Mission
The mission of the Business Administration Department is to prepare and graduate students for careers in business, government and non-profit organizations by providing a broad professional education. The business administration program is structured around a group of technical courses, which exposes students to the basic tools of quantitative methods, accounting, and economic theory, and a core of management and leadership courses that integrate culture, language, and ethics, to enable future business leaders to meet the challenges of today’s global environment.

Furthermore, the Business Administration program seeks to infuse NHU students with a deep understanding of the Hispanic culture and its relationship to other cultures, and to enable students to apply such knowledge onto to the various functional areas of business.

The NHU Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration requires a minimum of 67 units with an average grade of 2.0 or higher.

The NHU Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration requires a minimum of 125 units with an average grade of 2.0 or higher.

Credits may be transferred from other authorized, approved, or accredited colleges and universities upon evaluation.

Vision
The vision of the Business Department is to be a recognized nationally competitive leader in business education with a reputation for producing highly successful Hispanic or other minorities managers and leaders. To this end, the department will strive to combine excellent student learning experiences in an intimate environment.

Goal
In the broadest sense our goal is to offer a business program that enhances students’ competence in business administration, fosters their intellectual curiosity, and develops the personal skills necessary to be an effective manager. Our department is characterized by its professional attitude, the diversity of its largely work experienced faculty and its close student-faculty relationship. In addition, the faculty believes that much learning takes place through good classroom instruction and establishing informal contacts with and among students.

Upon completion of the program NHU business graduates should effectively demonstrate the following:

1. business communication skills, including written, oral and presentation skills consistent with those of early career business professionals;
2. the ability to integrate knowledge across the business disciplines to offer solutions to problems commonly encountered in business;
3. knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods commonly employed in business;
4. teamwork, management and leadership skills; and
5. commitment and appreciation for cultural, gender and
   ethical principles