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Benedictine University, a top-tier university, was founded more than 120 years ago with a philosophy of educating the whole person. Our programs are built on a rich history and tradition of excellence in education. We offer small class sizes and the personal attention expected of a private university.
Benedictine University is Regionally Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)* and the Illinois State Board of Education**.
Why Choose Benedictine University Online?
- We have voluntarily frozen tuition at 2008-2009 rates for the 2009-2010 academic year. While other schools are implementing tuition increases and higher fees, Benedictine University remains focused on our students.
- Convenience: Access your coursework anywhere via an easy-to-use, online platform enhanced by outstanding 24 x 7 technical support.
- 100% Online: Complete your master's degree entirely online. There are no residency requirements.
- Affordable: We offer affordable tuition and generous financial aid programs.
- Interactive: Interact fully with your professors and other students in our unique virtual-classroom setting.
- Transformative: Our graduates are prepared for a lifetime as respected, informed, and responsible citizens and leaders in the world community.
*Higher Learning Commission, 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (800) 621-7440; (312) 263-0456; Fax: (312) 263-7462. ** Illinois State Board of Education, 100 N. 1st Street, Springfield, IL 62777, (866) 262-6663; (217) 782-4321
Online Bachelor Degree Programs
Informing Today – Transforming Tomorrow
Benedictine University is a regionally accredited and highly regarded associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degree granting institution. With a rich history dating back over 120 years, Benedictine has built its reputation on outstanding academic programs, credentialed faculty members, and service-minded graduates.
Learn more – Earn more. It's that simple. Let Benedictine University help. With our online Bachelor degree programs, you can have a life while you earn your degree. Our convenient online options allow working professionals with at least two years of on-the-job experience from all over the world the opportunity to increase their earning potential, find high profile positions and advance in their chosen career.
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ONLINE BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS:
Back to topOnline Bachelor of Management:
Back to topYou'll be prepared to handle a variety of business roles with a degree in Management from Benedictine University. Our program provides a strong, fundamental business core, while allowing you the opportunity to customize your degree. Choose from one of these market relevant specializations
Consulting
In today's competitive business environment, sound strategy, effective implementation, and operational optimization can determine the fate of an organization. By combining your management degree with a consulting concentration, you'll develop a skill set that allows you to help companies, grow and expand by understanding what best-practice business tools will most effectively impact the bottom line. Subject matter will include:
- Consulting – Overview
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Leadership
- Diagnostic Analysis
Accounting
Take your understanding of accounting practices to the next level by adding an accounting concentration to your management degree. This dynamic combination will prepare you to take positions with the planning, legal, accounts payables/receivables or finance departments in many corporate, not for profit or government institutions. You'll take courses such as:
- Cost Accounting
- Federal Taxation
- Computer Fraud
Human Resource Management
For countless reasons, organizations of all sizes rely on HR specialists. A management degree with a human resource concentration will prepare you to address benefit administration, conflict resolutions, labor management issues, and other crucial areas involving human capital. Coursework includes:
- Employee Recruitment Strategies
- Employee Performance and Appraisal Management
- Essentials of Compensation and Benefits
Marketing
Learn how to create marketing strategies that are progressive and impactful by completing a marketing concentration with your management degree. From advertising to public relations, you'll come away equipped with a broader view of the psychology behind, and the components of successfully bringing a product to market. Classes include:
- Consumer Behavior
- Promotional Strategy
- International Marketing
- Marketing Research
Disaster Management
Applicable to positions in the public and private sector, a BAM degree with a disaster management concentration provides a unique mix of coursework that prepares you for preparing others. Learn how to handle complex situations and lead when disaster strikes. Courses include:
- Disaster Management for the First Responder
- Social and Psychological aspects of disaster management
- Operational aspects of disaster management
- Public Health Aspects of disaster management
Online Bachelor of Organizational Leadership:
Back to topSimilar to a traditional management degree, our Organizational Leadership program provides a strong foundation in core business curriculum. Setting it apart though, is an increased emphasis on leading and managing – and reduced focus on quantitative coursework. This unique degree will prepare you for a variety of roles in any business environment. You can customize your degree by choosing one of our exciting specializations:
Multi-Cultural Dynamics
For organizations to be successful in today's global economy there needs to be an understanding of various cultures, customs and interactions. A concentration in multi-cultural dynamics will prepare you to apply your BAOL degree in situations spanning a variety of cultures, ages, and geographic locations. Learn with courses like:
- Peoples & Culture of the World Regions
- Racial and Ethnic Groups
- Social and Cultural Change
- Sociological, Psychological & Cultural Aspects of Aging
Consulting
The BAOL with a consulting specialization will prepare you to identify best practices and implement change within an organization. Whether you want to work as an external consultant or achieve results from within an organization, this unique combination of skills will equip you to apply business concepts to a variety of settings. Subject matter will include:
- Consulting – Overview
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Leadership
- Diagnostic Analysis
Marketing
A BAOL degree with a marketing concentration will allow you to apply leadership skills and marketing knowledge to a variety of businesses. Learn the fundamentals of marketing including international strategy, advertising and PR. Coursework includes:
- Consumer Behavior
- Promotional Strategy
- International Marketing
- Marketing Research
Human Resource Management
Gaining knowledge and skills about "human capital" will prepare you for roles in HR. Learn best practices in benefits administration, labor relations and contract negotiation for application within a variety of business settings. Coursework includes:
- Employee Recruitment Strategies
- Employee Performance and Appraisal Management
- Essentials of Compensation and Benefits
How long does it take?
That's up to you. The Benedictine online Bachelor degree programs are perfect for those without any college credit, or for students who have some previous college experience.
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Keep Learning!
When you complete your online bachelor's degree at Benedictine University, you have the opportunity to enroll in our online Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Science in Organizational Behavior (MSMOB) program and earn a master's degree in as little as just one additional year, increasing your marketability and value even more. It's just one more reason why Benedictine University is you best choice in online learning!
ONLINE MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS:
Back to topOnline MS in Management of Organizational Behavior
Back to topThe Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior (MSMOB) Program at Benedictine University prepares you to differentiate yourself from other managers in the workplace.
Designed to offer a unique academic experience relative to other management degrees, the MSMOB gives you the knowledge, skills, and insight to achieve bottom line results by effectively leading, managing and motivating your company's most valuable asset: people.
Through our MS in Management and Organizational Behavior degree, you will gain a working knowledge of the "human side" of enterprise, including human capital, global interdependence, and the behavioral aspects of managing change.
Recognized by the Organizational Development Network as one of the nation's top programs in Organizational Development, you will graduate from this program with the fundamental skills and leading edge concepts to change and lead organizations in a rapidly changing, global business environment.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration (AMBA)
Back to topWith Benedictine University's Accelerated MBA degree program, you can earn an advanced degree and upgrade your income potential in as little as one year. You will take two courses at a time and can finish the entire program in half the time it takes to finish a traditional program. Best of all, you aren't locked into the accelerated track. If you need to slow down, you are free to vary your course load as you work toward your degree.
Benedictine University is a private, top-tier institution with a tradition of academic excellence that spans over 120 years. The MBA program has been offered for just under 40 years, and consistently draws well qualified candidates from all over the world. According to a 2009 survey, 96% of Benedictine students and graduates would confidently recommend the program to a friend or colleague.
With and Accelerated MBA program, you can:
- Earn your degree from an accredited, traditional university with a prestigious 120 year history
- Graduate in little as one year (with business undergraduate degree)
- Choose from regular and fast-track degree options
- Enjoy the flexibility of an online education backed by 24/7 access to tech support
- Take advantage of a cost saving tuition freeze at 2008 rates (valid through June 2010)
- Receive the quality, convenience and personal attention you deserve
Where will you be one year from now? Jumpstart your career with an Accelerated MBA degree online from Benedictine University.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - Accounting
Back to topBenedictine's online Accounting MBA combines our prestigious on-campus program with the convenience and flexibility of distance learning to offer a quality degree that fits around your busy schedule. Highlights include small class sizes and personal attention from distinguished faculty members with real-world experience and perspectives. Graduates of our online Accounting MBA earn the same highly respected degree as students who attend our on-campus program.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship & Managing Innovation
Back to topThe entrepreneur has an enthusiastic vision, and is the driving force of any enterprise. Whether you are thinking about starting your own business, work for someone else's business, or are currently a business owner, our online Entrepreneurship MBA will equip you with the skills you need to succeed in any endeavor.
Our 12 course MBA in Entrepreneurship & Managing Innovation program can be completed in less than two years. For those with a non-business related Bachelor's degree, additional courses are required.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - Finance
Back to topAn MBA in Finance is widely recognized as an important credential in today's business world. Benedictine's online Finance MBA will sharpen both your quantitative and qualitative skills; prepare you to assume leadership roles in financial management and meet the demands of executive leadership.
Our 12 course MBA in Finance curriculum can be completed in less than two years. For those with a non-business related Bachelor's degree, additional courses are required. Our curriculum will give you the tools you need to assess financial data and offer recommendations to improve corporate performance.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Administration
Back to topOur Online MBA in Health Care Administration examines how financial, operations, and marketing activities are applied to health organizations. Our program blends the systematic view of healthcare with the strategic analytical capabilities of an MBA.
With this advanced degree, you will have the skills to work either as a specialist in charge of a specific clinical department or as a generalist who manages an entire facility or system.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - International Business
Back to topAs the global economy continues to grow, there is a continued need for professionals who value and understand the importance of international business. Benedictine University's 12 course online MBA in International Business can be completed in less than two years, and will prepare you to bring effective organizational adaptation to global change.
Our International Business MBA program explores the complexities of international business with a focus on how socio-cultural, economic, political, and technological systems converge and interrelate to affect worldwide operations.
Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration - Marketing
Back to topOur marketing program equips you with a broad marketing skill-set; after graduation, you will be able to confidently develop target markets, tactical plans and marketing strategy - whether your organization is for-profit or not-for-profit.
Online Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Back to topThe MBA is a widely recognized and powerful professional credential that can be an essential factor in your career growth and leadership development. With your business undergraduate degree, you could complete your MBA in less than two years with our 12 course* MBA curriculum.
This program is designed to help you develop the ability to create business models for forecasting and business analysis, a fundamental understanding of business intelligence technologies, and the skills to integrate information from all aspects of the organization into a big picture understanding. After completing this program, you will have the valuable, sought-after skills that give you the advantage in the business world.
*For those who possess a bachelor's degree with a non-business major, Foundation courses may be required.
Online Master of Business Administration - Accounting
Back to topBenedictine University offers an Accounting concentration as an option in our distinguished online MBA program. An understanding of accounting combined with a business background will be in demand as organizations face increased audits and scrutiny of their finances and accounting practices. Holders of an MBA with a concentration in Accounting work as corporate accountants, internal auditors, cash managers, and controllers for many different types of organizations. They also enjoy greater job security, as an understanding of this specialized area is valuable even during economic downturns. The curriculum is made of 13 courses plus three concentration courses, for a total of 64 credit hours.
Online Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship
Back to topOur 12 course* MBA in Entrepreneurship & Managing Innovation program can be completed in less than two years, and graduates earn the same highly respected degree as students who attend our traditional, on campus classes.
The entrepreneur has an enthusiastic vision, and is the driving force of any enterprise. Whether you are thinking about starting your own business, work for someone else's business, or are currently a business owner, our online Entrepreneurship MBA will equip you with the skills you need to succeed in any endeavor.
*For those with a non-business major bachelor's degree, foundation courses may be required.
Online Master of Business Administration - Finance
Back to topBenedictine's 12 course* Finance MBA can be completed in less than two years, and graduates earn the same highly respected degree as students who attend our traditional on campus classes.
Our online Finance MBA will sharpen both your quantitative and qualitative skills, prepare you to assume leadership roles in financial management and for the demands of executive leadership.
Our curriculum will help you gain a working knowledge of managerial finance by learning to develop a systematic approach to financial analysis; apply techniques for planning, forecasting and managing; as well as to evaluate and recommend improvements in your organization's financial performance.
*For those with a non-business major bachelor's degree, foundation courses may be required.
Online Master of Business Administration - Health Administration
Back to topBenedictine University's 12 course* MBA in Health Care Administration curriculum can be completed in less than two years, and our program will give you the tools you need to become a transformative health care executive.
Our Online MBA in Health Care Administration examines how financial, operations and marketing activities are applied to health organizations. Our program blends the systematic view of health care with the strategic analytical capabilities of an MBA.
*For those with a non-business major bachelor's degree, foundation courses may be required.
Online Master of Business Administration - International Business
Back to topBenedictine University's 12 course* online MBA in International Business can be completed in less than two years, and explores the complexities of international business with a focus on how socio-cultural, economic, political, and technological systems converge and interrelate to affect worldwide operations.
Our MBA in International Business curriculum will give you the tools you need to manage a globally diverse enterprise and multi-cultural workforce. Graduates make a difference in the world through their work in multi-national corporations, non-governmental organizations and governments.
*For those with a non-business major bachelor's degree, Foundation courses may be required.
Online Master of Business Administration - Marketing
Back to topYou can complete the Benedictine University 12 course* online Marketing MBA in less than two years. Our curriculum will give you the tools you need to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy for each stage of the business life cycle.
Our marketing program equips you with a broad marketing skill-set; after graduation, you will be able to confidently develop target markets, tactical plans and marketing strategy--whether your organization is for-profit or not-for-profit.
*For those with a non-business major bachelor's degree, Foundation courses may be required.
Online Dual MBA/MPH
Back to topToday's public health professionals are faced with both old and new public health challenges—the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the threat of bioterrorism, epidemics ranging from heart disease to cancer to obesity, the health of our increasingly elderly populations, the safety of our water and our food, and high-risk behaviors like smoking and substance abuse that endanger our health.
The Master of Business Administration (MBA)/Master of Public Health (MPH) dual degree option adds the comprehensive business core of an MBA to the Master of Public Health.
The MBA/MPH program results in the earning of both the MPH and the MBA degrees. The breadth of the program enables students to take leadership roles and pursue a myriad of career opportunities across the health care spectrum.
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