Transfer-Friendly Program
Our transfer-friendly program lets you bring in up to 60 transfer credits from prior coursework or professional experience. This means you can graduate faster without sacrificing the quality of your education.
Strategic Business Leadership
UW-Stout's ACBSP-accredited Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration is designed to provide you with core business skills in management, finance, marketing, sales, international business, operations, human resources, and accounting. Our on-campus practicum and off-campus internship will give you a competitive advantage with real-world experiences. Graduate ready to do more on day in the world of business.
100% of Graduates Are Employed or Continuing Education Within 6 Months
Career-Defining Curriculum
At UW-Stout, you'll learn by doing and emerge with the knowledge, skills and experiences to serve as an operations manager, general manager, director of operations, plant manager, facilities manager, plant superintendent, vice president of operations or chief operating officer. Our career-focused curriculum replicates enterprise environments in the organizations of our corporate partners and businesses around the world, offering you a broad education that prepares you to make an immediate impact wherever you land.
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Economics
- Entrepreneur
- Finance
- International Business
- Law
- Manufacturing
- Network Administration
- Operations Management
- Personnel Management
- Sales & Marketing
- Many More
Program Overview
Pursue the Concentration That Meet Your Career Goals
Business administration students will earn a concentration as part of their multifunctional degree, with the guidance of our nationally and internationally recognized faculty of researchers and educators.
- Business Analytics & Data Analysis
- Finance & Investments
- General Business
- Human Resource Management
- Integrated Marketing & Sales Management
- Management Accounting
- Supply Chain Management
- Self-Designed (with Program Director Approval)
Earn a Related Degree Minor
Students can also pursue a complementary degree minor to enhance their degree.
Prepare to Take Your Career Further in Law
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UW-Stout's B.S. Business Administration is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). The curriculum, accredited by ACBSP, blends critical thinking with hands-on experience.
"UW-Stout helped tailor my education in a way that optimizes my occupational success, and my educational path has been nothing short of fulfilling, enjoyable, and successful."
~ Nick Super ('18)
Branch ManagerABC Supply Co. Inc.
Industry-Experienced Faculty Instruction
Forget TA-taught classes and 200-person lectures. At UW-Stout, building close relationships with our industry-experienced and academically accomplished business faculty will play a key role in your polytechnic education and your career. Learn more about your future instructors!
Professional Internship Placements in Business Administration
Take your education into industry and earn while you learn through UW-Stout’s award-winning Cooperative Education & Internship Program (CEIP) and other placements. Unlike traditional internships, our professional paid and pro bono credit-earning experiences connect you with leaders in your field, including Fortune 500 corporations, regional companies and local leaders, to ensure you’re set up for success long before you graduate. More than a third of Stout students accept positions after graduation with their internship employer.
Recent Internship Employers
- Bobcat Company
- Fastenal Company
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Gamestop Corporation
- Great Northern Corporation
- Kohler Co.
- Nestle USA
- Nordstrom, Inc.
- Northwestern Mutual
- PepsiCo
- RBC Wealth Management
- Robert Half International
- Room & Board
- Target Corporation
- U.S. Bank
- Weidner Apartment Homes
Graduate Ready for Tomorrow's Challenges
Business graduates are in high demand, and industrial, consumer, service, and government organizations are looking for qualified professionals with comprehensive knowledge of business enterprise. UW-Stout's business administration program has prepared industry leaders to meet the emerging challenges for tomorrow for more than 50 years. Graduate ready to to do more on day one of your career.
Recent Employers
- Atlas Fastener
- Bayer
- Fastenal
- Graco, Inc.
- Great Northern Corporation
- Greenheck Group
- Indian Motorcycles
- Market & Johnson, Inc.
- Minnesota Wild
- Northwestern Mutual
- Sentry
- Sherwin-Williams Company
- Target Corporation
- U.S. Bank
- Vail Resorts
- Weidner Apartment Homes
Prepare for Your Business Administration Degree
Preparation for college begins in high school. We recommend that you take computer classes as well as courses in science, advanced math, speech, and advanced writing. Involvement in extracurricular activities is valuable, and any related work experience is a plus.
Starting Out
During your first two semesters, you'll enroll primarily in General Education courses. In addition, introductory business-related courses will help you refine your career direction since the emphasis is placed on choosing a career field as soon as possible. With help from a faculty advisor, you'll choose a career area and select a minor that supports your goals. Help with course and career choices is also available through the Advisement and Career Center, the Counseling Center, and Career Services.
As You Progress
A strong general education foundation progresses to more advanced business courses in sales and marketing, management, production operations, finance, personnel, accounting, law, and international business. You'll select upper-level courses in these same areas as they apply to your career goals.
In addition, comprehensive courses in areas such as international studies, information systems, and quality management let you apply information from previous courses to a broader view of business. At the same time, you'll enroll in courses to fulfill the minor you have selected. That means that if you have an interest in employee relations and training, you might be interested in a minor in human resource management.
As mentioned before, an on-campus practicum and an off-campus work experience are included in the program. The practicum provides an opportunity to apply coursework to solve practical problems encountered in business and industry and gives you a competitive edge over other graduates.
Student professional organizations provide you with additional opportunities to learn outside the classroom setting. There are 25 identified student organizations to choose from that can help you get additional experience in your career area.
Program Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee Members
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle | Andrews | Production Contract Manager | Rise Inc. |
| Bryan | Barts | Director, Career Services | UW-Stout |
| Adam | Bredesen | Senior Director, Account Management, Health Plan Division | Express Scripts |
| Beth | Brinkmann | Human Resources Manager | Greenheck Fan Corporation |
| Jeff | Busch | Project Management Professional | Independent Contractor |
| Maggie | Conway | Director of Internship Development & Recruitment | Northwest Mutual Insurance |
| Tony | Eger | District Manager | Fastenal Company |
| Mark | Fenton | Professor; Program Director | UW-Stout |
| Dan | Freedman | Dean, CSTEMM | UW-Stout |
| Urs | Haltinner | Associate Professor (Ret.) | UW-Stout |
| Keegan | Hastreiter | Executive Account Manager | Hastreiter Indstries |
| Bethany | Henthorn | Co-op Coordinator, Career Services | UW-Stout |
| Margery | Kosch | Process Safety Management, Materials Resource Division | 3M |
| Katelyn | Lokrantz | Senior Solutions Analyst | Target Corporation |
| Kenny | Mullins | Assistant Professor; Chair, Business Department | UW-Stout |
| Justin | Olsen | Menomonie Branch Manager | Fastenal Company |
| Nicholas | Schafer | Category Sales Analyst | Sherwin Williams |
| Maria | Stone | Professor; Co-op Coordinator | UW-Stout |
| Colby | Strilaeff | Brand Manager | Hormel Foods Sales, Inc. |
| Renee | Surdick | Associate Dean, School of Management | UW-Stout |
| Pam | Vaver | Senior Lecturer; Program Director, B.S. Digital Marketing Technology | UW-Stout |
| Scot | Vaver | Senior Lecturer | UW-Stout |
Tracking Key Student Performance Measure
The B.S. in Business Administration Student Achievement report has enrollment, final exam, employment and retention data. The Student Learning Assessment Results report is an analysis of student learning and performance standards based on specific competency attainment.
