Welcome To The Business Administration Career Community!

Become successful entrepreneurial thinkers and decision-makers. Embrace your career and academic journey and get ready to embark upon career exploration that will lead to a more meaningful and informed career plan as you complete your education and beyond! Business administration majors generally consider jobs in the following functional areas:

  • Management strategies
  • Team collaboration
  • Ethical business practices
  • Global business contexts
  • Data-driven strategies
  • Audience communication tactics

From interpersonal skills to strategic problem solving and operational principles, your degree gives you the knowledge, skills and abilities you will need to succeed in a wide variety of fast paced business environments!

Benefits of Selecting a Concentration (Optional)

Selecting a concentration in business administration can provide you with a more focused, tailored education that enhances your career prospects and allows you to pursue your interests within the field of business. A concentration in business administration can be advantageous for several reasons:

Specialized Knowledge: Concentrations allow you to delve deeper into a specific area of interest within business administration, such as marketing, finance, human resources, or operations management. This specialization provides a more focused education and expertise in a particular field.

Career Focus: Concentrations help you tailor your education to your career goals. By choosing a concentration aligned with your career aspirations, you can gain relevant skills and knowledge that make you more competitive in the job market.

Networking Opportunities: Concentrations often come with specialized courses, workshops, and networking events that connect you with professionals and peers in your chosen field. This networking can lead to internship opportunities, mentorship, and potential job offers.

Increased Marketability: Having a concentration on your resume demonstrates to employers that you have specialized knowledge and skills in a specific area of business. This can make you more attractive to employers seeking candidates with expertise in a particular domain.

Personal Interest: You may have a strong interest or passion for a specific area within business administration. Choosing a concentration allows you to explore that interest in-depth and pursue a career that aligns with your passions.

Click on each concentration to explore various options:

Explore Careers By Majors

What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common jobs and career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.

Sidebar

Career Resources

MBA Rotational Programs and Internships: Companies that offer MBA internships and rotational programs!

The landscape of LDPs is evolving, with a growing emphasis on digital skills and global perspectives. Many programs are integrating …

LinkedIn Learning

SNHU’s partnership with LinkedIn Learning offers free non-credit bearing continuing education & professional development courses to individuals already in SNHU’s community that can help you skill-up and gain experience! To gain skills and experience through LinkedIn Learning courses, you can search for project-based courses that align with your career goals and take courses on relevant technologies, soft or hard skills, or industry-specific topics. View our dedicated page for more information!

Pitching to Investors

Taught by Jana Lee
Find out what angel investors and venture capital firms are looking for in this course by investor and entrepreneur Jana…

Using Microsoft Syntex for AI Information Management in SharePoint

Taught by Phil Gold
In this course, learn how to leverage Microsoft Syntex’s built-in AI capabilities to automate data classification and extraction from information…

Project Management: Government Projects

Taught by Oliver Yarbrough
Want to transition from managing corporate projects to government project management? Learn the nuances of managing government projects—a subset of…

Sallie Krawcheck on Risk-Taking

Taught by Sallie Krawcheck
To create any type of opportunity for ourselves—and our companies—we must take chances. Yet as we progress in our careers…

Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Employee goals should be driven by the organization’s needs—whether it’s to cut costs, drive revenue, or build skills—and keep employees…

Entrepreneurship: Finding and Testing Your Business Idea

Taught by Dave Crenshaw
The prospect of starting your own business from scratch can feel at once exhilarating and overwhelming. Before you launch a…

Creating Your IT Strategy

Taught by Peter High
The role of information technology (IT) in organizations has changed dramatically. While historically the role of IT departments has been…

Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicators

Taught by Earl Stice
There’s a critical link between an organization’s goals and its performance metrics. A beautiful mission statement is nothing without specific,…

Designing Growth Strategies

Taught by Anil Gupta
Companies need to grow in order to attract and retain top talent, sustain competitive advantage, and create shareholder value. Drawing…

Global Strategy

Taught by Anil Gupta
Globalization is a double-edged sword. Global firms benefit from a larger market, scale- and location-based cost efficiencies, and exposure to…

Guy Kawasaki on Entrepreneurship

Taught by Guy Kawasaki
In this interview-style course, author, entrepreneur, evangelist, and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki discusses a variety of topics centered on entrepreneurship.…

Running a Design Business: Pricing and Estimating

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Do you know what to charge for your design services? Too much and you risk scaring away potential clients; too…

Creating a Business Plan

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Looking to build a business or expand one you’re already running? You’ll need to build a business plan before you…

Developing a Competitive Strategy

Taught by Anil Gupta
Competitive advantage is not about how good you are but about whether you’re faster, better, or cheaper than competitors in…

Strategic Planning Foundations

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Join executive leadership consultant and coach Mike Figliuolo as he reveals how to implement a strategic planning process in your…

LP/w Design Studio, Interior and Graphic Design

Taught by LP/w Design Studios
Libby and Patrick Castro’s marriage is the bedrock of their business, LP/w Design Studios. In this short film, the two…

Storytelling for Designers

Taught by Stacey Williams-Ng
The main goal for most design projects is to convey a message visually, in a way that hooks the viewer.…

Getting Things Done

Taught by David Allen
Join world-renowned productivity and time management expert David Allen as he walks you through his five-step process for Getting Things…

Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

Taught by John McWade
Cropping is essential to good design. In this course, senior author John McWade shows members how to transform images that…

Graphic Design for Business Professionals

Taught by Justin Seeley
Not a graphic designer? No problem. In this course, staff author and designer Justin Seeley shares graphic design secrets anyone…

Career Service Hours

Monday 8:00 am- 8:00 pm ET
Tuesday 8:00 am- 8:00 pm ET
Wednesday 8:00 am- 8:00 pm ET
Thursday 8:00 am- 8:00 pm ET
Friday 8:00 am- 7:30 pm ET