A Respected Penn State Business Degree — 100% Online
Employers are looking for versatile business professionals to evaluate and respond to their organization's challenges. As a student in the Bachelor of Science in Business program, offered online through Penn State World Campus, you will gain broad exposure to the most important disciplines of business, including accounting, finance, management, and marketing. Then, you will tailor your program by selecting an 18-credit specialized option based on your unique career aspirations and areas of strength.
This online business degree program, offered in partnership with the business schools from 17 of Penn State's campuses, integrates a theory-to-practice approach that strengthens your problem-solving skills while delivering an experience that is contemporary and relevant. You can learn to:
- maximize marketing strategies
- think, speak, and write about organizational issues
- analyze business data to make inferences and solve business problems
- understand capital risk and reward metrics
- use finance and accounting measures to drive business decisions
- execute contract agreements
- prepare your business for the cultural implications of a global marketplace
Customize Your Education for Your Future
Specialize in a particular business discipline with one of these 18-credit options:
Accounting: Gain a deeper understanding of financial and managerial accounting, systems and controls, taxation, and auditing
Entrepreneurship: Explore topics like idea generation, opportunity analysis, new product creation, and business plan development
Financial Services: Build skills highly valued by employers, in wealth management, risk management, estate planning, portfolio analysis, and personal financial and retirement planning
Health Services: Pursue careers in the health services sector with emphasis on the financial and administrative aspects of health care enterprises
Management and Marketing: Develop advanced management and marketing techniques related to sales, global marketing, small business marketing, and more
Individualized: Create a business-focused plan of study drawing upon course work in different disciplines and developed in conjunction with your adviser and approved by the program coordinator
