B.S. in Business (Online)

Emphasis Area: Management

• BSB 4370 - Small Business Management
• BSB 4371 - Readings in Management
• BSB 4372 - Non-Profit Management
• BSB 4373 - Leadership

Emphasis Area: Marketing

• BSB 4391 - Consumer Behavior
• BSB 4392 - Digital & Social Media Marketing
• BSB 4393 - Sales Management & Personal Selling
• BSB 4376 - Supply Chain Management & Procurement

Emphasis Area: Information Systems

• BSB 4378 - Project Management
• BSB 4394 - Emerging Technologies
• BSB 4395 - Information Security Management
• BSB 4396 - E-Commerce

Program Highlights for Executive BSB

In addition to facilitating professional growth and development in a variety of ways, the BSB program, being structured in modules within the semester, has the following advantages:

1. The Executive Bachelor of Science in Business is offered in a one-year format consisting of 60 credit hours.
2. This program is designed in an entirely online format.
3. Credit for prior undergraduate work at accredited institutions.
4. Completion of the program within one (1) calendar year (50 weeks/3 semesters/6 modules).
5. All classes taken with other motivated and dedicated adults.
6. Classes are taken online.
7. Ability to choose between three (3) different areas of specialization.
8. Ability to enter the program several times per year.

Program Objectives for Executive BSB

1. Improve on each student’s capacity for effective decision making in organizations.
2. Facilitate professional growth by exposure to organizational culture and development of conceptual as well as diagnostic skills.
3. Emphasize objective setting, strategic planning, operational planning, and time-management concepts.
4. Review multiple organizational structures/design, job designs, and authority relationships.
5. Promote development of interpersonal relationships, along with effective oral and written communications.
6. Enhance human resource management skills to achieve high productivity.
7. Encourage integration of the biblical doctrines of Christian perspectives within the value systems of business, professional relationships, and the code of conduct in management.
8. Prepare the student with the tools to be organizational leaders or managers.
9. Analyze and interpret various management, marketing, economic, financial, accounting, legal, international business, and information system concepts relevant to modern day business management.
10. Emphasis Areas are offered in Business Management, Logistics Management, and Health Administration to enable students to further enhance their learning in a path that best benefits their interests and/or career.

Admission to Executive BSB

Applicants must meet the following requirements to qualify for admission:

1. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all previous college coursework.
2. Completion of entrance competencies as listed for a total of 60 hours of core credit.
3. Minimum 23 years of age.

Conditional/provisional admission status may be granted by the BSB Department Director. Such admission exception must be in writing prior to enrollment. No waivers are intended to be granted by the Director for any student who has less than the minimum 60 hours required entrance competency.

The Executive BSB Program consists of a total of 120 semester credit hours. This includes the minimum suggested 60 hours as an entrance requirement, plus 60 hours in the one-year modular program. Any deficiencies in entrance competencies will be evaluated and students having such must fulfill the requirements before they graduate. Such students shall be granted provisional admission. These entrance requirements can be completed at Faulkner University or any other regionally accredited college and must be completed within two years from the date the student begins the program. At least two years of relevant work experience is highly desirable. A student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in order to be awarded the BSB degree.

Students enrolled in Faulkner University’s one-year degree completion programs will not be granted permission to simultaneously take core courses. Transfer credit for core requirements will not be accepted from other schools if taken while enrolled in any of Faulkner University’s one-year degree completion programs.

Academic Criteria for the Executive BSB

The Executive BSB Program is a bachelor’s degree program with a stair/lock-step structure similar to executive programs offered in block schedules or modules.

The nature of the program is designed around the executive. The program provides a distinctive mix of traditional academics and executive management programs to effectively equip managers, professionals, and executives with the knowledge to confront issues in today’s business environment.

It is designed to give students a working knowledge of business organization and operating systems and how they function within society, both nationally and internationally. The Executive BSB is offered primarily as a degree completion program. Students who successfully complete such programs are eligible to apply for admission to graduate programs in the College of Business of Faulkner University. Certain graduate Business programs offered by Faulkner University might require additional prerequisites.

A Faulkner transcript will show both a Faulkner grade point average (GPA), and an Overall GPA that includes any transfer credit as authorized by the Registrar’s Office. However, the final GPA, which will be considered for honors at graduation, will include all Registrar approved credit from all accredited schools attended (technical and academic) in addition to credit awarded by Faulkner University.

Students with an Overall GPA of 3.75 or higher will graduate with honors.

All requirements for the Executive BSB degree must be completed within four (4) years of the initial enrollment to the program. Prior to re-entry/re-enrollment, students who withdraw from the program must satisfy the requirements based on the current curriculum/catalog including completion/satisfaction of any core requirement deficiencies.

