Explore our Business Administration programs
A Business Administration degree is an excellent foundation for any career you wish to pursue. This degree equips you with versatile skills in leadership, finance, marketing, and strategic planning - crucial tools for navigating and thriving in any industry. It can also open doors to a broad range of career paths and provides a solid foundation for climbing the corporate ladder, starting your own business, or pursuing advanced studies.
Wayne State’s Business Administration degree offers specialized concentrations that allow you to tailor your education to your career goals. Whether you choose Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or another concentration, you’ll gain deeper knowledge in that area. These concentrations enable you to delve into specific business aspects, enhancing your expertise and making you more competitive in the job market.
By combining multiple concentrations, you’ll further broaden your skill set and perspective, integrating various business disciplines. This comprehensive approach not only enriches your education but also positions you as a highly adaptable and valuable prospect to any organization.
Business Administration degree concentrations
Degree options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting
Program credit hours: 69
In the Accounting program, you’ll develop a solid understanding of financial operations in today’s business world, including cost analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, and tax laws, and how to use accounting software.
Degree options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Agribusiness
Program credit hours: 69
In the Agribusiness program, you’ll learn how to successfully manage, market, and optimize a farming operation, while also building a solid knowledge of how policies and market forces impact the entire agriculture industry.
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Management
Program credit hours: 69
The Business Management program provides a foundation in organizational knowledge, problem-solving, and decision making, through coursework, projects, and case studies. At WSC, you have the option of taking this program on campus or online.
Learn more about the Management program
Program options:
- B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Economics
- Minor in Economics
Program credit hours: 69
The Economics program provides a foundation in organizational knowledge, problem-solving, and decision making, through coursework, projects, and case studies. At WSC, you have the option of taking this program on campus or online.
Learn more about Economics program
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Finance
Program credit hours: 69
In the Finance program, you’ll learn financial analysis and forecasting, budgeting, investment strategies, monetary theory, and how to apply these tools in today’s business environment, including careers in banking and financial services.
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Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Human Resource Management
Program credit hours: 69
Learn how to manage people within organizations, including how to recruit and train employees, manage benefits, and improve performance and motivation. At WSC, you have the option of taking the HR Management program on campus or online.
Learn more about the Human Resource Management program
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/International Business Studies
Program credit hours: 69
Learn business skills and how to apply them in a global environment. In this program, you’ll pair business concepts like economics, finance, and investment with knowledge and awareness of other cultures and foreign relationships.
Learn more about the International Business Studies program
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing
Program credit hours: 69
The field of marketing is vibrant and dynamic. At Wayne State, you’ll learn its different facets, such as sales research, social media campaigns and strategies, audiences and customer relations, and promotion strategies.
Learn more about the Marketing program
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Professional Accountancy
Program credit hours: 78
Steeped in a foundation of numbers and tax law, the Professional Accountancy degree program will lead you to master a variety of accounting topics, helping you reach the top in the professional accounting career field. While this program does not provide all of the educational requirements necessary to become licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), it is an effective pre-licensure program for those who decide to pursue this certification after completing their undergraduate degree.
Learn more about the Professional Accountancy program
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Professional Studies
Program credit hours: 69
The Professional Studies program lets you plan your own program and choose from a variety of business classes to meet your career goals, including courses in accounting, marketing, economics, finance, management, and office administration.
Program options: B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration/Supply Chain Management
Program credit hours: 69
The Business Management program provides a foundation in organizational knowledge, problem-solving, and decision making, through coursework, projects, and case studies. At WSC, you have the option of taking this program on campus or online.
Teaching business
If you're interested in becoming a business teacher, Wayne State offers the following endorsements in the field of business administration:

Online Business Administration degree options

Business Management

Human Resource Management

Supply Chain Management
Accreditation and Rankings
Recognized for excellence
Accredited by the IACBE
Wayne State's Business degree programs are accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education and comply with high principles of excellence.

Top Business College of Distinction
Wayne State was recognized as a Top Business College for teaching excellence, successful graduate outcomes, and student opportunities.

A Top Public College in the Midwest
WSC was identified as one of the top public universities in the Midwest for 2025 by U.S. News & World’s Best Colleges ranking report.

Clubs for Business Administration majors
Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) - Develop an entrepreneurial mindset through networking opportunities
Delta Sigma Pi - A coed professional organization for business, computing, sport management, fashion merchandising, and industrial management majors
FBLA Collegiate - A collegiate division of FBLA and professional organization for students in business and related majors
Sigma Beta Delta - International honor society for business
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - Student chapter of the national SHRM organization

Business and Economics Department faculty

Henry Akaeze, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Henry Akaeze is a business professor at Wayne State College. Akaeze’s teaching expertise spans various economic disciplines, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, natural resource economics, and agricultural resource economics.

Mwata Chisha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Laura Dendinger, J.D.
Professor
Dr. Laura Dendinger is a business professor at Wayne State College, teaching courses including business communication, negotiations, and conflict management.

Joseph Faello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Joseph Faello is a business professor at Wayne State College and is an expert in the accounting field.

Trisha Kolterman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Trisha Kolterman is a business professor at Wayne State College and specializes in organizational behavior and strategic management.

Brian Kufner, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Brian Kufner is a business professor at Wayne State College. He is lead faculty and student advisor for the undergraduate and graduate human resource management concentrations at Wayne State College.

Michelle Laughlin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Michelle Laughlin is a business professor and teaches marketing and business courses at Wayne State College.

Kelly Legler, MBA
Instructor
Kelly Legler teaches business in the Business and Economics Department at Wayne State College. Legler's teaching interests include financial, managerial, governmental, and nonprofit accounting, as well as business communications.

Dr. Pat Lutt is a business professor at Wayne State College. She teaches marketing and business courses at Wayne State College.

Lindsay McLaughlin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lindsay McLaughlin is a business professor, teaching marketing and management at Wayne State College.

Jeryl Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Jeryl Nelson is a business professor at Wayne State College. His teaching interests are finance and management.

Charles Parker, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Charles Parker is an economics professor at Wayne State College. His teaching interests include microeconomics, finance, and law.
Get in touch
Department of Business and Economics
Gardner Hall, Room 106
Phone: 402-375-7245
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