall have its approval to offer degree programs automatically suspended.

At the end of this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in the fundamental business principles and practices that enable successful firms to operate in domestic and global environments (Business Knowledge)
• Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis skills that solve business problems in a real-world context (Critical Thinking)
• Students will develop effective communication of ideas, problems, and proposals through written, verbal, and data analysis presentations (Communication)
• Specify the role of technology as a strategy for competitive advantage in business (Technology)
• Identify ethical issues that impact business decisions from economic, political, legal, and social perspectives assessed through Christian values (Ethics).

Earning a BBA gives you the flexibility within the degree to specialize in areas such as marketing, management, finance that create a pathway to your future goals.

This credential signals to employers that you have taken business courses such as ethics, statistics, accounting, and analytics, These courses prepare you with a deeper understanding of key business functions, and employers recognize the ability to apply this knowledge. This makes you an asset to your current or future employer. Career opportunities include:

Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurs are the managers of business enterprises who develop, launch, and assume complete responsibility for the outcome of an organization’s efforts. Entrepreneurs handle the financial, decision-making, strategic planning, and managerial operations of today’s most dynamic organizations. Entrepreneurs generally must complete studies within a four year bachelor degree program (or higher) in a business based discipline to qualify for employment though some never earn a college degree. Entrepreneurs have salaries based largely upon the nature of their business and generally earn as little as $10,000 to more than $1 million annually.

Chief Executive Officer: Chief Executive Officers are the top executives within companies, corporations, organizations, and other agencies. CEOs often report to a board of directors and oversee the daily operations of an organization. CEOs handle the marketing, strategizing, and financing aspects of businesses as well as delegating responsibility, hiring and terminating staff, maintaining safety compliance, and managing public relations.

Most CEOs possess a Master of Business Administration degree to gain the qualifications necessary to perform as leaders in the business industry. Earnings for CEOs range from $62,900 to $137,020 annually.

Marketing Managers: Marketing Managers are responsible for planning, estimating, organizing, and promoting businesses based upon customer, competitor, and company analysis. Marketing managers assess and determine the demand for an organization’s products and services and develop ways of increasing profits, investments, and shares.

Marketing managers utilize a number of advertising and public relations techniques to promote sales and maximize a businesses present and potential. Marketing managers primarily must have a minimum of a bachelor degree in marketing, public relations, or a related field to gain the specialized skills and knowledge necessary to establish careers. Marketing managers earn yearly salaries of $80,900 to $151,260.

Personal Financial Advisors: Personal Financial Advisors offer short and long term means of managing monetary investments to clients. Personal financial advisors provide clients with means of maximizing their financial objectives in investments, pensions, retirement savings, and insurance coverages as well as means of minimizing and managing debt. Personal financial advisors also offer knowledge of State and Federal taxes to clients. Personal financial advisors complete a bachelor degree in economics, business, finance, accounting, mathematics, or law to secure the educational basis necessary for career success through many complete graduate degrees. Earnings for personal financial advisors generally earn $46,390 to $119,290 annually.

Agents and Business Managers: Performers, artists, and athletes hire agents and business managers to represent them and market their abilities to potential employers. Agents and business managers manage contract negotiations, strategically plan career goals, research industrial trends, assist with financial planning and act as liaisons between clients and employers scheduling performances, events, auditions, travel, and interviews. Agents and business managers frequently complete studies within a bachelor or master degree program in business administration combined with a concentration in marketing to advance to their careers as professionals. Agents and business managers have annual earnings of $39,770 to $113,580.

Human Resources Managers: Human Resources Managers are responsible for cultivating, training, retaining, and compensating human talent. Human resources managers offer strategic planning to improve productivity and the overall efficiency of an organization. Human resources managers also attract, motivate, instruct and improve the morale of an organization’s most valuable resources: its employees.

Many human resources managers also specialize in handling employee benefit programs, incentive programs, and attendance issues. Human resource managers complete Masters of Business Administration in Human Resources to advance to positions with salaries of $73,480 to $126,050 yearly.

Sales Managers: Sales Managers are professionals who oversee a staff of sales representatives, research sales statistics, devise means of cultivating sales potential, and develop means of improving means an organization’s sales. Sales managers work closely with dealers and distributors to monitor sales performance, gain insight into sales potential, and cultivate knowledge of customer preference to assure maximized profits and assist in the development of products. Sales managers generally obtain a minimum of an associate’s degree in business administration or marketing to gain the knowledge and skills required for employment though many employers prefer candidates with a bachelor’s or master’s degree. Earnings for sales managers range from $54,560 to $125,130 annually.

Actuary: Actuaries combine intensive research with extensive knowledge statistics, mathematics, economics, and other forecasting modeling systems to act as essentially the risk assessors of the insurance industry. As highly trained professionals with a minimum of a bachelor degree in mathematics, business administration, finance, or economics, actuaries determine the likelihood of disability, illness, property loss, death, and other events to forecast the potential losses and impact these events will have on companies. Earnings for actuaries range from $60,020 to $119,110 annually.

Financial Examiners: Financial examiners ensure that companies comply with financial, investment, and real estate laws and regulations in all business transactions. Financial examiners ensure the authenticity and accuracy of records while maintaining the legalities involved in all business activities and operations. Financial examiners also assist and develop means of upholding new laws, proposals, policies, and procedures.

