The UIS MBA offers an in-person, experience-driven program that connects you directly with Central Illinois’ professional network. Students build meaningful relationships with peers and faculty through hands-on, real-world learning while benefiting from the convenience of evening and weekend classes.
Business Administration students who choose the Human Resource Management option will develop the critical, conceptual and interpersonal skills that are essential to employment in management positions of organizations. Students will gain an understanding of all aspects of talent management, including job analysis and design, workforce planning and staffing, compensation and benefits, performance management, career planning and training and employee and organizational development.
Business students who choose the Sport Management option build upon strong business core requirements to pursue specialty coursework in sport management and apply those business principles to the sport industry.
Students will develop competencies that prepare them to be successful in various careers in the sport industry including administration, sales, operations, promotion and marketing.
The goal of the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree is to provide students with a course of study that will prepare them for employment in private or public organizations of any size.
Business Administration students who choose the Management concentration will develop the critical, conceptual and interpersonal skills that are essential to employment in management positions in all types of organizations.
Managers and top executives hold more than seven million jobs in the U.S. They are the organizational leaders who formulate the policies and direct the operations of corporations, not-for profit institutions and government agencies.
Shipra Gupta, an associate professor of marketing in the Department of Management, Marketing and Operations at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been named University Scholar for 2023. The award, considered the University of Illinois System's highest faculty honor, recognizes outstanding teaching and scholarship. Only one faculty member receives the annual award at UIS.
University of Illinois Springfield Associate Professor of Management, Marketing and Operations Sudeep Sharma recently completed a research trip to Italy, where he shared his expertise in conflict management and negotiation with faculty and doctoral students at the University of Trento. This collaborative venture, which took place June 16-30, 2023, has opened up new avenues for research in the field of negotiation studies.
Forbes has named the University of Illinois Springfield’s business administration bachelor’s degree (BBA) a top online program for 2023. According to Forbes, the UIS online BBA made the list because of its low average annual net price, high student retention rate and low student-to-faculty ratio.