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Business Administration - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

Application Code 302

For curriculum information, contact the Business and Computer Systems Division—Room DH-239—443-518-1520.

The changing business environment is growing more global, complex, and technological. The business administration curriculum prepares students to transfer to a four-year business program. A broad-based liberal education is the foundation of the general education core. The courses related to the major offer students the opportunity to explore various business disciplines and skills, learn technology common in the business environment, and focus on such areas as accounting, international business, economics, business ethics, and entrepreneurship. Successful completion of this business curriculum will prepare students to engage in the higher levels of study in many areas of business in a four-year baccalaureate program.

Suggested Semester 1

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-121College Composition

3

BMGT-100Introduction to Business and Organization

3

BMGT-151Business Law I

3

CMSY-110Software Applications for Micros

3

ECON-101Principles of Economics (Macro)

3

Suggested Semester 2

Course NumberTitleCredits
ECON-102Principles of Economics (Micro)

3

MATH-145Business Calculus

3

SPCH-105Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3

-Arts & Humanities Core Group A

3

Select one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
BMGT-142Business Development and Sales for Emerging Leaders

3

BMGT-175Business Communications

3

BMGT-205Principles of International Business

3

CMSY-129The Internet and the Digital World

3

ENTR-101Entrepreneurship and Creativity

3

MATH-141College Algebra

3

Suggested Semester 3

Course NumberTitleCredits
ACCT-111Principles of Accounting I

3

BMGT-203Business Ethics

3

-Arts & Humanities Core Group B

3

-Science Core Course (must include lab)

4

-Social & Behavioral Sciences Core Group B

3

Suggested Semester 4

Course NumberTitleCredits
ACCT-112Principles of Accounting II

3

MATH-138Statistics

4

-Science Core Course

3

-Any General Education Core Course

4

A graduate should be able to

  1. 1. Analyze various business situations from global perspectives.
  2. 2. Demonstrate the use of appropriate analytical tools and technology to support business practice.
  3. 3. Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning to business decisions.
  4. 4. Apply economic principles to business decisions.

Total Credit Hours: 60

The Arts & Humanities requirement may alternatively be fulfilled by completing a World Language Sequence plus one of the following courses: SPCH-151, THET-101, THET-102, THET-103, THET-202, THET-241, or WMST-193. Students who choose to complete a World Language Sequence are not required to complete General Education Core Electives.