Administration, business, and economics provide a broad base of understanding commerce. While administration is more focused on management issues, business examines the different disciplines involved such as distribution, accounting, marketing, human resources and operations. Economics is the study of the factors driving business, like supply and demand.

Earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree is an academic achievement upon completing a series of courses over the course of three or four years. The subjects that are studied in order to earn this degree vary widely under the disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences.