• Account Executive
• Business Manager
• Business Owner
• Employee Training Instructor
• Entrepreneur
• Human Resources Administrator
• Management Consultant
• Media Planner
• Operations Manager
• Property Manager
• Quality Control Coordinator

The College of Business offers students the opportunity to pursue a management degree through its Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Art in Business Administration programs.

Across all industries, there is a need for proficient managers and leaders, graduates of this major fill that need. Students will sharpen their critical and creative thinking skills and build their business expertise, which are essential to sustaining business success. Students will learn from industry experts and study topics such as ethical decision making, strategic thinking, leadership and management, marketing, accounting, human resources, operations management, and finance.

Faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with a well-rounded learning experience by using the latest technology and engaging them with real-world business scenarios and hands-on learning exercises. Management courses are offered in the traditional face-to-face format and some of them are available online.

The Bachelor of Arts in management, which requires a 39-hour business core, is designed for students who want a broad liberal arts foundation with an emphasis in business. The Bachelor of Science degree requires a more intensive 42-hour business core with a stronger emphasis in mathematics. If you have questions, a counselor with our Office of Admission can help as you decide which program is right for you.

The business core curriculum lays the foundation for your degree. These courses include:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Statistics
• Management
• Ethics
• Finance
• Marketing
• Business Law

Management major courses are designed to prepare you for your career. These include courses in small business management, human resource management, organizational behavior, and operations and project management. You will also choose electives from courses such as personal finance, sports management, corporate finance and advanced business law.

Valuable internship experiences offer opportunities for students to receive academic credit while gaining practical work experience in management.

Our campus location, close to downtown Chicago, means easy access to exciting internship and networking opportunities with businesses ranging from large corporations to small startups, nonprofit and other organizations engaged in a variety of industries and activities.

Some of the companies recently hiring CUC students include:

• Apex Systems
• Enterprise
• Esurance
• Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
• Northwestern Mutual
• Palace Sports Entertainment
• SmithBucklin
• Walt Disney World

The BA and BS in management enable students to:

• Demonstrate the ability to apply the functional areas of management to creative opportunities and solutions to business problems.
• Demonstrate management skills in both written and verbal communications applied to business scenarios.
• Understand the responsibility for management to act ethically and socially responsible, and its impact on the business, employees and stakeholders.
• Explain the economic, political and technological implications of the global business environment on the management of organizations.
• Demonstrate competency in the use of relevant technology to support decision-making by leaders and managers.

• A completed admission application for Concordia University Chicago.
• Official transcripts of all college coursework from each institution you have attended.
• Foreign transcripts evaluated by a Concordia-Chicago-approved international credentialing service. Concordia-Chicago accepts evaluations from Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE).
• A certified document pledging financial support for your first year of study and without any unexpected events, and enough funding from the same or an equally dependable source for the following years.
• Proof of graduation from a secondary school.
• A transfer verification form for students transferring from a school in the United States.
• Proof of English proficiency, via one of the following:
• A score of at least 72 (internet-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) — Concordia-Chicago’s DI code is 1140
• A score of 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
• Successful completion of Level 112 at an ELS Language School (ELS) or a certificate of completion of program from an English Language Institute (ELI), along with a recommendation of the program director
• Duolingo test with a minimum score of 95