Business: Not Just About Working With Numbers

Business degrees encompass majors such as business, business administration and management, operations management, data entry, business machine repair, sales and marketing education, marketing, business communications, business and managerial economics, administrative assistance and secretarial science, international business, entrepreneurial studies, small business administration and management, global studies, economics and operations management. Business majors study the issues affecting today’s business climate, business organization, the buying, selling, and producing of goods, how to use the basic principles and techniques of business in a variety of workplaces, and accounting, while learning a wide range of business skills. As a business major you will practice your speaking skills with Toastmasters, join a business society such as Beta Gamma Sigma, develop your verbal and written communication skills, interact professionally with business people who visit your classes, work with numbers and use computers.

To be a successful business major you have to be interested in studying topics ranging from computers to ethics to accounting. Good organization, time management, writing and speaking skills are highly valued. Typical courses of this major include principles of marketing, managerial finance, management, legal environment of business, economics, computer applications, business law, business communications and accounting. Business administration and management majors are prepared to control, direct, organize, and plan the activities of a company. The majority of the students of this major enter the business world right after their graduation. Related majors to business administration and management include public administration, marketing, management science, finance, entrepreneurial studies and economics.