Business Department

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Department Faculty

Paul Babin
Michaela Kourmoulis, Sport Management Program Coordinator 
Arwen Matos-Wood
Scott Quatro, Department Chair and Business Program Coordinator
Mark Slavovsky

Department Goals

The Business department offers a Bachelor of Arts in business or sport management primarily designed to prepare students for careers in for-profit industry. Some graduates have also pursued careers in not-for-profit organizations. Business majors may gain some optional specialization by completing a concentration in accounting, finance, or marketing. 

Emphasis in all programs is placed on the development of a Christian worldview as it applies to the business sphere of the created order. Requirements for the various programs are presented below. Departmental materials giving more specific guidance are made available in the academic advising process.

Department Laptop Policy

All students taking BUS courses must provide their own laptop computer on which they can install course related software. They will be expected to bring this laptop, with installed software, to class, labs, and use it for assignments. The laptop must run one of the following operating systems:

• MS Windows 11 or higher
• Mac OS 15 or higher

The laptop should have at least 16 Gb of RAM and 256 GB of free disk space and a wireless network connection compatible with Covenant’s network.  Some courses require the installation of software specific to the course. In general, course specific software will be available without charge.

Programs

• Business
• Business, Accounting Concentration
• Business, Finance Concentration
• Business, Marketing Concentration
• Sport Management

• Business Minor
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Sport Management Minor

Courses

• ACC 150 Accounting Concepts
• ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I
• ACC 202 Principles of Accounting II
• ACC 211 Accounting Internship
• ACC 301 Intermediate Accounting I
• ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting II
• ACC 305 Cost Accounting
• ACC 310 Accounting Information Systems
• ACC 405 Principles of Taxation
• ACC 410 Auditing
• ACC 411 Accounting Internship
• ACC 435 Advanced Accounting
• ACC 490 Independent Study
• ACC 499 Selected Topics

• BUS 205 Microsoft Excel: Business & Economics Applications
• BUS 211 Business Internship
• BUS 250 Principles of Management
• BUS 299 Special Topics in Business
• BUS 320 Human Resource Management
• BUS 333 Business Career Preparedness
• BUS 344 Organizational Behavior
• BUS 345 Business Law
• BUS 350 Business Ethics Seminar
• BUS 360 Management Lessons from Literature and Film
• BUS 400 Strategic Management
• BUS 410 Business Capstone I
• BUS 411 Business Internship
• BUS 490 Independent Study
• BUS 492 Business Capstone II
• BUS 499 Selected Topics

• ENT 236 Entrepreneurship I
• ENT 336 Entrepreneurship II
• ENT 411 Entrepreneurial Internship

• FIN 210 Personal Finance
• FIN 211 Finance Internship
• FIN 340 Principles of Finance
• FIN 345 Corporate Financial Management
• FIN 350 Investments
• FIN 372 Portfolio Management
• FIN 411 Finance Internship
• FIN 490 Independent Study
• FIN 499 Selected Topics

• MKT 211 Marketing Internship
• MKT 300 Principles of Marketing
• MKT 332 Consumer Behavior
• MKT 335 Promotion
• MKT 410 Marketing Research
• MKT 411 Marketing Internship
• MKT 415 Marketing Management
• MKT 499 Selected Topics

• SPM 205 Principles of Sport Management
• SPM 250 Experiential Learning in Sports
• SPM 275 Athletics in Secondary & Higher Education
• SPM 284 Internship in Sport Management
• SPM 308 Marketing & Communication in Sport
• SPM 318 Sport Facility & Event Management
• SPM 345 Sales and Sponsorship in Sports
• SPM 405 Leadership in Sport Organizations
• SPM 406 Sport Law & Ethics
• SPM 484 Internship in Sport Management
• SPM 492 Capstone Project in Sport Management
• SPM 495 Special Topics in Sport Management

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