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Ashford University is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001, www.wascsenior.org.
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Your Bachelor of Arts in Accounting degree from Ashford University demonstrates your proficiency with fundamental accounting principles and procedures, employing technology in accounting, analyzing solutions to complex accounting problems, and utilizing accounting information in making business decisions. Upon graduation, you will possess a practical understanding of these ideas and other important accounting concepts and skills.
In this curriculum, you will learn to collect, assess, and interpret data consistent with modern economic theory. Your courses cover a variety of relevant subjects: from finance and international trade, to strategic planning and business life-cycles.
The Bachelor of Arts in Consumer and Family Financial Services program is designed to prepare you for a career in insurance, investments, or family financial advisement. While this program provides you with a comprehensive knowledge of business finance; personal financial planning; investment management; life, health, property, and casualty insurance; principles of banking; consumer lending; and trust operations, it is distinct from corporate finance due to its focus on individual and personal support. You will learn to evaluate investments based on risk and potential returns, and you will examine the role of insurance in personal financial planning.
The Bachelor of Arts in Finance degree provides you with an understanding of financial analysis, financial management, and financial systems. You will build your skills in long-range financial planning and implementation. Learn problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze business and financial conditions.
The Bachelor of Arts in Real Estate Studies program prepares you to begin a career in mortgage lending, development, equity investment, brokerage and sales, valuation, or property management. This degree program provides you with basic skills in mortgage lending, development, equity investment, and brokerage. Examine the markets and financing methods for residential and commercial properties. Discover the trends that influence property valuations, and learn best practices to benefit and safeguard investors.
*The Bachelor of Arts in Business Information Systems program enables graduates to *understand the interaction, planning, development, and operations of information systems and information sharing within a business or organization. Courses focus on information technology planning, networking, e-business strategies, strategic data utilization, and business management, as well as problem solving and leadership in designing, developing, and implementing new or existing information systems within businesses and organizations.
In the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree program, you will examine the human side of managing organizations, including communications, group behavior, decision-making, human resource management, and ethics.
The Bachelor of Arts in Project Management degree program is specifically designed to prepare you with the highly technical knowledge you need to succeed in the demanding field of project management. This degree provides you with the ability to plan, execute, and oversee any business project. You will learn risk analysis, cost management, and quality control.
The Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management degree program is specifically designed to prepare you with the highly technical knowledge you need to succeed in the demanding field of supply chain management. Learn to assess systems’ performance using logistics decision support. Examine globalization’s effect on organizations’ operations and production.
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Your Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree from Ashford University will provide you with the technical knowledge and critical thinking skills you need to communicate ideas in a collaborative business environment. Upon graduation, you will possess a practical understanding of these ideas and other important business concepts and skills.
The Bachelor of Arts in eMarketing degree prepares you to compete in areas of advertising, marketing, promotions, and public relations. And you will learn to coordinate market research, develop marketing strategy, assess sales data, create advertising pieces, promote products and services, initiate pricing policy, and participate in product development and brand management from an eBusiness perspective.
Business is inherently entrepreneurial in nature. But the knowledge that an entrepreneur requires is distinct from that of other business managers. The Bachelor of Arts in Entrepreneurship degree shows you how to harness opportunities and build a successful business from the ground up. This online degree program trains you in sound business principles, preparing a business plan, and how to finance and manage a small business.
Opportunity overseas has spurred demand for sophisticated professionals who are competent in international business practices and strategies. Pursue this degree if you seek the skills required to advance professionally in an international business career. You will create a nation-specific risk assessment, learn the impact of globalization on large companies, and strategies for navigating a highly competitive global market.
Your Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration prepares you for entry into a career in the public sector, either in a non-profit organization, or at federal, state, or local government. You will complete coursework in urban management, budgeting and finance, political science and intergovernmental issues, and public policy development. This degree’s curriculum also provides you with a breadth of complimentary studies in the social sciences.
Your Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Marketing from Ashford University demonstrates your understanding and mastery of all aspects of marketing and public relations, which include advertising, branding, and corporate communications. You will study and evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of marketing and public relations messages while engaging in problem analysis, strategic planning, message development, and tactical solutions. The capstone course provides you with the opportunity to use the skills and abilities developed throughout your studies to develop a marketing plan.
The Bachelor of Arts in Service Management prepares you to manage a service enterprise, whether in a non-profit organization or in the hospitality, restaurant, or retail industries. This degree demonstrates your ability to integrate practices and impact the performance of a service organization. You will discover how best to deliver whole enterprise services in organizations devoted to customer care. Learn to assess logistics, manage operations, examine market conditions, and make strategic decisions in a variety of service environments.
The Bachelor of Arts in Business Leadership degree emphasizes the theory and practice of leadership through a comprehensive curriculum of industrial and organizational psychology, conflict management, organizational behavior, and strategic management. You will evaluate trends in social responsibility and examine the influence of strategic planning in a variety of environments.
Your courses in this Bachelor of Arts degree program are taught by advance-degreed instructors with real-world experience in the subjects they teach. In addition, you can transfer up to 90 approved credits toward your Bachelor’s degree and accelerate your degree completion.
The Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management degree prepares students for positions as business managers, human resources managers, HR generalists or specialists, and HR business analysts. In this degree program, you will learn about the ethical, legal, and social factors that shape today’s workplace. Your courses cover a variety of subjects from recruitment and training to labor laws, compensation, and benefits.
In the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management degree program, you will examine the human side of managing organizations, including communications, group behavior, decision-making, human resource management, and ethics.
The Sports and Recreation Management major prepares you for managerial positions in the sports and recreation industry, including: professional sports, fitness clubs, athletics equipment merchandising, recreation programs, and intramural and recreational sports. You will complete coursework in accounting, business, economics, information systems, physical education, and psychology. The curriculum consists of the learning experiences essential for business management positions in the sports and recreation professions. When you complete the required coursework, you will be well acquainted with the sport industry, be highly trained in various theories of management, and exhibit college-level writing and speaking skills.
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The Master of Arts in Organizational Management allows you to develop advanced skills in dealing with the complex problems that organizations and individuals face in today’s marketplace. Your courses in organizational change, marketing, decision making, strategic thinking, and innovation will cultivate the landscape for building an organizational culture that embraces quality and diversity.
Your Master of Business Administration degree program offers graduate study of the functions and activities performed in profit-seeking as well as not-for-profit organizations. You will study with focus in areas such as operations, finance, marketing, accounting, and business strategy. Discover reasons to pursue your MBA now.
As a graduate of the Master of Public Administration degree at Ashford University you will gain a wide range of proficiencies in financial management, budgeting, quantitative methods, urban planning, redevelopment, and personnel management. You will perfect your interpersonal and management skills while gaining expertise in decision making, policy implementation, and managing personnel in ways that embrace quality and diversity.
Ashford University is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001, www.wascsenior.org.
Many traditional universities find themselves burdened by traditions and practices that prove ill-suited for adult learners. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) supports higher educational institutions through its Adult Learning Focused Institution (ALFI) Initiative, which enables universities to improve learning opportunities for working adults and the employers who support their education. Ashford University is a proud member of CAEL and a participating ALFI institution. In accordance with CAEL’s Principles of Effectiveness for Serving Adult Learners, a framework that outlines best practices for schools to adopt, Ashford has designed specific enrollment policies and procedures to make educational opportunities highly accessible to adult students.
Ashford University is committed to implementing the Quality Matters standards for the design of online courses, and is systematically building and evaluating its courses based on these rigorous, research-based standards. The Quality Matters standards ensure that the online components of these courses promote learner engagement and provide students with the tools and information they require to be successful learners.
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is committed to improving the academic quality for it 3,000 member institutions and 60 accrediting agencies. As an advocate for self-regulation, CHEA identifies issues and trends affecting accreditation in higher education and provides forums for in-depth discussion and debate on these topics. Additionally, CHEA leads initiatives to support continuing improvement in accreditation efforts. Ashford University is proud to be a member of this organization.
Constellation, Ashford University’s suite of innovative electronic textbooks, is recognized in the 2011 Horizon Report, a respected publication that identifies emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on higher education. Technologies are examined for their potential in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. The Horizon Report, co-produced by Educause and the New Media Consortium, showcases Constellation as an example of “innovative work going on among learning-focused institutions.” Technologies featured in the report are placed among adoption time frames for mainstream use. Constellation, included in the “one year or less” category, demonstrates how electronic books are successfully being used in higher education. The Horizon Report is published annually and has more than 600,000 readers in 70 countries.
