Editing LU Business Administration Degree Plan

== BS Business Administration Degree Plan==
Here is a BS Business Administration Degree plan for [[Liberty University Online]] (LU) as of approximately June of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

=== Why get a degree from this college? ===

* If you want a degree with decent brand name
* If you want a degree from a religious school

=== How the course providers are selected ===
Courses that will be the quickest and cheapest to do are selected for each courses requirement.

===Source of Credit===

This degree plan was made using this source to map out all the alternative credits.

[https://liberty.sophia.org/#courses Sophia.org Equivalency List]

[https://study.com/college/school/liberty-university.html Study.com Official Transfer Guide]

=== '''Some key things to keep in mind when doing a degree plan''' ===
*30 hours must be completed at LU
*30 hours must be upper-level courses (300-400 level)
*25% of major and cognate taken through Liberty University
*Duplicate means the course is listed multiple times.
==General Education Curriculum Requirements==
'''How the General Education Curriculum Works'''

Go through and find a course that will meet each '''required learning objective'''.
== Communication & Information Literacy ==
Total of 12 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| ENGL 101 Composition & Rhetoric
|3
|Sophia
|ENGL 101
|English Comp I
|3
|-
|Communications Elective
|3
|Sophia
|COMS 101
|Public Speaking
|3
|-
|Information Literacy Elective
|3
| Sophia
|HIUS 221
|U.S. History I
|3
|-
|Information Literacy Elective
|3
|LU
|BUSI 201
|Intermediate Business Computer Apps
<small>Note: Take this exact course since this will also meet the BUS 201 major requirement.</small> 
|
|}

== Technological Solutions & Quantitative Reasoning ==
Total of 3 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| UNIV 104 Instructional Tech. for Online Learning
|0
|
|
|Waived if 30+ credits transferred
|
|-
|Math Elective
|3
|Sophia
|MATH 201 
|Intro to Stats
<small>Note: Take this exact course since this will also meet the BUS 201 major requirement.</small>
|3
|}
== Critical Thinking ==
Total of 3 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| RLGN 104 Christian Life & Biblical Worldview
|0
|
|
|Waived if 45+ credits transferred
|
|-
|Critical Thinking Elective
|3
|Sophia
|PHIL 210
|Critical Thinking
|3
|}
== Civic & Global Engagement ==
Total of 3 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| Cultural Studies Elective
|3
|Sophia
|GOVT 220
|U.S. Government
|3
|}
== Social & Scientific Inquiry ==
Total of 6 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| Natural Science Elective
|3
|Sophia
|BIOL 102
|Human Biology
|3
|-
|Social Science Elective
|3
|Study.com
|BUSI 240
|Business 107 or 307: Organizational Behavior
<small>Note: Take this exact course since this will also meet the BUS 201 major requirement.</small>
|3
|}
== Christianity & Contexts ==
Total of 4 credits.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
| BIBL 104 Survey of Old & New Testament
|4
|LU
|BIBL 104
|ICE Exam
|4
|-
|THEO 104 Introduction to Theology Survey
|0
|
|
|Waived if 60+ credits transferred
|
|}
== Major Foundational ==
The courses in this section may also fulfill select General Education Requirements.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
|BUSI 201 Intermediate Business Computer Apps
|3
|LU
|BUSI 201
|Intermediate Business Computer Apps
(Duplicate from GE)
|3
|-
|BUSI 205 Intro. to Business Research Methods
|3
|
|
|
|
|-
|BUSI 230 Intro to Probability & Statistics
|3
|Sophia
|BUSI 230
|Intro to Stats
(Duplicate from GE)
|3
|-
|BUSI 240 Organizational Behavior & Management
|3
|Study.com
|BUSI 201
|Business 107 or 307: Organizational Behavior 
(Duplicate from GE)
|3
|-
|ECON 213 Principles of Microeconomics
|3
|Sophia
|ECON 213
|Microeconomics
|3
|-
!Total
!15
!
!
!
!12
|}

== Major Core ==
25% of major must be taken at LU 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
|ACCT 211 Financial Principles
|3
|Sophia
|ACCT 211
|Financial accounting
|3
|-
|ACCT 212 Managerial Principles
|3
|SL
|ACCT 212
|SL Accounting II
<small>Note: This may work, double check to make sure.</small>
|3
|-
|ECON 214 Principles of Macroeconomics
|3
|Sophia
|ECON 214
|Macroeconomics
|3
|-
|ACCT 370 Financial Statement Analysis
|3
|
|
|Take at LU
|
|-
|BUSI 301 Legal & Ethical Concepts for Decision Makers
|3
|LU
|BUSI 301
|ICE Exam
|3
|-
|BUSI 303 International Business
|3
|LU
|BUSI 303
|Business 308: Globalization & International Management
|3
|-
|BUSI 305 Business Analytics for Decision Making
|3
|05
|
|
|
|-
|BUSI 320 Finance Principles
|3
|
|BUSI 320
|Finance 101: Principles of Finance or Finance 301: Corporate Finance
|3
|-
|BUSI 330 Principles of Marketing
|3
|
|
|
|
|-
|BUSI 342 Human Resource Management
|3
|Study.com
|BUSI 342
|Business 306: Strategic Human Resources Management
|3
|-
|BUSI 400 Strategic Planning/Business Policy
|3
|
|
|
|
|-
|BUSI 411 Operations Strategy
|3
|Study.com
|BUSI 411 
|Business 312: Advanced Operations Management
|3
|-
!Total
!36
!
!
!
!24
|}

== Free Electives ==
Take whatever courses you want.
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
!LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit
|-
|Take whatever you want
|38
|
|
|Take whatever you want
|38
|-
!Total
!38
!
!
!
!38
|}
==Total Transfer Credit==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|+
!Course Required
!Competency
Units Value
!Course
Provider
! LU
Course ID
!Course Name
!LU
Credit

(Max 90cr)
|-
|General Education Requirements
|31
|
|
|
| 28
|-
| Major Foundational
|15
|
|
|
|12
|-
|Major Core
|36
|
|
|
|24
|-
|Free Electives
|38
|
|
|
|38
|-
!Total
!120
!
!
!
!102
|}
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