Focused Curriculum
The Earl N. Phillips School of Business at High Point University is committed to offering students a comprehensive and relevant curriculum, which encompasses a large selection of courses. Through their choice of electives, students can focus their studies on a specific area such as marketing, finance or management, or choose a more diverse program of study. Our business graduates are prepared for the world of work because they are required to take courses from the Business Core Curriculum. Their choice of electives is in addition to this core curriculum. Thus, they have flexibility in the workplace and are prepared for a multitude of career options.
Why business is a top program?
- Students enjoy strong job placement rates
- Skills acquired in business are useful in all career fields
- The Center for Entrepreneurship allows students to access experienced entrepreneurs and investors
- The Professional Selling Program showcases student talent to top corporations
- Students may combine business curriculum with foreign language and cultural studies in Chinese, French, Italian and Spanish
- Students learn how to be professional and career-ready
- The Stock Trading Room enables practical finance experience
- Students have an opportunity to earn a 4 + 1 MBA
- Accounting majors have multiple opportunities to intern with local, regional, and Big 4 accounting firms
Opportunities for experiential learning
- HPU Elevator Pitch Competition
- HPU Business Plan Competition
- Regional elevator pitch competitions
- National selling competitions
- Collegiate Entrepreneurs National Conferences
- Involvement with High Point Business Community
- BB&T Leadership Institute Certification
- Roundtable events with the entrepreneurial community
- The Investment Club invests real dollars in markets
- Study abroad global business courses
- Working and learning at the High Point International Home Furnishings Market
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program
Student clubs & organizations
- Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity
- American Marketing Association
- Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society
- Entrepreneurs Club (eClub)
- Economics Association
- Floyd Craven Investment Club
- National Retail Federation
- PSB Selling Club
- Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society
The B.S.B.A. in Business Administration offers students 12 hours of elective credit to be chosen from any offering within the Earl N. Phillips School of Business. Multiple course combinations are possible, giving students the opportunity to tailor their business electives to meet their own personal or professional goals.
Career opportunities for graduates may be in areas where a broad base of knowledge is required (e.g., positions in management). However, a graduate may find opportunities in more specialized areas that he/she wishes to pursue. For example, a student who seeks a position in new product development may select operations management + market research + marketing management as electives, while a student interested in corporate recruitment/placement may choose to take human resources management + sales development + labor economics.
Featured Graduate Outcomes:
Alex Angle, ’20 – Human Resources with the United States Postal Service in Washington, D.C.
“HPU has helped me to get to where I am now by pushing me to be the best version of myself. HPU’s business courses have taught me real-life lessons, and have allowed me to find ways to better myself at every opportunity. With my professors acting as mentors it was easy to feel supported and succeed by using their advice.”
Genevieve Koumentakos, ’20 – Operations Assistant for Foster & Sargent, Inc.
“My advice is to always say yes. Say yes to any mentor that wants to help you, friends that want to see you thrive, and courses that seem challenging. Push yourself during these four years, as they fly by, and you will find yourself wanting to go back in time to do it all over again. Connect with as many people as you can, schedule informal interviews, and most of all, practice your personal and interviewing skills. Know what you are talking about and show interviewers who you really are and what you represent.”
Kenneth Wright, ’20 – Individual Producer at Wagner Agencies, an AIL Division of Globe Life
“Getting involved on campus is extremely important for developing your skills outside of the classroom and also making important connections. Getting involved in clubs early on is a great way to build up your resume and get a lot of experience outside the classroom.”
Emily Segalla, ’20 – Sales Representative for Cardinal Health
“It is impossible to pick just one impactful moment at HPU. What I can say is that I am so thankful to have built meaningful life-long relationships that have changed my life. It is the people at this university that makes it so special.”
Nathan Carter, ’20 – Business Development Representative for Oracle NetSuite in Austin, Texas
HPU has helped me to build my brand through many hands-on business and sales classes. I have learned proper interview techniques that allowed me to succeed in my interviews with Oracle NetSuite. HPU faculty devote so much time and effort into molding each of their students to become the best professionals they can be.”
