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Introducing the Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Welcome to the American Institute of Applied Sciences in Switzerland (AUS), where we offer an exceptional Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration program in partnership with Tiffin University (TU). This unique program allows you to earn two prestigious degrees simultaneously, providing a comprehensive education that combines Swiss precision with American innovation.
AUS Degree:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
TU Degree:
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Bachelor Dual Degrees
CHF 28,000.- per year*
Program Overview
Our Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration is designed to equip students with a robust foundation in core business functions, including marketing, finance, operations, and strategy. Through this program, you will gain a holistic understanding of business administration while having the opportunity to specialize in a field that aligns with your career aspirations, such as Accounting, Sports Management, or International Business.
Key Features
Two Degrees in One Program:
Graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) from AUS and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Tiffin University, enhancing your credentials and global employability.
Specializations:
Choose from a variety of specializations offered by Tiffin University, ensuring your education is tailored to your interests and career goals.
Global Perspective:
Benefit from a curriculum that integrates international business practices, preparing you for leadership roles in a globalized economy.
Flexible Learning:
Experience a blend of on-campus courses at AUS and online courses from TU, providing flexibility and a diverse learning environment.
Two Degrees in One Program:
Graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) from AUS and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Tiffin University, enhancing your credentials and global employability.
Specializations:
Choose from a variety of specializations offered by Tiffin University, ensuring your education is tailored to your interests and career goals.
Global Perspective:
Benefit from a curriculum that integrates international business practices, preparing you for leadership roles in a globalized economy.
Flexible Learning:
Experience a blend of on-campus courses at AUS and online courses from TU, providing flexibility and a diverse learning environment.
Why Choose the Dual Degree Program?
Comprehensive Business Education:
Our program covers all essential business disciplines, ensuring you are well-prepared for various career paths.
Specialized Knowledge:
Gain in-depth expertise in your chosen specialization, making you a competitive candidate in your field.
International Recognition:
Earn degrees from two renowned institutions, enhancing your global career prospects.
AUS BSBA Program Description
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) program at AUS provides students with opportunities to build the necessary skills for the future with a deep understanding of business and technological trends on a global scale and with hands-on experience via close links to the industry. At this first level of study, AUS students earn a degree that qualifies them for a profession in business management and the opportunity to continue their studies further and earn a Master of Science in International Business Administration degree.
At AUS, we focus on integrating traditional business knowledge with practical decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and strategic thinking while engaging in real-world projects. We create a learning environment that emphasizes collaboration and team building alongside academic work. We recognize that business leaders today must master the hard skills needed to make data-driven decisions and the soft skills necessary to make them better collaborators. The curriculum takes the approach of the full development of the individual, placing emphasis on personal as well as professional growth. It prepares students for both career and graduate studies.
At AUS, we focus on integrating traditional business knowledge with practical decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and strategic thinking while engaging in real-world projects. We create a learning environment that emphasizes collaboration and team building alongside academic work. We recognize that business leaders today must master the hard skills needed to make data-driven decisions and the soft skills necessary to make them better collaborators. The curriculum takes the approach of the full development of the individual, placing emphasis on personal as well as professional growth. It prepares students for both career and graduate studies.
All courses are taught in English by leading business visionaries in small dynamic cohorts. Our professors have experience in successful business ventures, providing our students with real-life lessons learned and best practices. This background allows our professors to share their challenges and successes with the students, giving them a front-line education focused on experiential and student-centered learning.
Our faculty-student ratio is roughly 1-7, facilitating a deeper working relationship between students and professors coupled with feedback and coaching. Courses integrate experiential learning activities, such as simulations, case studies, individual and group presentations, and projects.
Our faculty-student ratio is roughly 1-7, facilitating a deeper working relationship between students and professors coupled with feedback and coaching. Courses integrate experiential learning activities, such as simulations, case studies, individual and group presentations, and projects.
TU BBA Program Description
The Tiffin University Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program will prepare you for the challenge. The approach to higher education is that it shouldn’t only exist in the classroom – it should be:
- applicable to real-world situations
- relevant to career paths, and
- focused on attributes valued by modern employers.
Program Structure
The Bachelor’s program is a three-year program during which the student must obtain 135 credit hours | 180 European Credit Transfer System. The three-year program structure comprises nine academic terms, with three terms per year (Fall, Winter, and Spring). Each term typically includes ten weeks of instruction and two weeks of examinations.
A standard course of study to complete a BSBA program over three years requires the completion of thirty (30) AUS core courses, including the capstone, ten (10) TU core courses, and five (5) AUS elective courses.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Explain major concepts, theories, and techniques in the functional areas of business.
- Apply business tools and techniques to evaluate business problems and formulate solutions.
- Integrate concepts across business functional areas to support decision-making.
- Construct coherent written forms of communication.
- Compose and deliver effective oral presentations.
- Collaborate effectively in diverse teams.
- Explain ethical obligations and social responsibility considerations in business.
Specialization Options
The Accounting specialization will provide you a solid understanding of accounting principles and techniques, as well as the key decision-making and problem-solving skills used in a challenging and fulfilling career as a professional accountant.
The Business Management specialization will equip you with the knowledge and skills to confidently and successfully manage in today’s fast-paced, global business environment. The Business Management specialization takes a generalist approach and focuses on skill development and managerial problem-solving.
The Healthcare Administration specialization is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for managing in the 21st century healthcare industry. Healthcare managers must have expertise not only in healthcare, but also a working knowledge in key business areas such as operations, accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, leadership, strategy and more.
The Human Resource Management specialization is a career-oriented specialization for those individuals who want to make a real difference in the careers and lives of others in the workforce. You’ll develop the skills needed for the effective acquisition, training, performance appraisal, laws and regulations that determine the rights and obligations of employees and employers, job analysis, job evaluation, establishing pay structures and benefits, risk management and loss prevention, management of safety & workers’ compensation, employee assistance plans, preventative health issues, emergency response & preparedness, rewarding and fair treatment of employees – whether you plan on pursuing a career with a Fortune 500 company or a small business.
The Integrated and Digital Marketing specialization provides a holistic approach to the discipline. Emphasis is on the development and implementation of marketing strategies and on the effective use of the marketing mix.
The global world of business is rapidly growing and ever-changing. International Business specialization will prepare you for the opportunities of doing business in a complex and fascinating global economy. You will acquire a solid foundation of knowledge in international finance, marketing, trade, and management.
The Sports Management – Athletic Administration specialization designed to help you build a solid base of knowledge in the core areas of business, while at the same time learning the basic principles and practices of sports administration. With a strong foundation from classes covering all aspects of the field, taught by industry-savvy instructors and enhanced by real-world experiences, you’ll be well prepared with an athletic administration education second to none.
The Sports Management - Sports Marketing specialization is designed to provide you the management and marketing fundamentals you’ll need to launch or enhance a sports business career. You’ll take a variety of courses covering all aspects of sports marketing, taught by faculty who bring years of industry experience. You’ll gain practical insights into the world of sports marketing, as well as professional connections – all part of a hands-on, real-world sports marketing education.
Course Examples
This introductory strategy course emphasizes the fundamentals of corporate and business level strategy formulation while also evaluating inter-related aspects of strategy implementation. Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that affect the firm's long-run performance in its business environment.
It includes environmental scanning (internal and external), strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. To be successful in the long run, the firm must not only be able to execute current activities in existing markets, but it must also be able to adapt its activities to new and changing markets. This course will provide conceptual frameworks, tools, and techniques to analyze, develop, and implement firm strategies, including discussing the dynamics and evolution of industry structure and the pattern of interaction among the competitors in the industry.
It includes environmental scanning (internal and external), strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. To be successful in the long run, the firm must not only be able to execute current activities in existing markets, but it must also be able to adapt its activities to new and changing markets. This course will provide conceptual frameworks, tools, and techniques to analyze, develop, and implement firm strategies, including discussing the dynamics and evolution of industry structure and the pattern of interaction among the competitors in the industry.
