Bachelor of Business

The School concentrates its resources on an undergraduate program that emphasizes teaching and a close, caring relationship with students. Learning and free inquiry from a Christian perspective provides an environment where students are encouraged to become sensitive and productive members of society, able to respond to the demands of a rapidly changing world. The central curriculum, required of all students in the College, provides a broad knowledge and understanding in the areas of the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. This central curriculum requirement combined with the business core curriculum, required all business students, to give students a solid foundation in the liberal arts as well as the business disciplines.

The professional concentrations in accounting, economics/finance, management/marketing, and general business provide specific skills for understanding and functioning in organizations and offer a basis for a lifetime of professional growth and development in a global environment. Therefore, students completing the business program at Louisiana Christian University are characterized by their:

• Sense of personal values and social responsibility developed through courses in values and business ethics.
• Creativity in decision-making enriched by participation in casework and business simulations.
• Oral and written communication ability strengthened by formal courses in communication and the opportunity to make formal and informal presentations.
• Analytical decision-making skills developed in courses using quantitative methods and problem-solving.
• Immediate productivity resulting from internships, real-world examples, and guest speakers who relate academic material to existing organizational problems.
• Interpersonal skills developed through working with groups in classes as well as social and professional organizations.
• Ability to succeed in graduate school because the focusing of all faculty, physical and financial resources on the teaching of undergraduates has resulted in solid, academic course work.

The School provides students with several ways in which to gain professional experience and knowledge.

Internships are offered in each of the specialization areas within the School. Delta Mu Delta, the national honor society in business, is open to the top 20 percent of the junior and senior classes.

Students are also able to do volunteer work within the community through the School. Each year, the School co-hosts an Economic Development Conference with the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce each Spring. Students participate as active members of the conference.