Academic Advising for Executive BSB

Students should recognize that they have the primary responsibility in planning their own academic program, given the fact that this is a structured degree completion program. All students entering the University’s executive programs will be given an official evaluation of transcripts, military school and training, etc. Any student lacking in core requirements has a variety of options available to satisfy these deficiencies: CLEP/DANTES, additional coursework, etc. The Transcript Evaluators in the Registrar’s Office will provide the student with detailed information on these options, and specific courses needed to satisfy core requirements. While the Dean of the College of Business and the Vice President for Academic Affairs may make recommendations, the Transcript Evaluators have the responsibility and authority on the evaluation of any and all credit transferred to Faulkner.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of the College of Business, and the Program Director stand ready to help with special situations.

Academic Appeal for Executive BSB

If a student has reason to question the decision of an instructor with regard to course content or to a grade received, the student should follow the below protocol. A written appeal must be made within six (6) weeks of the completion of the course in question. The academic appeal process generally takes four (4) weeks.

The appeal is first made to the instructor of the course.

If the student has further concerns, he/she may appeal (in writing) to the Program Director. The Director will investigate the student’s concerns and respond.

If further appeal is required, the appeal should be made to the Dean of the College of Business and Executive Education.

Only after steps 1-3 have been completed, if the student so desires, the appeal can next be taken to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Please be informed that the Vice President of Academic Affairs represents the final academic appeal for Faulkner University.

Students not following the above protocol will be deemed as not abiding by the guidelines of their academic program at Faulkner University. Students contacting any other external (outside of Faulkner University) person, agency, or institution will also be deemed to be in noncompliance with the guidelines of the academic program at Faulkner University.

Action taken may include, but not be limited to, withdrawal from the program, dismissal, probation, suspension, or any other action as deemed necessary by the administration of Faulkner University.

Academic Misconduct in Executive BSB

Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to plagiarism, falsification on tests and/or assignments, attempting to take credit for another’s work (including AI-generated work), and abuse or inappropriate behavior toward an instructor, student, staff member, or administrator. Inappropriate behavior includes disrespect for an instructor/administrator’s authority, calling members of the administration at home with complaints, or any non-professional behavior during an academic session. Aggressive and/or offensive communications with instructors, staff, administrators and/or fellow students will not be tolerated. Please refer to the Executive BSB Student handbook for additional details.

Faulkner University reserves the right to dis-enroll a student at any time for any academic or behavior- related cause as deemed necessary by the Academic Department or Administration of Faulkner University. Depending upon the circumstances, a tuition refund for that term may not be granted.

Attendance for Online Courses

Regular online participation is expected of all students and is essential for academic development. Class interaction through discussion board threads and individual participation are such a vital part of the course objective that a lack of participation negates the value of the course.

The following policies and procedures are to be followed in regard to online courses:

1. Each online course will be divided into seven sessions that correspond with the Executive BSB calendar. Please note that each individual professor may have specific deadlines within each session.
2. At the close of each scheduled Executive BSB online session, Canvas logs are used to monitor attendance. They will determine whether or not the student has completed all assigned tasks for that session, and then the student will be marked as either present or absent for that session.
3. Students are required to regularly participate in all scheduled online activities, assignments, exams, etc. as specified in the course syllabus and/or on Canvas.
4. A required assignment or discussion board contribution may not be submitted before the timeframe begins (is opened and available on Canvas) nor submitted after the timeframe ends (is closed and unavailable on Canvas). No make-up work is allowed after the exam, assignment, etc. has closed and is no longer available in Canvas.
5. A student who misses the first two “sessions” of any online course will be withdrawn from the course. A student who participates and then misses more than three meetings of any course will receive an automatic “FA” in the course.

Students Contemplating Graduate or Transfer work, Additional Discipline Specific Study, Licensure or Specialized Certification

All students contemplating graduate or transfer work must consult with the educational institution at which such graduate work is to be undertaken or to which such work is to be transferred; the same is true for students seeking to undertake additional discipline specific study at Faulkner or another educational institution. Different institutions have different requirements and it is the sole responsibility of the students to ensure that their specific course work at Faulkner will be accepted for transfer or as an appropriate foundation for entry into graduate study or as an appropriate basis for further discipline specific study.

Students seeking licensure or specialized certification must consult in advance with the organization awarding such licensure or certification to ensure that their specific course work at Faulkner will be accepted in satisfaction of the organization’s requirements.

Core Curriculum 60 hours

Professional Literacy 60 hours

Total Hours 120 hours

* Students who transfer in core curriculum requirements for the Executive BBA Program can substitute 12 hours in general education courses for this requirement. Students who take courses at Faulkner University to satisfy the core curriculum requirements for the Executive BBA Program must take a Bible course within every 15 hours to satisfy the University’s Christian Literacy requirement.

** A course in computer literacy is recommended for students prior to taking the professional literacy area.