The fourth industrial revolution, or 4IR, is upon us, and emerging technologies are at its core. Businesses must adapt to this new reality, or they will jeopardize their own survival. In this context, a solid understanding of emerging technologies and their potential value to an organization is critical for any business manager.
This course explores the current spectrum of emerging technologies from various perspectives, focusing on their business application for competitive advantage. The emphasis is on fostering the development of students’ individual opinions on this fast-evolving theme.
This course explores the current spectrum of emerging technologies from various perspectives, focusing on their business application for competitive advantage. The emphasis is on fostering the development of students’ individual opinions on this fast-evolving theme.
Most companies will proclaim that the people are their most important asset. Managing people effectively is an important element of organizational effectiveness and a base for the long-term, sustainable competitive advantage. Through this course, students will develop an understanding of how decisions related to managing human resources contribute to organizational effectiveness and a firm’s competitive advantage.
We live in an exciting period of history. The world is getting smaller, moving faster, and becoming interconnected in ways never experienced before. The highly globalized world of the present has generated more wealth, scientific innovation, and cross-national cooperation ever witnessed in history.
The rapid barrage of information emanating from online news outlets, social media, television, and other forms of communication has transformed many people into “informed” global citizens. However, while there may be many individuals who know of the events that are occurring in the world, many still do not understand what is happening. There’s a huge difference between being up to date on the news and being able to explain why events happened; and what consequences they may bring. This course will review some of the theories underlying international relations and brief historical events that have impacted how the world operates today.
The rapid barrage of information emanating from online news outlets, social media, television, and other forms of communication has transformed many people into “informed” global citizens. However, while there may be many individuals who know of the events that are occurring in the world, many still do not understand what is happening. There’s a huge difference between being up to date on the news and being able to explain why events happened; and what consequences they may bring. This course will review some of the theories underlying international relations and brief historical events that have impacted how the world operates today.
This course will examine the framework of sustainable development in terms of economic development, social inclusion, governance & environmental stewardship. An overview of the world economy will be presented, exploring the concepts of population growth & demographics, poverty, and income inequalities, environmental threats, social well-being, economic empowerment, urbanization & governance.
The notions of convergence and divergence will be discussed with regard to income gaps & social inclusion. Participants will be encouraged to actively engage in discussions & exercises to measure and compare certain economic and social indicators to better grasp their meanings and applications.
The notions of convergence and divergence will be discussed with regard to income gaps & social inclusion. Participants will be encouraged to actively engage in discussions & exercises to measure and compare certain economic and social indicators to better grasp their meanings and applications.
Organizational Behavior course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations and business situations. A great part of our lives we spend in organizations. As students in schools and universities, as adults in offices and factories, as consumers in leisure organizations like clubs and shops. We will view differently the organizations when we put them into practice and reflect on what we already know about the structures that surround us.
And we will possibly be better at acting within them as well as managing and directing them as leaders. As we start developing the conceptual framework, in-depth case discussions, and skill-oriented activities will be applied to each topic. Covered topics will include motivation and attitudes, values and personality, group and team dynamics, leadership, communications, power, conflicts and negotiations, change management, and organizational design.
And we will possibly be better at acting within them as well as managing and directing them as leaders. As we start developing the conceptual framework, in-depth case discussions, and skill-oriented activities will be applied to each topic. Covered topics will include motivation and attitudes, values and personality, group and team dynamics, leadership, communications, power, conflicts and negotiations, change management, and organizational design.
Shaping responsible decision-makers
for sustainable development
for sustainable development
At AUS sustainability is at the core of our mission. We are committed to integrating sustainability initiatives throughout our campus and embedding sustainable practices into our teaching methods.
By collaborating with various associations and non-profits, we actively integrate sustainability into our classrooms, ensuring that we provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and sustainability goals while emphasizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We equip our students with the understanding and ability to deliver meaningful change for a better tomorrow.
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