General Business Administration (BBA)
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in General Business Administration aims to prepare professionals in Economic and Administrative Sciences with a multidisciplinary approach. The program focuses on the study of the foundations of business administration and is supplemented with the study of courses of specific areas to be determined by the student in agreement with his academic adviser and the approval of the department director. It provides a flexible and innovative programmatic vision, which promotes the integral development of students to expand their cognitive and creative capacities, as well as the critical judgment necessary to perform in the contemporary world.
This Program, in the Bayamón Campus, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) (https://www.acbsp.org/).
The Aguadilla, Bayamón and the Metropolitan campuses are authorized to offer this Program.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
This Program is designed to develop the competencies that will enable students to:
Knowledge
- Know a variety of academic disciplines within business administration.
- Show knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences applied to business administration.
- Acquire knowledge of innovations and changes in the areas that make up business administration.
Skills
- Communicate effectively in the oral as well in the written form.
- Develop critical thinking from a multidisciplinary conceptual framework.
- Use information technology for the analysis and solution of problem of business administration.
- Develop the basic skills related to business administration.
Attitudes
- Value the fundamental concepts of the different disciplines of economic and administrative sciences.
- Show an ethical, legal and socially responsible attitude in the process of decision-making in business administration.
- Foment a harmonious organizational climate.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the admission requirements established in this Catalog, students of this Program must be interviewed when this is necessary. If an interview is necessary for online education students who will attend courses outside Puerto Rico, this may be conducted through the means available to students. The interview will be supervised by a proctor in the place where the student is located as determined by the University.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in General Business Administration
| General Education Requirements |
48 credits |
| Core Course Requirements |
22 credits |
| Major Requirements |
38 credits |
| Elective Courses |
12 credits |
| Total |
120 credits |
General Education Requirements - 48 credits
Forty-eight (48) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees."
Core Course Requirements - 22 credits
Major Requirements - 38 credits
Students will take 38 major credits selected from the following disciplines: Marketing, Human Resources Management, Entrepreneurial and Managerial Development, Industrial Management, Office Systems Administration, Accounting, Finance, Computerized Information Systems, Managerial Economics or any area related to Business Administration. The major requirements will be established in agreement between the student and the academic adviser, with the approval of the department director.