business administration

American  

noun

1. a program of studies at the university level offering courses on general business theory, management, and practices.

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Etymology

Origin of business administration

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

She graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual degree in business administration and English.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rieder studied business as an undergraduate at Emory University and earned a Master of Business Administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

From Barron's

Gambit received $3.3 million from the program early on and was hoping to get another $5 million of the Small Business Administration money, which is allocated by the military.

From Los Angeles Times

A former men’s rugby player and women’s rugby coach at UCLA, Layne received his master’s of business administration from the school in 1977 and went on to found Nova Storage.

From Los Angeles Times

Adams was valedictorian at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School, got his bachelor’s in economics from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., and then moved to California, where he earned a master’s in business administration at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times