Business Administration Associate, A.A.S.
A.A.S. Degree—62 credit hours
Curriculum Code 1202
This program is designed to provide students with employment or advancement in business, industry, government, or service organizations. The curriculum is intended to serve the needs of students who want to enter management positions and to enable those already in management to upgrade their skills and potential for growth. The student can major in one of four areas: accounting, business information management, management, or marketing. This program includes an internship/seminar component.
Required General Education Courses
19 credit hours as follows:
MTH-120: recommended for transfer students.
A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of three ways:
- Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
- Successful completion with an earned grade of “C” or better in BUS-120, MTH-102, MTH-109, MTH-121, or MTH-133 or higher-level mathematics course for designated career programs; or
- An equivalent transfer course from another college with an earned grade of “C” or better.
Select 4 credit hours from Physical and Life Sciences:
BIO, CHM, EAS, GEL, MTH, NAT, PHS, PHY
Select 3 credit hours from Humanities and Fine Arts:
ARB, ART, FRE, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, SPA, THE
Required Career Courses
25 credit hours as follows:
Electives
Students must select a total of 18 credit hours from the following options with at least 12 credit hours from a single concentration area.
Accounting
Business Information Management
(Advanced application courses may be substituted with permission)
Management
| BUS-105 | Small Business Management | 4 |
| BUS-130 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS-134 | International Business | 3 |
| BUS-143 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS-170 | Introduction to Human Resources | 3 |
| BUS-199 | Special Topics | 1-4 |
| BUS-215 | Employee Training and Development | 3 |
| BUS-232 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| OSA-230 | Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations | 3 |
| PSY-201 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| TDL-101 | Transportation & Logistics Overview | 3 |
Marketing
Supply Chain Management
| TDL-101 | Transportation & Logistics Overview | 3 |
| TDL-102 | Job Skills for Competitive Advantage | 3 |
| TDL-103 | Transportation | 3 |
| TDL-104 | Introduction to Import/Export | 3 |
| TDL-105 | Principles of Operations Management | 3 |
| TDL-106 | Cargo Security | 2 |
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (15 credit hours)
(Note: MTH-120 recommended for transfer students.)
Semester 2 (16 credit hours)
| BUS-142 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS-231 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ECO-101 | Principles of Macro-Economics | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
Semester 3 (16 credit hours)
| BUS-226 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Physical and Life Sciences Elective | 4 |
Semester 4 (15 credit hours)
| BUS-135 | Personal Finance | 2 |
| BUS-233 | Internship | 3 |
| BUS-237 | Seminar | 1 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |