Business Management, Associate in Science

Courses and Requirements

The associate in science degree program in Business Management provides a core of business courses, which introduce students to a variety of subject areas within the field of business. It is designed to provide students with the general management skills needed for entry-level positions as supervisors, management or sales trainees, assistant managers or administrators. 

A minimum of 61 credit hours are required for graduation.

Requirements

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)
ACC101	Introductory Accounting I	3
ACC102	Introductory Accounting II	3	Quantitative Reason Intensive
BUS101	Introduction to Business	3	Global Awareness Intensive Information Literacy Intensive
BUS102	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	3	Written Communication Intensive
BUS211	Business Law I	3
CIS110	Computer Applications	3	Science Technology Intensive
COM111	Public Speaking	3	Public Presentation Intensive
ENG101	English Composition I	3
ENG102	English Composition II	3
FIN201	Business Finance	3
MGT201	Principles of Management	3
MKT210	Principles of Marketing	3	Written Communication Intensive
PSY105	Organizational Behavior	3
SOC101	Introduction to Sociology	3

Courses with Prerequisites: ACC102, BUS211, ENG102, FIN201

Electives

Business Elective	Transfer students should take ACC203	3
Economics Elective	Transfer students should take ECO201 or ECO202	3
Math Elective	MAT120 or higher	7-8
Science Elective		3-4
Program Elective	BUS105 OR COP110 Required	3

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)

Program Notes

The Business Management Program is designed to prepare students for working in a variety of organizations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit – by providing them with general management skills training and coursework with a significant concentration in the field of business.

Recommended Course Sequence Business Management Associate Degree

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)

Year 1

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)

Fall

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)
ACC101	Introductory Accounting I	3
BUS101	Introduction to Business	3	Global Awareness Intensive Information Literacy Intensive
ENG101	English Composition I	3
MAT	Math Elective	3-4
PSY105	Organizational Behavior	3
	OR
SOC101	Introduction to Sociology	3

Spring

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)
ACC102	Introductory Accounting II	3	Quantitative Reason Intensive
CIS110	Computer Applications	3	Science Technology Intensive
ENG102	English Composition II	3
MAT	Math Elective	4
PSY105	Organizational Behavior	3
	OR
SOC101	Introduction to Sociology	3

Year 2

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)

Fall

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)
BUS211	Business Law I	3
BUS	Business Elective	3
COM111	Public Speaking	3	Public Presentation Intensive
FIN201	Business Finance	3
MKT210	Principles of Marketing	3	Written Communication Intensive

Spring

Course Number	Title	Credits	Core Academic Skill(s) Intensive Designation(s)
BUS102	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	3	Written Communication Intensive
ECO	Economics Elective	3
MGT201	Principles of Management	3
	Science Elective	4
BUS105	Managerial Business Communications	3	Written Communication Intensive
	OR
COP110	Internship Education	3