Bachelor of Arts · 100% online
Business Management & Leadership
Build the judgment to lead. A four-year business degree taught by SVU's own faculty, entirely online and on your schedule.
About the degree
The same SVU degree, wherever you are.
The online Bachelor of Arts in Business Management & Leadership is the degree SVU students earn in Buena Vista: the same courses, the same learning outcomes, and the same credit-hour requirements. Only the way you attend is different.
You will build a foundation in accounting, economics, and statistics, then move into marketing, organizational leadership, finance, analytics, and strategy, finishing with a capstone in strategic management.
At a glance
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Delivery
- Asynchronous online through Canvas, with no required meeting times
- Pace
- Two terms a year (Fall and Spring) at 15 credit hours each; summer coursework is available as an alternative pace
- Support
- A teaching assistant supports every course section
- Transfer credit
- Evaluated under SVU's standard transfer credit policy
- Graduation GPA
- 2.00 minimum
- Financial aid
- Federal financial aid and VA education benefits can be used to pay for this program
Curriculum
What you'll study
120 credit hours in three parts. Statistics and Principles of Microeconomics count toward both the Core and the major, so the parts add up to 120.
SVU Core
The shared foundation of an SVU education: a first-year seminar, writing, philosophy and literature, the American republic, civilizations, science with a lab, language and culture, fine arts, social science, and health.
Business Management & Leadership major
Fifteen hours of foundations, eighteen hours of upper-division coursework, and six hours of major electives, all in a fixed sequence taken with your cohort.
Electives
Online electives across the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences. At launch, the elective sequence is set for each cohort; more choice is added as the program grows.
The business major
Foundations · 15 hours
- Principles of Accounting
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Business Analysis Using Excel
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Statistics
Upper division · 18 hours
- Principles of Marketing
- Principles of Organization & Leadership
- Business Analytics (or Data Science)
- Managerial Finance
- Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship (or Operations Management)
- Strategic Management (capstone)
Major electives · 6 hours
- Content Marketing
- Professional Communications
Getting started
How your first semesters work
Every bachelor's student starts with the same core classes in the first few semesters, along with a few introductory classes related to their major.
Apply and enroll
Once you're admitted and enrolled, we place you in your first semester of classes, so you don't have to build a schedule on your own.
Make changes if you need to
Look over the classes you've been assigned. If something doesn't work for you, you can make changes.
Keep building your foundation
Your first few semesters are mostly the same core classes every SVU student takes, plus a few introductory classes in your major.
Transferring in credit?
If you're a transfer student, you'll choose the classes that make sense for you, and you'll work with an advisor to plan the rest of your degree.
How you'll learn
Your professor, personally.
SVU courses are taught through the Asynchronous Video Learning Model, designed to keep the teacher at the center of the experience.
Watch how it works
Lessons, presentations, and feedback are all recorded and submitted, so everyone takes part on their own schedule.
Read the video transcript
- How SVU Online works: online, but never anonymous.
- The professor creates videos to teach and demonstrate the subject matter.
- You watch it on your own schedule.
- You record your own video presentation and submit it.
- Your professor watches when it suits them.
- Your professor records personalized video feedback.
- You watch feedback made just for you.
- Teaching assistants record personalized video posts, too.
- They keep in touch with you throughout the course.
- You record a video post for your classmates.
- They watch and respond on their own time.
- Your classmate records a reply.
- You get to know each other through video.
- SVU Online, Southern Virginia University.
Watch
Your professor teaches through recorded, highly structured lessons.
Present
You record and submit video presentations, practicing what you are learning out loud.
Be seen
Your professor often responds to critical work with personalized, learning-centered feedback in video format. Teaching assistants also send personalized video posts to continually stay in touch with students.
Learn together
You exchange video responses with classmates, so discussion stays human.
Your first semester includes SVU 101, where you learn the tools and habits of successful online study: the Canvas learning platform, the online library, and the assessment tools your courses use.
What you'll need
The basics for learning on video.
Your courses are recorded and submitted online, so you will need a few basics.
A computer
A laptop or desktop computer. At a minimum, a tablet.
A camera
An embedded camera or an external webcam, for recording video assignments and video feedback to other students.
Screen recording
The ability to record your screen (a screencast) for some assignments.
Support
You won't be doing this alone.
Library
Online students have the same access as on-campus students to the Von Canon Library: electronic databases, interlibrary loan, and reference services through SVU single sign-on. The business collection includes Business Source Complete, ProQuest ABI/INFORM, Mergent Online, Statista, and Regional Business News.
A team behind every course
The Office of Online Operations supports students and faculty, and every course has teaching assistants and instructional support staff working alongside your professor.
Accessibility
Students with disabilities can request accommodations through SVU's Accommodation Request Form, and the same accommodation process applies to online courses.
Enrollment
From application to your first class
The steps from applying to starting your first semester.
- Apply
- Receive access to submit forms for the application process
- Receive acceptance confirmation
- Pay deposit
- Receive registration confirmation
- Select classes for the semester
- Start learning as the semester starts
Admissions
Who can apply
- First-year applicants are expected to have a 2.5 grade point average at any high school previously attended.
- Homeschooled students can submit homeschool transcripts or a portfolio of schoolwork showing variety and depth of study.
- Students who begin before finishing high school show evidence of readiness in writing and mathematics.
- Applicants who do not meet the minimum academic standard may be considered for provisional admission following further review and an interview.
- Students with prior college credit have it evaluated under SVU's standard transfer credit policy.
Cost
Tuition
$348 per credit hour.
Federal financial aid and VA benefits can be used
Eligible students can use federal financial aid, such as Federal Pell Grants and Federal Direct Loans, to pay for tuition in this program. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to see what you qualify for.
Eligible veterans, service members, and family members can also use VA education benefits, such as the GI Bill, to help pay for this program.
Questions? Talk with an Admissions Counselor.
Start your application, or talk with our team about whether this program is the right fit.
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