Management

Business

A.A.S. Degree (D,G,W)

Business Management prepares the graduate to handle supervisory level management positions in different types of organizational settings in all sectors of the business world. The student gains a broad based knowledge of support fields such as accounting, law, computers, and communications. You will gain knowledge and skills in specific areas of management such as resource training and development, project management, organizational behavior, and strategy development. Business Management courses are offered day and evening and most are also offered using online and other distance learning formats.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
  2. Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
  3. Utilize management functions, roles, and interpersonal skills to lead/manage first-level employees regardless of organizational size.
  4. Apply the principles of human resource management to organizations.
  5. Analyze and apply the strategic management process to organizations.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

General Education

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Program/Major Concentration

ACC 101Accounting I

3

ACC 112Accounting II

3

BUS 101Introduction to Business

3

BUS 203Business Law

3

BUS 275Portfolio and Professionalism

4

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

ENT 220Leadership

3

HRM 224Training and Development

3

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

MGT 218Small Business Management

3

MGT 230Project Management

3

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

OAT 152Excel

3

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

ACC 101Accounting I

3

BUS 101Introduction to Business

3

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

Semester 2

ACC 112Accounting II

3

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

Semester 3

OAT 152Excel

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

MGT 230Project Management

3

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

MGT 218Small Business Management

3

Semester 4

BUS 203Business Law

3

HRM 224Training and Development

3

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

BUS 275Portfolio and Professionalism

4

ENT 220Leadership

3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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