Business Administration (A.A.)
The goals of the Business Administration Associate of Arts degree are to provide basic knowledge in the core areas of business, serve as a base for further study in a four-year program or prepare graduates to more quickly enter the workforce.
This degree serves as a base for further study in a four-year program that prepares graduates to more quickly enter the workforce.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe introductory concepts in accounting, economics, management and marketing.
- Students will be able to communicate effectively in oral and written forms.
REQUIRED MAJOR CORE
Complete the following courses.
- - Accounting I (3 s.h.)
- - Accounting II (3 s.h.)
- - Business as a Profession (1 s.h.)
- - Management (3 s.h.)
- - Marketing (3 s.h.)
- - Microeconomics (3 s.h.)
- - Macroeconomics (3 s.h.)
- - Entrepreneurial Mindset (3 s.h.)
ELECTIVE(S) IN MAJOR
Complete at least 9 s.h. from Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies and/or Health Administration.
- - Individual Income Tax (3 s.h.)
- - Cost Accounting (3 s.h.)
- - Advanced Excel for Business App (2 s.h.)
- - Intermediate Accounting I (4 s.h.)
- - Intermediate Accounting II (4 s.h.)
- - Accounting Information Systems (3 s.h.)
- - Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting (3 s.h.)
- - Special Topics in Accounting (1-4 s.h.)
- - Internship (1-4 s.h.)
- - Accounting Practicum (0-3 s.h.)
- - Accounting Seminar (2 s.h.)
- - Organizational Tax (3 s.h.)
- - Gov and Non-Profit Accounting (3 s.h.)
- - Advanced Accounting (3 s.h.)
- - Auditing (3 s.h.)
- - Decision Making Strategies (3 s.h.)
- - Retail Management (3 s.h.)
- - Human Resources Management (3 s.h.)
- - Personal Selling/Sales Mngmt (3 s.h.)
- - International Business (3 s.h.)
- - Business Law (3 s.h.)
- - Advanced Excel for Business App (2 s.h.)
- - Finance (3 s.h.)
- - Consumer Behavior (3 s.h.)
- - Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting (3 s.h.)
- - Operations Management (3 s.h.)
- - Introduction to Understanding and Managing Non-profit Organizations (3 s.h.)
- - Organizational Theory & Behavior (3 s.h.)
- - Intercultural Communication (3 s.h.)
- - Selected Topics (3 s.h.)
- - Trusts I (3 s.h.)
- - Trusts II (3 s.h.)
- - Trusts III (3 s.h.)
- - Internship (3 s.h.)
- - Marketing Research (3 s.h.)
- - Investments (3 s.h.)
- - Marketing Management (3 s.h.)
- - Supervisory Management (3 s.h.)
- - Branding & Promotions (3 s.h.)
- - Financial Mngmt Applications (3 s.h.)
- - International Marketing (3 s.h.)
- - Leadership in Organizations (3 s.h.)
- - Business Ethics (3 s.h.)
- - Strategic Management (3 s.h.)
- - Business Plan Development (3 s.h.)
- - Project Management (3 s.h.)
- - Senior Colloquium (1 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-4 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-4 s.h.)
- - Money & Banking (3 s.h.)
- - International Economic Relations (3 s.h.)
- - Managerial Economics (3 s.h.)
- - The Evolution of Economic Thought (3 s.h.)
- - Consumer Behavior (3 s.h.)
- - Intermediate Microeconomics (3 s.h.)
- - Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 s.h.)
- - Selected Topics (3 s.h.)
- - Applied Economic Research (3 s.h.)
- - Internship (3 s.h.)
- - Environmental Economics (3 s.h.)
- - Financial Markets & Institutions (3 s.h.)
- - Labor Economics (3 s.h.)
- - Industrial Organization (3 s.h.)
- - International Economics (3 s.h.)
- - Sports Economics (3 s.h.)
- - Independent Study (1-4 s.h.)
- - Entrepreneurial Dynamics (3 s.h.)
- - Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (3 s.h.)
- - Entrepreneurial Leadership and Ethics (3 s.h.)
- - Internship (3 s.h.)
- - Business Modeling & Finance (3 s.h.)
- - Experiencing Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
- - Business Plan Development (3 s.h.)
- - Basic Health System (3 s.h.)
- - Health Quality and Informatics (3 s.h.)
- - Health Law and Policy (3 s.h.)
- - Health Finance and Managerial Economics (3 s.h.)
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