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Business Administration

Learn to make things happen.

Organizations seek leaders who can use their knowledge of the market to enable innovation. From corporate managers to small business owners, these pioneers fuel opportunities and reinvent industries — changing the world for the better.

Florida Southern's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration prepares you to tackle today's most pressing business challenges by preparing you with the skills needed to manage a company's assets — properties, people, and financial resources — to contribute to its bottom line.

By engaging in hands-on, real-world experiences, you'll delve into essential business topics such as accounting, data analytics, ethics, finance, and law, cultivating an understanding of how organizations run at every level. You'll also develop the analytical skills to make data-informed business decisions and the communications expertise to present those decisions effectively, leadership abilities that will allow you to move seemlessly into a wide range of job possibilities.

Top 5% of Business Programs Worldwide

Florida Southern's accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) marks excellence in business education, a recognition earned by fewer than five percent of business schools worldwide.

Top Reasons

Expert Faculty

Ranked #1 in Teaching Quality (2021) by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, FSC's business faculty include a former chief marketing officer, a vice president of human resources, a chief financial officer, and other executives who bring industry experience to the classroom.

Learn By Doing

Through living case studies, you'll master the foundations every businessperson needs: analytical, critical thinking, team-building, public speaking skills, and resume bullet points.

Real-World Experience

With a 100% internship placement rate, you will build practical knowledge, develop a solid professional network, and impact the local business community even before you graduate!

International Travel

Gain international experience by studying alongside faculty with multinational backgrounds and intercontinental connections as you travel to Australia, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Switzerland, or the Virgin Islands (at low or no cost).

Entrepreneurial Opportunities

You'll showcase your ideas through pitch competitions, receive feedback, and potentially secure venture funding. Events through Lakeland's business incubator provide valuable connections to the broader entrepreneurial community. 

Work at a Top Company

100% of FSC's business students secure a job or are enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation. Many apply their education at top companies nationwide, including Disney, GEICO, Home Depot, KPMG, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Publix Super Markets, and Truist.

Meet Our Mocs

Allison Johnson
Angel Godwin
Cameron Webb
Connor Bligh
Hannah Garcia
Joey Artega
Katherine Standford
Madision Campbell
Cindy Hardin, J.D

Featured Faculty

Cindy Hardin

My teaching philosophy can be summed up in one phrase: Make it matter. Everybody learns best when the subject matter excites and matters to them. They must have hands-on, realistic activities that immerse them in the subject on a personal level, pushes them to be creative, and encourages them to reach higher and achieve more than they ever thought they could.

Career Tracks

Florida Southern provides interdisciplinary education to our business administration students through a number of career tracks allowing students to select 12 hours of elective courses based upon their career goals. The career track does not appear on the official transcript.

International Business

If you have the ability to think globally, international business may be the career path for you. International business managers capable of leading multinational environments are in high demand.

Management

If you’re a born leader, consider a career in management. The management career track offers practical training, studying leadership, entrepreneurship, human resources, and more.

Clubs And More

Many extra-curricular organizations are associated with the business administration program, including Delta Sigma Pi, the professional business fraternity; the Real Estate Club; and the Dean’s Advisory Council.

Program Details

AVAILABLE IN:

BS

Minor

Admission Requirements

First-Years

All freshman applicants to Florida Southern Colleges full-time degree programs must submit the following information:

Transfers

Applying to Florida Southern as a transfer student is easy.

If transferring less than 24 credits, we also need your:

  • Official high school transcript
  • SAT and/or ACT scores

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Internationals

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Program Contact

Cindy Hardin Cindy Hardin, J.D

Business Administration Department Chair

Professor of Business Administration

Becker Business - 335

 863.680.4287

 863.680.4355

Office of Admissions Office of Admissions

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