Why Major in Management at PBA?
Fuel your desire for success in PBA’s Bachelor of Science in Management. This AACSB-accredited program—one of a select few nationwide—equips the leaders of tomorrow with business acumen, management strategies, and a profound Christian worldview that shapes and inspires everything you accomplish in your career.
- Inspired by Christ: Biblical principles and concepts of faith ground every aspect of the management major.
- Ideal Location: Palm Beach County is a thriving center of commerce—and a hub for internships, networking, and professional opportunities.
- Titus Center for Franchising: Master principles for running a business franchise in the nation’s only dedicated center for franchising.
- Study Abroad: Gain a global perspective on business management in places like Dubai, China, Austria, or Egypt.
- Two Concentrations: Pursue your goals in general management or entrepreneurship and small business.
- AACSB-Accredited: PBA’s management major holds this competitive recognition of excellence.
What You’ll Learn
With a B.S. in Management from PBA, you learn to:
- Cultivate business-appropriate communication skills
- Perform successfully in a group or team
- Understand and apply the elements and standards of critical thinking
- Exhibit business skills related to technology, research, finance, marketing, global business, management, and business law
- Express a Christian worldview in relation to business practices
Concentrate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business or General Management
Dedicate your studies to your goals through a concentration—a degree plan tailored to specific professional paths and opportunities. The general management concentration prepares you with versatile skills for a broad variety of professional management positions. In the entrepreneurship and small business concentration, you focus more closely on the unique challenges and experiences necessary to thrive in your bespoke business endeavors.
Program Details
Equip yourself for the dynamic dilemmas and opportunities of the business sphere in wide-reaching courses on business fundamentals. Become responsive to rapid changes and receptive to innovative ideas through hands-on learning and courses led by industry experts. The B.S. in Management at PBA facilitates your success by combining business basics, your chosen concentration, and a real-world internship.
Get elbows-deep in practical on-the-job experience under the guidance of a corporate manager and weekly seminar classes with a business professor. Your business internship helps you advance your skills, build your professional network, and plant seeds of growth for your career opportunities
Christ-Centered Experience—concepts of faith and biblical principles are at the center of everything business students experience.
Location—Our location in the heart of Palm Beach County’s financial and wealth management district offers unique internship opportunities.
Titus Center for Franchising—PBA’s Titus Center for Franchising is the only dedicated center in the nation in which you can master the principles of business franchising
Study Abroad—You’ll have the chance to study abroad in places such as Dubai, the Czech Republic, China, Austria and Egypt.
You’ll engage in an experience that’s as broad in terms of areas explored as it is deep with opportunities to develop and sharpen your knowledge. Concentrations are offered in general management, entrepreneurship and small business, and franchising. The program covers the principles of:
- Management
- Finance
- Marketing
- Accounting
- Business Law
- Ethics
- Managerial Finance
- Product and operations
- Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
Good management requires good sense of people, of communities, of how the world works. Studying holistically through PBA’s unique general education program empowers you with a greater understanding of the people and scenarios you manage. Explore the full Faith, Roots, and Reason coursework.
Develop a strong basis in the many facets and functions of business, including statistics, accounting, marketing, finance, management, macro and microeconomics, business law, data analysis, leadership, and business strategies. And in management-specific courses, you get to dive into areas like production, operations, and organizational behavior.
Add an additional concentration in Franchising to study the principles, management, and operations of franchising. PBA is home to one of the nation’s only academic centers for franchising, and we’re the only Christian institution to offer a specialization in franchise management.
Careers in Management
The management bachelor’s degree program equips you for high-intensity professional roles where you direct employees, create and enforce policies, and manage products and services.
Like many of our graduates, you will likely launch your career in an entry-level position—or higher up, depending on your internship experience—and quickly advance into managerial roles by demonstrating your expertise and business sense. Management occupations are expanding and lucrative across industries, with a median annual wage over $107,000.
You can join a marketplace of opportunities in roles like:
- Project Manager
- Sales Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Personal Banker
- Business Analyst
- Nonprofit Director
- Entrepreneur
- Franchiser
