Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration: Management
Is this program right for you?
The online Business Administration–Management BBA is a flexible option that prepares you for leadership roles in a variety of growing industries — or in your own business.
This degree provides a robust foundation in business. From the highly ranked Wisconsin School of Business, you will gain valuable skills in leadership, decision-making, organizational structure and change, strategy and policy, and the integration of organizational functions.
Graduates of this program pursue a broad array of careers, from business owner to talent acquisition manager or compensation analyst, to name just a few.
- If you aim to be an entrepreneur or advance in a leadership position in a private business, government or nonprofit organization, a Business Administration: Management BBA is a good fit for you.
- You will learn to develop successful teams that maximize performance, design systems to achieve strategic objectives in a global environment, diagnose problems and design effective interventions, and evaluate an organization to maximize competitive advantage.
- This degree will prepare you to work for businesses large and small or for yourself as a business owner or entrepreneur. Top industries hiring in this field include finance and insurance, health care and social assistance, professional/scientific/technical services and manufacturing.
Education that works for you
All courses are online so you can learn from anywhere in the world. Most courses have assignment deadlines, exams, quizzes and discussions throughout the term. Peer and instructor interaction varies based on the course, and discussion and engagement in the digital learning environment is encouraged. The program is designed for part-time students with multiple start dates and 8-week course formats so you can keep career and family commitments.
Program type
Bachelor's degree
Degree awarded
Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration: Management
Commitment
2+ years, varies based on transferable credits
Tuition
Resident & nonresident:
$500 per credit
No segregated fees, but other fees may apply.
Format
Online
Credits
120 undergraduate credits
Offered by
International eligibility
Application deadlines
Spring 2025
- Deadline for start 1: December 15, 2024
- Deadline for start 2: February 15, 2025
Summer 2025
- Deadline: April 15, 2025
Fall 2025
- Deadline for start 1: July 15, 2025
- Deadline for start 2: September 15, 2025
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Program requirements
To be considered for UW–Madison Online you must be a transfer student.
A transfer student is anyone who has attended another college or university after graduating from high school and wishes to enroll in an undergraduate degree program at UW–Madison.
In order to be eligible for transfer admission for UW–Madison Online, you must have completed at least 12 transferable semester hours of college-level work. AP, A-Level, IB, and CLEP cannot be used toward the 12 transferable credit requirement.
Freshman applicants are not eligible for admission to UW–Madison Online. A freshman includes anyone who is currently a student in high school or who has not taken college coursework since graduating from high school.
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What you’ll learn
In addition to the required courses for the management major listed here, all students will build a strong business foundation by fulfilling business preparatory, core and breadth requirements in finance, accounting, management, business law, risk management and data analysis.
*All students are also required to fulfill university-wide general education and pre-business requirements, as well as a minimum of 120 credits to ensure all graduates acquire the essential core of an undergraduate education.
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