Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

A Concentration In

Management

An emphasis within the B.S. in Business Administration — develop the skills to lead people and run organizations well.

18 Concentration Credits

Credit Hours

Built Into the 4-Year Degree

Program Length

Campus

Format

Lead People Well

Organizational behavior and human resources

For-Profit and Nonprofit

Includes nonprofit organization management

Strategy and Communication

Strategic management and business communication

Why the Management Concentration

Organizations rise and fall on the quality of their management. The Management concentration prepares you to be the kind of leader who builds healthy teams, makes sound decisions, and keeps an organization moving toward its goals — whether that’s a company, a nonprofit, or a ministry.

On top of the full business core, you’ll add eighteen credits focused on leading people and organizations: Communication Strategy in Business, Small Business Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Management of Non-Profit Organizations, and Strategic Management. You’ll graduate ready to manage teams and operations with both competence and the people-first conviction a Biblical Worldview brings.

What You'll Learn

01

Communicate Strategically

Learn to communicate clearly and persuasively in a business context.

02

Understand How Organizations Behave

Study organizational behavior to build healthy, productive workplace cultures.

03

Manage the People Side

Learn to hire, develop, and lead employees through human resource management.

04

Run a Small Business

Understand the realities of managing a small business day to day.

05

Lead Nonprofits

Apply management to the distinct world of nonprofit and mission-driven organizations.

06

Set Organizational Strategy

Bring it together with strategic management — steering a whole organization toward its goals.

Management and a Biblical Worldview

Management is fundamentally about people — and a Biblical Worldview reshapes how you lead the people in your care.

Leadership as Service

Scripture's picture of leadership is service, not status — the leader as someone who works for the good of those they lead. That reframes management from controlling people to developing and serving them.

Forms a management style built on serving your team, not just directing it.

The Dignity of Work and Workers

Every employee is an image-bearer, not a resource to be optimized. Seeing people that way changes how you hire, evaluate, correct, and care for the people you manage.

Grounds your HR and people decisions in dignity and fairness.

Stewardship of an Organization

A manager stewards an organization's mission, resources, and people. Faithful stewardship — not just hitting targets — becomes the measure of leading well.

Anchors strategy and decision-making in responsibility to a larger mission.

Where the Management Concentration Takes You

Management skills are needed in every sector — for-profit, nonprofit, and ministry alike.

Manager / Team Leader

Lead teams and departments in companies of any size.

Operations & Project Management

Coordinate operations, projects, and the people who carry them out.

Human Resources

Build a career in hiring, employee development, and HR leadership.

Nonprofit & Ministry Administration

Lead and steward nonprofits, churches, and mission-driven organizations.

Why Students Choose This Concentration

The Management concentration is built for students who want to lead people and organizations with skill and integrity.

People-Focused Curriculum

Organizational behavior and human resources put the people side of management front and center.

For-Profit and Nonprofit Ready

A dedicated nonprofit-management course prepares you to lead mission-driven organizations too.

Strategy and Communication

Strategic management and business communication round out a complete management toolkit.

Leadership as Service

Learn to lead in a way that develops and serves people, framed by a Biblical Worldview.

Getting Started

Already drawn to the Business Administration degree? Adding the Management concentration is simple.

1

Apply to ACU

Submit your application for admission to Arizona Christian University.

Start Your Application
2

Choose Management as Your Concentration

Tell your business advisor you want the Management track, and they'll map it into your plan.

3

Build Toward the Management Courses

Complete Principles of Management and the core, then move into organizational behavior, HR, and strategy.

Return to Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Ready to Lead Organizations?

The Management concentration gives you the people and organizational skills to lead teams well. Apply or reach out today.