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Overview

Prepare for leadership. APU’s Associate of Arts in Business Administration offers an applied, relevant learning experience for students seeking career advancement.
Year round entry points and a fully online, evening program give you the flexibility you need to finish your degree while attending to your other responsibilities.
Full-time faculty mentors drawing on real-world expertise provide you with personalized support and a professional network to guide you toward your career goals.

Degree Fit

APU’s Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration is an excellent and affordable choice for students with less than 60 academic transfer credits who intend to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business. The AA degree gives you the necessary foundational understanding of principles and practices you need to succeed in entry-level positions in in business and other industries as well as the credits you need to advance directly into APU’s bachelor’s degree program in Business Administration and Management.

Career Outcomes

Graduates from AA degree in Business Administration are pursuing careers in businesses like:

  • Tourism
  • Human Services
  • Health Care

Degree Roadmap

​Critical Thinking for Management

offers interdisciplinary and intercultural inquiry into the issues of human consciousness and experience focusing on the integration of the issues into a holistic view of the world. Ways to bring knowledge to bear on critically analyzing social, economic, and business problems and issues.

Personal Finance

will provide an overview of basic personal financial planning including budgeting, managing credit, savings and investment, insurance, and retirement planning. Students will develop a personal financial plan with short- and long-term goals.

Organizational Behavior

examines motivation, work design, perception, creativity, and innovation as part of the larger organizational behavior concept. Organizational culture is examined in the context of organizational change and behavior. Effective models are critically reviewed.

Student Profiles

I steer people I know to APU because it’s professional-friendly. The quality of education is great and it’s easy to fit the classes into my life. That’s a huge deal for me! The instructors are approachable and fair and my advisor is just amazing. I love the active learning, that I can apply class projects to my workplace. -Chrysti Leigh, AA Business Administration, 2015​

Scholarships

Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association

Full-time undergraduate and graduate students from Alakanuk, Emmonak, Grayling, Kotlik, Mountain Village and Nunam Iqua, GPA of 2.5 or higher

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Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship

Qualified veteran, at least part time; GPA of 3.0 or greater

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Ramona F. Sines Endowed Scholarship

Full-time female undergraduate under 26 years old, HS GPA 3.5 or greater, APU GPA 2.75 or greater.

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Flint Hills Scholarship

Degree seeking student (undergraduate or graduate) enrolled in K-8 Education, Business, Sciences and demonstrate a financial need.

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Program Area

Move on to the next challenge with purpose. Develop your career – or chart a new path – with the APU business degree that’s right for you.  We maintain small class size and focus on relevant studies. Our faculty double as mentors throughout your program and beyond graduation. You’ll be among close-knit peers who value cooperation as much as competition. Flexible course schedules include your choice of degree programs delivered online and at night– without sacrificing network building. And our advising makes the most of your time as well as the transfer credits you’ve already earned.

Business Administration

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