Recent HPU business administration graduates have accepted positions with:
- ADP: Associate District Manager (3)
- ADP: Sales Apprentice
- Aerotek: Commercial Recruiter
- Aerotek: On-Premise Recruiter
- Aerotek: Technical Recruiter
- Aflac: Broker Sales Consultant
- Allied Staffing Network: Director of Business Development
- Altria Group Distributing Company: Territory Sales Manager
- Amazon Operations: Area Manager
- AmeriCorps VISTA: HPU AmeriCorps VISTA
- Ameriprise Financial Services: Financial Advisor
- Amgen
- Amica Mutual Insurance: Associate Account Manager
- Arab Angel Fund: Associate
- Ashley Furniture Homestores: Sales Agent
- Ashley Homestore Retail HQ: Data Analyst
- Athenahealth: Enterprise Marketing Analyst
- Atlantis Toy & Hobby Inc.: Sales Associate
- Ava Pork Products: Sales Associate
- AXA Advisors, LLC: Financial Professional
- Baltimore Ravens: Seasonal Sales Associate
- Berkshire Hathaway Home Services YSU North Hills: Broker Realtor
- Besharati Group: Event Coordinator
- Beth Krupa Interiors: Assistant Designer
- BGB Group: Associate Account Executive
- Boston Bruins: Marketing and Promotions
- Boston Realty Advisors: Marketing Analyst
- Brainshark: Business Development Representative
- Brown Brothers Harriman: Fund Accountant
- BTT: Co-Founder
- Buckner Companies: Inside Sales Representative
- Buffalo Hospital Supply: Project Manager
- H. Robinson: Sales Executive
- Caffey Distributing/Carolina Premium Beverage: Off-Premise Sampling Team
- Canteen: Field Marketing Specialist
- CaptureRx: Strategic Program Specialist
- CheckedUp: Sales Representative
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Executive Assistant
- Coca Cola Bottling Co, Consolidated: Sales Representative
- Cognizant: AMS Technical Analyst
- College Hunks Moving: Operations Manager
- Colliers International: Legal Intern
- Colonial Funding Group, LLC: Trade Desk Analyst
- Cone Health: Financial Analyst
- Constant Contact: Inside Sales Consultant
- Coyote Logistics: National Account Manager Sales Trainee
- Credit Suisse: CCAR Analyst
- CSRA, Inc: Program Assistant
- Dick’s Sporting Goods: Merchandising Trainee
- DirectPath: Director of Northeast Region
- Disney Cruise Line: Cruise vacation agent
- Domtech Sports: Founder and Owner
- Douglas Elliman: Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
- Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare: Assistant Price Coordinator
- Eagle Door and Retail Maintenance: Property Manager
- Eastern Trading & Contracting: Assistant General Manager
- Easter Seals NH: HR Business Partner
- Electric Insurance Company: Outbound Sales Representative
- Eline Monuments LLC: Monument Sales and Installation
- Elite Touch: Sales and Account Manager
- ELK Group International: Sales Temp
- EMC: Emerging Technologies Specialist
- Enterprise Holdings: Management Trainee (5)
- Fidelity Investments: Financial Representative
- FourCubed: Account Manager
- Frank Recruitment Group: Recruitment Consultant
- Furnitureland South, Inc: Design Consultant (2)
- E. Appliances, a Haier Company: Commercial Development Program
- Gartner: Account Executive
- Gartner: Emerging Technology Growth Partner
- Gartner: Sales (2)
- Gartner: SMB Account Manager
- Gartner: Strategic Growth Specialist
- GE Healthcare: 2017 Commercial Leadership Program
- Giunta’s Meat Farms: Manager
- Green Enterprises Inc.: General Manager
- Greystar/TROY Boston: Leasing Consultant
- Haverford Trust Company: Operations Intern
- Heartland Payment Systems: Relationship Manager
- Hershey Creamery Company: Telephone Sales & Customer Service
- Holden Group and Associates: Client Representative
- Holden Group and Associates: Corporate Trainer
- Hotel del Coronado: Recreation Attendant
- Houston Astros: Professional Baseball Player
- HPF (IT/Tech): Associate Tech Sales
- HSW Advisors at High Tower: Client Associate
- Huguenot Fuels, Inc.: Supply and Logistics
- IMG Learfield Ticket Solutions: Sales Representative
- Insight Global: IT Recruiter (2)
- Inspira Health Network: Patient Registration
- Integrated Staffing Solutions: Executive Recruiter
- InvoSurg, Inc.: Associate Sales Representative
- JDouglas; Knot Average: Inside Sales and Marketing; CEO
- Jerome Group: Sales Assistant
- KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting: Recruiting Manager
- Keller Williams: Commercial Real Estate Agent
- Kellogg Company: Sales Representative
- Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation: Field Marketing Representative
- E. Phillips Career Development Center: Account Executive Sales and Marketing
- Labatt Breweries of Canada: Promotional Representative
- Lennox International: Graduate Sales
- Liberty Mutual Insurance: Sales Representative
- LIKE A PRO: Associate
- Lincoln Financial Group: IT Project Administrator
- Lincoln Financial: Business Aspirations Associate
- LPL Financial: Analyst
- Lord, Abbett & Co.: Advisor Consultant
- M&T Bank: Corporate Reporting
- MarketAxess: Associate
- Marriott International: Event Services Voyager
- Martin Marietta: Independent Contractor
- Maverick Transport: Logistics Coordinator/Sales Associate
- McIlveen Family Law: Legal Assistant
- Merrill Edge: Investment Specialist
- Middle Tennessee State University: Athletic Communications Assistant
- Mindshare: Assistant Negotiator
- Monument Sotheby’s International: Administrative Assistant
- Mutual of Omaha: Employee Benefits Sales Trainee (4)
- Mutual of Omaha: Employee Benefits Specialist
- My Alarm Center: Software Engineering Intern
- NAI CIR: Realtor
- Nantucket Yacht Club: Assistant Director of the Junior Yacht Club
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Human Resources Coordinator
- Northern Tool and Equipment: Merchant Associate
- Northern Trust Corporation: Analyst
- Northwestern Mutual: Post-Graduate Financial Representative
- NTT Data Consulting: Project & Program Management Consultant
- NuCare Carolina Ambulance Company: EMTB
- Palms and Wings: Co-Founder
- Party Reflections Inc.: Event Coordinator
- PatSnap: Sales Development Representative
- Paycom: Sales Representative
- PPD: Operations Finance Analyst
- PTC: Inside Sales Representative
- QVC: Consumer Insights Researcher
- Red Ventures: Inside Sales Representative
- Red Ventures: Sales Management
- Richard Childress Racing: Merchandise Services Coordinator
- Robert Half Legal: Legal Recruiter
- Robert Half Technology: Technical Recruiter
- Rutgers University: Player Development/ Recruiting Assistant
- RxSpeed: Account Manager
- Ryan Specialty Group: Underwriter
- Saint-Gobain North America: Credit Services
- Santa Cruz Warriors: Marketing Specialist and Graphic Designer
- Selby Jennings: Senior Consultant
- Selective Insurance Company: Underwriter
- Serengetee LLC: Representative
- Signature Consultants: Associate Recruiter in IT Staffing
- Sirchie: Marketing Assistant
- SocialCode: Associate Ad Manager
- Sonesta: Sales and marketing coordinator
- Staples Business Advantage: B2B Sales Specialist
- Staples: Apprentice Program
- Star Asia International: Sales Executive
- Stoehr Companies, Inc.: Assistant Project Manager
- Stryker Orthopedics: Trauma Sales Associate
- TEKsystems: Quality Assurance Recruiter
- Telebrands Corp.: Media Assistant
- Tempur Sealy International: Sourcing Specialist
- Tenable: Sales Development Representative
- Texture Imports: Furniture Sales Associate
- The Blind King: Installer, Project Manager
- The Buckle, Inc.: Sales Associate
- The Carolina Club: Member Relations Coordinator
- The Eppy Group: Financial Service Representative
- The Portland Regency Hotel & Spa: Sales Coordinator
- The Vanguard Group: Brokerage Investment Professional
- Tobin & Company Investment Banking Group: Investment Banking Analyst
- Tom James Company: Professional Clothier (8)
- Townsquare Interactive: Sales Development Representative
- Tradition: Assistant Municipal Bond Broker
- Triangle Dentistry: Marketing Director
- Turner: Sales Assistant
- Tyler Technologies: Software Support Specialist
- Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance: Intern
- Vanguard: Client Relationship Specialist
- Volkswagen Group of America: Financial Analyst
- Walt Disney World: Disney College Program
- Water the World: Owner and Founder
- Weatherby Healthcare: Sales Consultant
- Wells Fargo: Corporate Due Diligence Investigations Consultant
- Wind-up Records: Social Media and Marketing Intern
- Winning Link Property Resources Inc.: Commercial Real Estate Analyst and Project Manager
- Wright Medical: District Associate Representative
- Yelp: Sales Representative
The Earl N. Phillips School of Business offers the B.S.B.A. degree in Business Administration. To graduate from High Point University with this degree, students must complete the following:
B.S.B.A. in Business Administration
| Major Requirements |
69 credits* |
| University Core Requirements |
50 credits |
| Electives |
17 credits |
TOTAL
|
128 credits
|
*At least 8 credits of University Core Requirements are “embedded” within each major. Though these overlapping credits are reflected in the credit totals for both Major Requirements and University Core Requirements, they are not counted twice in the calculations of Elective and Total credits.
Requirements for the B.S.B.A. in Business Administration:
The B.S.B.A. in Business Administration allows students flexibility in selecting a unique combination of courses to reach their educational goals.
69 credits, 2020-2021 Catalog Year:
- ACC 2010. Financial Accounting (4)
- ACC 2020. Managerial Accounting (4)
- BUA 2000. Business Career Boot Camp (1)
- BUA 2990. Business Communications and Professional Development (4)
- ECO 2030. Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
- ECO 2050. Principles of Microeconomics (4)
- FIN 3010. Financial Management (4)
- MGT 2220. Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior (4)
- MGT 3220. Leadership (4)
- MGT 3280. Operations and Supply Chain Management (4)
- MGT 4990. Strategic Management (4)
- MKT 2110. Principles of Marketing and Personal Selling (4)
- MTH 1310. Applied Mathematical Concepts for Business (4) or MTH 1410 Calculus I (4)
- STS 2610. Business Statistics and Analysis (4) or STS 2910 Introduction to Statistical Analysis with SAS Applications (4)
AND choose one course from the following:
- BUA/GBS 3100. Global Business (4)
- ECO/GBS 3460. International Economics (4)
- ECO/GBS 4430. Comparative Economics (4)
- MKT 3750. International Marketing (4)
- MKT/GBS 3850. Marketing in Spain (4)
BUA/GBS 3100 and MKT/GBS 3850 are part of the study abroad program.
AND
Choose additional courses that sum up to 12 additional school of business credits, excluding any courses that are graded pass/fail. At least 8 of the 12 credits must be at the 3000-level or above;
OR
complete a minor in the school of business.
1. At least 50 percent of traditional business credit hours in this major must be completed at High Point University. Traditional business subjects include courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BUA, ECO, ENT, FIN, MGT, and MKT.
2. Students are encouraged also to consider internships, undergraduate research, or independent study in business, beyond the standard requirements. An internship does not count towards the major.
NOTE: The Major in Business Administration with a Concentration in Entrepreneurship has been replaced by the Major in Entrepreneurship for students entering in the fall of 2015 or later.
