The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Information Assurance is offered by Kaplan University to students interested in learning about how security and business continuity threats are addressed. This particular Career Focus Area includes topics of particular significance to the field such as breaches in information security, violation of regulations (municipal, state and federal), accounting fraud, and destruction of physical premises or assets. Accreditation is ably provided by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Students are given a strong foundation through General Educational Courses and Core Courses in business administration and management. Required Core Courses consist of 100/200 Level Communication Course, 100/200 Level Mathematics Course, 200 Level Communication Course, 300/400 Level Arts and Humanities Course, 300/400 Level Physical Science Course, and 300/400 Level Social Science Course and fifty-nine (59) credits of Open Electives. Required Major Courses consist of Academic Strategies for the Business Professional or Pathway to Academic Success, Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors or Accounting I, Macroeconomics or Microeconomics or Global Business, Business Math, Introduction to Management, Human Resource Management, or Small Business Management, Finance, Marketing, Managerial Accounting for Business Professionals, Organizational Behavior, Ethics and the Legal Environment or Business Law, Marketing Research or Marketing Management or 300/400 Level Marketing Elective, Business Process Management or Operations Management, Managerial Economics or Corporate Finance, Management Policy and Strategy, and Management Capstone Externship or Bachelor’s Capstone in Management. Concentration requirements include Introduction to Network Security, Technology Infrastructure, Management of Information Systems and Risk Management. Total program length is one hundred eighty (180) credits.

Graduates can pursue job positions as office manager, information systems manager, and network security administrator. Work related to securing networks, database, and information systems would be of special interest to graduates of this program.

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