Financial examiners perform internal and external audits ensure financial solvency, offer supervisory and managerial support, and review and train subordinates. A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration provides the educational foundation required to establish a career as a financial examiner. Financial examiners have earnings of $55,200 to $102,820 annually.

Management Analysts: Management Analysts assess and determine the best means of restructuring organizations to maximize efficiency, investments, and profits. Management analysts are considered the problem solvers of the business industry and devise ways to assist companies in remaining competitive. Management analysts also offer specialized guidance to decrease costs, increase operations, and develop marketing plans. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration offers individuals the refined knowledge necessary to work as management analysts. Management analysts advance to employment earning salaries of $54,890 to $99,700 yearly.

List of Employment Positions determined to be within the field for which a student received education and training for the calculation of job placement rates (CEC section 94910(f)(2)) Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018 13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations (Major Group) As obtained from The Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes130000.htm

The BBA program requires a total of one hundred and twenty (120) semester units. One semester unit is equivalent to fifteen (15) contact hours per course per week and the following criteria must be met:

• A minimum of thirty (30) semester units in general education with two courses in Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, plus English Composition I, English Composition II, one Mathematics course, and one additional course from either the area of Humanities, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences
• Completion of a minimum of thirty (30) semester units in the major
• Official transcripts on file for all transfer units accepted by the University.

The programs are administered entirely online. Currently, the school utilizes Populi’s college management system. Specifically developed Learning Modules, including evaluations were developed to enable students to attain degree program objectives through the Distance Learning education method. Through this system, the program objectives are achieved in a flexible and sensible manner.

Each Learning Module includes the course syllabus, learning objectives, textbook chapters, key terms, assignments, midterm examinations, case studies, and the final exam. Written assignments may be in any one of the following formats: essays, problems, case studies, critical thinking papers, and mini-research projects. This process ensures that our students, upon successful completion of a course, have the opportunity to demonstrate that they have attained the goals and objectives for the program. Independent study is an important part of the overall academic strategy as well. Students are given outside reading, research, and assignments, to complement their online learning.

Learn more about distance learning and the requirements.

Staying current with productivity technology is an important part of your education and an important component of our method of instruction. To ensure your success in our programs, you will need access to and use of the hardware and software listed below. You must also have the technical skills outlined in the Academic Catalog.

Hardware Requirements

• A processor of 2 GHz or faster
• 4 GB RAM or greater
• A high-speed internet connection with a connection speed of 1.5 MB/s or better.
• The use of satellite and cellular connections may result in slowness or errors (timeouts, access problems) when accessing the classroom and course materials.
• The use of public access computers and internet (for example, at restaurants and public institutions such as libraries) may result in slowness or errors (timeouts or access problems) when accessing the classroom and course materials. Public access computers may not permit any access to certain course materials or systems due to security limitations.
• Monitor and video card with 1024×768 or greater resolution
• Keyboard and Mouse is recommended
• Speakers/Headphones and Microphone
• A noise-canceling headset is recommended
• Public access computers may not permit usage of speakers, headphones or microphones.
• A web camera capable of video web conferencing

Additional Software

• Microsoft® Office 2013 or later for a personal computer (PC), Microsoft® Office 2011 or later for a Mac
• An up to date installation of Adobe® Reader
• An up to date installation of the Adobe® Flash plug-in
• Local administrative privileges to operating system may be required to allow for installation of software and/or configure computer settings
• A current security suite application (updated regularly)
• Some courses may require the purchase of additional software including Microsoft® Visio and Microsoft® Project

Mobile Devices

Students are required to have reliable access to a PC or Mac but may use a mobile device such as a phone or tablet as a secondary means of access with our Populiweb (Learning Software System). This app is available for iOS and Android users. Please keep in mind that access to website functionality and required course materials may be limited on mobile devices.

Computer accessibility

All students need access to a computer for success in their coursework. The operating systems on most computers already have some features that include these accessibility technologies:

• Changing font size
• Changing the size of desktop icons
• Magnification of portions of your screen
• Converting text to speech
• Altering background color
• Captioning for audio
• Speech recognition
• Accessibility for operating systems

The university may accept a maximum of 6 graduate semester units in transfer toward the Master’s degree for graduate course work completed at an institution licensed by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or by an institution appropriately accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); or, for non-U.S. institutions, an educational institution approved by an equivalent authority. Credit earned in graduate courses for which a grade of “B” or higher was earned will be considered for transfer. To enable the evaluation of prior college work, official transcripts must be provided to the University.

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) takes approximately 2.5 years to complete* and requires a minimum of 60 units. Cost per Unit: $150.00

*Students, under approval from the Dean, can take two classes at a time to reduce the amount of time needed to complete the program

** Estimated cost includes application fees, registration fees, student technology fees, textbooks, capstone materials, capstone exam, proctor fees, and graduation fees. All fees are subject to change with notice. Estimated cost does not include other optional and situation fees.

*** Applies only to MBA degree program. This fee is paid directly to the provider (Capsim).

^This fee is paid twice during the course of the program. It is paid directly to PSI Online Proctoring. Visit PSI Online Proctoring for more information.

AHUSC uses Cengage Unlimited for textbooks. Cengage Unlimited is a first-of-its-kind subscription model offering students access to unlimited course materials each semester—all for one low price. Upon subscription, students will have access to all Cengage ®library of online textbooks, study tools, and resource centers.

For students who prefer to purchase the textbooks directly, the ISBN information and link to purchase on Amazon are listed below: