BBA — Bachelor of Business Administration

A broad undergraduate foundation in management, finance, marketing and law, with an early introduction to the regulated health care sector.

Degree awarded
Bachelor's degree (BBA)
Program length
6–8 semesters
Credits
180 credits
Language
English

About the program

Program overview

The Bachelor of Business Administration is the entry-level degree of Middle West University. It builds the analytical, financial and legal literacy that every manager needs, and then applies that literacy to the environment the university specialises in: business organisations operating inside regulated health care markets.

Teaching is delivered entirely online. Each course is released as a structured module containing recorded lectures, annotated slide decks, mandatory and supplementary readings, worked examples and a self-check quiz. Students progress at their own pace within the semester window and meet their tutor in scheduled consultations.

The degree is designed for students who work while studying. There are no compulsory synchronous sessions; all live consultations are recorded and published in the module archive within twenty-four hours.

Mode of study

Fully online, asynchronous study with scheduled tutorial consultations

Admission requirements

Completed secondary education

Learning outcomes

What graduates are able to do

  1. 01Read, interpret and construct the three principal financial statements and derive management decisions from them
  2. 02Design and evaluate a marketing plan for a service organisation operating under advertising restrictions
  3. 03Identify the sources of business law relevant to a commercial dispute and describe the remedies available
  4. 04Explain how the United States health care system is financed, regulated and reimbursed
  5. 05Structure and defend an evidence-based written argument to undergraduate academic standards

Full syllabus

Curriculum, semester by semester

Semester 1 — Foundations of management

Organisational fundamentals and quantitative literacy

30 credits
BBA-101

Principles of Management and Organization

8 credits

200 hours total workload (48 contact-equivalent)

Classical and contemporary theories of organisation, the functions of management, organisational structures and the behaviour of people inside them.

Course learning outcomes
  • Compare functional, divisional and matrix structures and justify a choice for a given firm
  • Apply motivation and leadership theory to a documented workplace scenario
  • Draft a delegation and accountability map for a small service organisation

Assessment: Written assignment (60%) and final online examination (40%)

BBA-102

Business Mathematics and Statistics

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Descriptive statistics, probability, time value of money, index numbers and an introduction to inferential testing using spreadsheet tools.

Course learning outcomes
  • Compute and interpret measures of central tendency and dispersion for business data
  • Discount and compound cash flows and evaluate simple investment alternatives
  • Run and interpret a two-sample test in a spreadsheet environment

Assessment: Three graded problem sets (45%) and final examination (55%)

BBA-103

Microeconomics for Managers

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Consumer and producer behaviour, market structures, elasticity, pricing under imperfect competition and the economics of regulated markets.

Course learning outcomes
  • Derive and interpret demand elasticity from market data
  • Explain price formation under monopoly, oligopoly and administered pricing
  • Describe how regulation alters equilibrium outcomes in health care markets

Assessment: Case analysis (50%) and final examination (50%)

BBA-104

Academic Writing and Research Skills

8 credits

200 hours total workload

Source evaluation, citation discipline, literature search, structure of academic argument and academic integrity rules of the university.

Course learning outcomes
  • Build a referenced literature list using recognised academic databases
  • Structure a 3,000-word argumentative paper with a defensible thesis statement
  • Apply the university citation standard consistently and avoid plagiarism

Assessment: Portfolio of three writing tasks (100%)

Semester 2 — Accounting and finance

The financial language of the enterprise

30 credits
BBA-201

Financial Accounting

8 credits

200 hours total workload

The accounting cycle, double-entry bookkeeping, recognition and measurement, preparation of the balance sheet, income statement and cash-flow statement.

Course learning outcomes
  • Record transactions through a complete accounting cycle
  • Prepare a set of annual financial statements from a trial balance
  • Explain the difference between accrual and cash accounting and its managerial consequences

Assessment: Practical bookkeeping assignment (40%) and examination (60%)

BBA-202

Managerial Accounting and Costing

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Cost behaviour, absorption and variable costing, activity-based costing, budgeting, variance analysis and break-even planning for service providers.

Course learning outcomes
  • Build a flexible budget and calculate price and quantity variances
  • Allocate overhead using activity-based costing in a clinical setting
  • Compute the break-even volume of a fee-for-service line

Assessment: Costing project (55%) and examination (45%)

BBA-203

Corporate Finance

8 credits

200 hours total workload

Capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, working-capital management and the valuation of small and medium enterprises.

Course learning outcomes
  • Appraise an investment using NPV, IRR and payback and reconcile conflicting signals
  • Estimate a weighted average cost of capital for a private company
  • Diagnose a liquidity problem from working-capital ratios

Assessment: Valuation assignment (50%) and examination (50%)

BBA-204

Introduction to Business Law

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Sources of law, contract formation and breach, agency, business entities, tort liability and an introduction to consumer protection.

Course learning outcomes
  • Determine whether a binding contract has been formed on given facts
  • Distinguish the liability exposure of the principal business forms
  • Identify the remedies available for breach of a commercial contract

Assessment: Two case briefs (50%) and examination (50%)

Semester 3 — Markets, operations and people

Running the organisation day to day

30 credits
BBA-301

Marketing and Consumer Behaviour

8 credits

200 hours total workload

Segmentation, positioning, the service marketing mix, pricing psychology, digital channels and the advertising restrictions that apply to regulated providers.

Course learning outcomes
  • Produce a segmentation and positioning statement supported by evidence
  • Design a compliant communication plan for a regulated service
  • Measure campaign performance with defensible metrics

Assessment: Marketing plan (70%) and reflective commentary (30%)

BBA-302

Operations and Service Quality Management

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Process mapping, capacity and queueing, lean methods, quality systems and patient- or client-flow design.

Course learning outcomes
  • Map an end-to-end service process and locate its bottleneck
  • Apply lean tools to reduce waiting time in a clinical pathway
  • Design a quality indicator set with baselines and targets

Assessment: Process improvement report (100%)

BBA-303

Human Resource Management

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Workforce planning, recruitment and selection, employment relationships, performance management, remuneration and workplace non-discrimination duties.

Course learning outcomes
  • Draft a competency-based job description and selection matrix
  • Explain the legal limits on questions and testing during recruitment
  • Design a performance review cycle that withstands legal challenge

Assessment: HR casework portfolio (60%) and examination (40%)

BBA-304

Foundations of the U.S. Health Care System

8 credits

200 hours total workload

Payers and providers, Medicare and Medicaid, private insurance, reimbursement mechanics, licensure and the principal federal regulators.

Course learning outcomes
  • Trace a claim from service delivery through adjudication to payment
  • Distinguish the coverage logic of public and private payers
  • Identify which regulator governs a given provider activity

Assessment: System analysis paper (60%) and examination (40%)

Semester 4 — Compliance, data and strategy

Governing the regulated enterprise

30 credits
BBA-401

Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Normative frameworks, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, anti-corruption rules and responsible conduct in patient-facing organisations.

Course learning outcomes
  • Analyse an ethical dilemma using at least two normative frameworks
  • Draft a conflict-of-interest disclosure procedure
  • Evaluate a corporate responsibility report for substance versus signalling

Assessment: Ethics dossier (100%)

BBA-402

Data Protection and Information Governance

8 credits

200 hours total workload

Personal-data concepts, HIPAA and GDPR basics, lawful bases, records retention, breach notification and vendor management.

Course learning outcomes
  • Classify data holdings and assign a lawful basis for processing
  • Prepare a breach notification timeline for both HIPAA and GDPR
  • Review a vendor contract for adequate data-processing terms

Assessment: Compliance audit assignment (100%)

BBA-403

Introduction to Strategic Management

7 credits

175 hours total workload

Industry analysis, resource-based view, competitive positioning, growth options and strategy execution through objectives and measures.

Course learning outcomes
  • Perform an industry and resource analysis for a chosen organisation
  • Formulate a defensible strategic option with resource implications
  • Translate strategy into a measurable execution scorecard

Assessment: Strategic analysis report (100%)

BBA-404

Business Project I

8 credits

200 hours total workload

A supervised applied project on a real or realistic organisational problem, preparing the methodological ground for the bachelor's thesis.

Course learning outcomes
  • Scope a practical problem into a researchable question
  • Select and justify a suitable method of enquiry
  • Present findings to a non-specialist decision maker

Assessment: Project report (80%) and recorded presentation (20%)

Semesters 5–6 — Specialisation and thesis

Electives in business or medical law, plus the bachelor's thesis

60 credits
BBA-501

Elective Track A: Health Care Administration

16 credits

400 hours total workload

Facility management, revenue-cycle operations, payer contracting, accreditation and quality reporting.

Course learning outcomes
  • Model the revenue cycle of an outpatient facility
  • Negotiate the commercial terms of a payer contract
  • Prepare an accreditation readiness checklist

Assessment: Two applied assignments (100%)

BBA-502

Elective Track B: Entrepreneurship and Small Business

16 credits

400 hours total workload

Opportunity assessment, business modelling, financing options, founder agreements and early-stage governance.

Course learning outcomes
  • Build a financial model for a start-up service business
  • Compare debt, equity and grant financing for a given venture
  • Draft the governance skeleton of a founder agreement

Assessment: Venture dossier (100%)

BBA-600

Bachelor's Thesis

20 credits

500 hours total workload

An independent 8,000–10,000 word written work on an approved topic within business or medical law, supervised by a member of faculty.

Course learning outcomes
  • Conduct a structured literature review on a defined problem
  • Apply an appropriate method and report results transparently
  • Defend conclusions and acknowledge limitations

Assessment: Thesis (85%) and oral defence (15%)

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A short preview of the recording style used across the BBA. The full library holds 12 video lectures — one masterclass per course plus thesis, assessment and career sessions — released to enrolled students in the study portal.

Podcast series

BBA Study Sessions

10 audio episodes in English, downloadable for offline listening on the commute — course conversations, thesis guidance and student and alumni panels.

  1. Ep. 1 · Welcome to the Bachelor of Business Administration26 min
  2. Ep. 2 · How to read academic sources fast31 min
  3. Ep. 3 · BBA-101 in conversation: Principles of Management and Organization47 min
  4. Ep. 4 · BBA-102 in conversation: Business Mathematics and Statistics38 min
  5. Ep. 5 · BBA-103 in conversation: Microeconomics for Managers45 min
  6. Ep. 6 · BBA-104 in conversation: Academic Writing and Research Skills28 min
  7. Ep. 7 · BBA-201 in conversation: Financial Accounting46 min
  8. Ep. 8 · Writing the thesis proposal39 min
  9. Ep. 9 · Study, work and family: three students talk42 min
  10. Ep. 10 · Life after the BBA35 min
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Assessment structure

40–60%

Written assignments

Case briefs, plans, audits and reports submitted through the study portal.

30–50%

Online examinations

Proctored, open-book examinations at the end of each course window.

10–20%

Recorded presentations

Ten-minute recorded defence of an applied deliverable.

20 credits

Thesis and defence

Independent written work with an oral defence before a two-member panel.

Final independent work

Bachelor's thesis (20 credits)

The thesis is an 8,000–10,000 word independent study. Topics must fall inside the university's specialisations of business or medical law and must be approved by the supervising faculty member before work begins.

  1. Week 1–2: topic proposal and supervisor allocation
  2. Week 3–5: annotated bibliography and research question sign-off
  3. Week 6–10: method application and data collection
  4. Week 11–16: full draft and supervisor feedback round
  5. Week 17–18: final submission, similarity check and oral defence

Fees

Tuition and payment

Total tuition

USD USD 4,999

Total tuition for the complete Bachelor of Business Administration, including all study materials, tutorial consultations, examinations and the thesis defence.

  • Deposit on enrolment: USD 999
  • Four semester instalments of USD 1,000
  • No separate examination, material or graduation fees

Tuition is quoted in United States dollars. Payment schedules are agreed in writing with the Student Affairs Office before enrolment.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need work experience to enrol?

No. Completed secondary education is the entry requirement for the BBA. Work experience is welcome but not required.

Can I study part time?

Yes. The standard plan is six semesters; students who study alongside employment usually complete in seven or eight.

Are there live sessions I must attend?

No session is compulsory. Tutorial consultations are scheduled and recorded, and the recording is published within twenty-four hours.

In what language do I write my thesis?

All teaching, assessment and thesis work is in English.

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