YOUR BEST VALUE DEGREE

The Accelerated Online BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) is a focused distance learning degree program that develops a thorough understanding of business and entrepreneurship. Delivered via eLearning, it is ideal for candidates with practical experience who want to obtain a high-value academic qualification.

The ABBA will expand and deepen your understanding and mastery of the most relevant business disciplines. The program is strongly oriented towards real-world application, rather than theory – a highly topical blend of academic content adapted for the experienced working professional. Graduates of this program may advance into SMC’s online MBA program.

PROGRAM DESIGN

The program coursework prepares you not as a specialist in one functional area of business, but prepares you to be a highly qualified business professional equipped with multidimensional skillset. The curriculum focuses on management and marketing topics while emphasizing leadership, ethics, and strategic thinking across all program courses. The Business degree equally stresses interpersonal communication skills and technical communications skills required for success in today’s fast-paced business environment.

COURSE OUTLINE

Fundamentals of Marketing

This course covers the marketing process and examines the range of marketing decisions that an organization must make in order to sell its products and services. The student will be introduced to a marketing mindset, discovering the consumer focus of marketing. The course will familiarize the learner with the art and science of marketing a product.

Presentation & Communication

This course provides students with the required skills to produce clear written communication which is concise and persuasive and which helps enhance the competitive advantage of the company. Topics include reports, proposals, tenders and letters, commercial correspondence and effective reports. Furthermore, the course examines the seven aspects of a dynamic presentation, shows methods of structuring, visualizing and delivering the message.

Business Law

Introductory course to the laws and ethical standards that managers must abide by while conducting business. Explores the legal framework designed to protect both consumers and businesses and outlines the legal and ethical environment in which businesses operate. Students will also explore the relationship between legal and ethical standards to critically analyze and evaluate the behavior of business owners, managers, and employees.

Business Cultures & Protocol

The global environment of today and the increased cultural diversity in business require culturally-aware managers in both domestic and international markets. This course focuses on cultural and cross-cultural management and communication and builds an understanding of the impact of cultural diversity on business practices.

Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

The increased competition and the challenges of the global economy result in many companies today profiling themselves and therefore outsoursing parts of their R & D, production and delivery processes to specialised, external suppliers. The result of this phenomenon is the increasing need of managing suppliers and the underlying purchasing and negotiation processes, which have become crucial to the financial success of the firm, both in relation to costs, but also to quality and innovation.

Fundamentals of Accounting

The course provides an in-depth introduction to the study of the accounting for business entities such as sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. It examines the process of recording and analyzing transactions, the process of the accounting cycle, including record-keeping, preparation of financial statements, and the theory of accounts.

Business Policy & Strategy

This course focuses on how firms formulate, implement, and evaluate strategies in a turbulent and rapidly changing environment. Students will focus on integrated decision making in terms of strategy formation, implementation, and evaluation.

Micro- & Macroeconomics

This course will convey essential economic concepts and analytical tools. The course covers the definition of an ideal economic outcome, how markets work to achieve this outcome under ideal conditions, and what happens when conditions deteriorate. The course also covers the role of government in creating the proper environment for private markets to work well, and how government can improve outcomes under adverse conditions. Major topics include consumer choice, production decisions, market structures, fiscal and monetary policies, unemployment, inflation, international trade, and exchange rates.

Financial Management

This course explores into depth the issues and concepts of a successful financial management of a firm. Topics include capital budgeting, NPV, IRR, Profitability Index, Net Working Capital management in cash management, credit policies, receivables management, inventory.

Sales Management & Consumer Behaviour

Examines the sales management process of the company, as well as the different methods of sales that can be applied in business. The course will review planning, staffing, training, directing and controlling the sales team, and will develop the skills of the you in sales.

Management & Business

This course explores the basic concepts of managing, planning and controlling an organization. It begins with the process of building leadership skills and lays a solid base for the difficult tasks of human resources management. The course focuses on communication, decision making and leadership for administrative and managerial positions in business and government.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of seizing or creating opportunity without regard to the resources controlled. This course is innovative in its curriculum, as it deals with theory and practice of managing and owning your business and how new businesses are started. It shows methods of recognizing opportunities, exploiting them and obtaining the desired business results. The course also deals with the problems of running a family business, working with family members and building larger organizations. It teaches the students the steps in creating a good business plan.

HR Management

The course is an introduction to the complex issues of human resources management and human relations in general. It examines and provides a solid ground for understanding human behavior, human resources and their development and the issues and challenges that impact companies and organizations.

International Business & Trade

The course will provide the student with an analytical framework for the study of international trade. Keeping up with the international environment has become a central concern in business strategy and national economic policy. The course will cover a broad array of relevant topics, exploring both theoretical models and empirical studies to determine a model that best fits “real world” data. This course will frequently compare and contrast competing theories concerning the nature of international trade and the gains or losses thereof. The student will work to understand the economic intuition behind technically demanding models and define the assumptions behind various theories before evaluating how well those models fit actual trading economies. The learner will also explore the relevance and policy implications of various theories/models, especially in terms of growth, income distribution, and development.

Management Information Systems

The course provides the foundation for understanding information systems and examines IT-related roles, functions and strategies in today’s business environment. The course will cover the principles and concepts of IS, the motivation for using IS in business, the technologies implemented and their applications, and the reciprocal relationship between the organization and information technology.

RISE WITH ELEARNING

As an experienced Professional advanced in your career, you have challenged and mastered the many aspects of business administration, strategy and leadership. You meet internal and external challenges. You focus and re-adjust in order to stay on top of the game. Your experience grows daily and helps you to meet the challenges ahead, however:

  • Imagine, you can add the experience and know-how of thousands of other like-minded professionals from around the world to yours!
  • Imagine how powerful it is to gain, share, and apply know-how within a global network of faculty, professionals, and students!
  • Imagine how much you benefit from receiving the latest tools and concepts developed by the most global online business school!

APPLICATION PROCESS

PREPARE DOCUMENTS

Prepare your documents for the upload, including Curriculum Vitae (CV), Transcript, Diploma and Passport Copy.

ONLINE APPLICATION

We review your online application form and you will receive a response within 2 working days

ENROLLMENT

Upon settlement of your tuition deposit you will receive your Certificate of Enrollment and Student Handbook.

PROGRAM COST

As a student at SMC University you do not need to worry about student debt. We are here to help you do the math and figure out the best payment plan aligned with your situation.

For more details please contact the administration at administration@swissmc.ch or +41 (0)41 500 16 22

The tuition is payable quarterly and amounts to €450 per quarter for the duration of 15 months. (Total tution: 5 x €450 = €2,250)

The tuition can be settled via online payment or by bank transfer.

Alternatively you may also choose to settle the entire tuition in a single payment of €1,890 (no further costs apply).

The tuition can be settled via online payment or by bank transfer.

PROGRAM INTAKE

Enrollment to the program is open. You may apply and commence the program any time regardless of your qualification. In order to be awarded a degree, you must provide evidence of holding a recognized high school and/or associate degree. You may submit the according documents before completion of your studies.

Applicants who have not graduated from high school are welcome to participate in the curriculum and earn credits/certificates to support their professional career.

READY TO CHALLENGE YOUR FUTURE?

 

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We are located at Bahnhofstraße 20, 6300 Zug, Switzerland.
You can also call us on +41 (0)41 500 16 22.