Professional Studies AS – Business Administration

Business Administration is designed for students seeking a career in the following business fields: general business administration, accounting, international trade, management, marketing, and banking and finance. This AS provides a solid foundation for transfer to a senior institution for higher-level study. The program offers integration of accounting, business, and liberal arts courses needed to enhance critical thinking, analytical decision-making, and communication skills required by contemporary professionals regardless of specialization.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Describe the external forces that affect the business world and business concepts involved with international commerce.
• Describe the various functions of running a business such as management, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, information technology, ownership, and production.
• Describe workplace ethics and the benefits of workplace diversity.
• Understand how basic financial information is used in business decision-making.

Career Pathways

• Business Manager
• Administrative Assistant
• Operations Manager /Supervisor
• Executive Assistant

Recommended Semester Sequence

First Semester

• Mathematics Elective* 3
• Communication Elective: Choose COM-100 or COM-102 3
• BUS-101 Introduction to Business 3
• ACC-110 Financial Accounting 3
• WRT-101 English Composition I 3

Credit Hours: 15

After the first semester, students will select a program concentration that aligns with the career they wish to pursue.

Second Semester

• Humanities Elective* 3
• Program Concentration Requirement 3
• ACC-210 Managerial Accounting 3
• WRT-201 English Composition II 3
• ECO-101 Principles of Macroeconomics 3

Credit Hours: 15

Third Semester

• Program Concentration Requirement 3
• Humanities Elective* 3
• Natural Science Elective* 4
• Information Technology: Choose INF-101 or INF-114 3
• ECO-102 Principles of Microeconomics 3 or
• PSY-101 General Psychology 3 or
• SOC-101 Sociology 3

Credit Hours: 16

Fourth Semester

• Program Concentration Requirement 3
• Natural Science Elective* 4
• General Education or Free Electives* 6
• INF-102 Introduction to Computing 1

Credit Hours: 14

Program Concentrations

Students should select a concentration that aligns with the career they wish to pursue.

Business Administration - General

• Any three Business Electives 9

Credit Hours: 9

Before selecting your business electives, check the requirements of the schools you are considering for transfer. If you are uncertain about where you plan to transfer, the following business courses are transferable to business programs at a number of local colleges: BUS-103, BUS-201, BUS-207, BUS-233, BUS-234.

Accounting

• ACC-202 Intermediate Accounting I 3

Plus two of the following courses:

• BUS-201 Marketing Principles 3
• BUS-207 Principles of Business Management 3
• BUS-233 Business Law I 3
• BUS-234 Business Law II 3

Credit Hours: 9

Banking and Finance

• BNF-201 Principles of Finance 3

Plus two of the following courses:

• BNF-101 Principles of Banking 3
• BNF-102 Personal Finance and Money Management 3
• BNF-202 Asset Management 3
• BNF-203 Cash Management 3
• BNF-207 Principles of Investment and Portfolio Management 3
• BNF-208 International Finance 3
• BUS-262 Fundamentals of International Business 3

Credit Hours: 9

International Trade

• BUS-202 International Marketing 3
• BUS-207 Principles of Business Management 3
• BUS-262 Fundamentals of International Business 3

Credit Hours: 9

Management

• BUS-170 Small Business Management 3
• BUS-201 Marketing Principles 3
• BUS-207 Principles of Business Management 3

Credit Hours: 9

Marketing

• BUS-201 Marketing Principles 3
• BUS-202 International Marketing 3
• BUS-210 e-Marketing 3

Credit Hours: 9