| While each core curriculum will differ from school | | | | A concentration in Finance will help you understand |
| to school, most business degrees and programs | | | | how to manage money, risks, and assets. |
| include courses in all relevant aspects of business. | | | | Courses include Corporate Finance, Financial |
| These courses are designed to give you the | | | | Management, Foundations of Finance, Financial |
| knowledge needed to be successful in the | | | | Markets, Investments, and Risk Management. |
| business field. | | | | These courses will teach you about the different |
| Some schools also give you the freedom to | | | | financial markets, how to make good |
| choose your own curriculum. This means that you | | | | investments, managing finances, and about fiscal |
| can decide which areas of business you want to | | | | policies. Business degrees with a concentration in |
| gain expertise in. The ability to design your own | | | | Finance are good educational backgrounds for |
| curriculum gives you a unique educational | | | | those pursuing employment with banks, insurance |
| background that allows you to stand out from the | | | | companies, and investment firms. |
| competition and attracts potential employers. | | | | Human Resources is a popular concentration for |
| Some concentrations for online business degrees | | | | many people getting their business degrees. |
| include Accounting, e-Commerce, Business | | | | Human Resources departments in many |
| Information Systems, Finance, Human Resources, | | | | organizations exist to hire, train, evaluate, |
| International Business, and Project Management. | | | | promote and compensate employees. By taking |
| By concentrating your business degree curriculum | | | | courses in Human Resources, you will learn about |
| in Accounting, you will gain the knowledge | | | | human resources management, how to recruit |
| necessary to obtain a career in this field. This | | | | new employees, the law, the different principles |
| includes learning the basics of Accounting, as well | | | | of the field, and different issues people in the field |
| as how to record financial transactions, prepare | | | | face. |
| financial statements, accounts payable and | | | | International Business relates to the operations of |
| receivable, examine financial statements and | | | | multinational corporations. These companies do |
| maintain a ledger. | | | | business in all different areas, including food, |
| E-Commerce is the buying and selling of goods | | | | electronics, energy, and vehicle manufacturing. By |
| and services over different electronic processes, | | | | complimenting your business degree with a |
| such as the internet. By concentrating on | | | | concentration in International Business, you will be |
| e-commerce for your online business degree you | | | | learning about the legal and political systems of |
| will learn about electronic funds transfer, inventory | | | | different countries, foreign economies, international |
| management, the internet, internet marketing, | | | | culture, and regulations on labor, trade, and the |
| electronic data interchange, how to use | | | | environment. People pursuing their business |
| technology to enhance your business, and much | | | | degrees in International Business can expect to be |
| more. | | | | hired by multinational corporations like McDonalds, |
| Business Information Systems is defined by the | | | | General Motors, Sony, and ExxonMobil, to name a |
| International Journal of Business Information | | | | few. |
| Systems as "a system which integrates | | | | Product Development deals with creating and |
| information technology, people and business. BIS | | | | promoting new products. All companies that |
| brings business functions and information modules | | | | produce goods and services have Product |
| together for establishing effective communication | | | | Development Specialists whose sole purpose is to |
| channels which are useful for making timely and | | | | create and market products. People who study |
| accurate decisions." In other words, Business | | | | Product Development for their online business |
| Information Systems professionals work to | | | | degrees learn about marketing, e-business, |
| enhance the use of technology in their | | | | concept development, market testing, and |
| organizations and manage the day to day | | | | commercialization. |
| operations of these systems. Students getting | | | | These are just a few examples of the areas of |
| their online business degrees with a concentration | | | | business that you can study for your online |
| in BIS learn about business analysis, research | | | | business degree. All of the courses in these fields |
| methods, how to use technology to make | | | | will provide you with the skills you need to be a |
| business decisions, and how to manage | | | | successful business person. |
| information systems. | | | | |