Business Administration, A.A.S.

Purpose

The Business Administration Program meets the needs of students who wish a broad overview of business and desire not to enroll in a specialized curriculum in business. The program is designed to acquaint students with major subject areas of business, to improve student’s business vocabulary, and to provide students with an understanding of influencing factors in business decision making and activities. While this program is not designed to transfer into a four-year program, there are some 2 + 2 articulation agreements in existence with several colleges/universities.

The full Business Administration Program is available online. Some courses may be offered at Campus locations. Check schedule for offerings.

Program Level Outcomes:

Students will apply critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills required to function effectively in a business environment.
Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in diverse business situations.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of globalization and the impact of cultural, economic, regulatory, and social environments on businesses and organizations.
Students will apply core business concepts of the functional areas of business (accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing) in evaluating business issues.
Students will demonstrate the knowledge and application of ethical concepts and behaviors in the workplace.
Students will evaluate, analyze, and interpret information using quantitative methods to make sound business decisions.

First Semester

AC 111 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit Hours (E)
BU 100 - Introduction to Business 3 Credit Hours (E)
BU 115 - Business Mathematical Applications 3 Credit Hours
or
MT 121 - ~College Mathematics for General Education 3 Credit Hours or higher
CS 102 - Computer Literacy 3 Credit Hours
EN 101 - ~English Composition I 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

AC 112 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Credit Hours
BU 205 - Communications in Business 3 Credit Hours
BU 207 - Business Law 3 Credit Hours
SP 103 - ~Speech Fundamentals 3 Credit Hours
¹Restricted Specialized Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 15

Third Semester

BU 230 - Business Statistics 3 Credit Hours
or
MT 225 - ~Elementary Statistics 3 Credit Hours
EC 241 - ~Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
²General Education Elective 3 Credit Hours
¹Restricted Specialized Elective 6 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Semester

AC 265 - Payroll Accounting 3 Credit Hours
EC 242 - ~Principles of Economics II 3 Credit Hours
¹Restricted Specialized Elective 9 Credit Hours

Credit Hours: 15

Total Credit Hours: 60

~ Designates courses on the statewide Core Coursework Transfer Agreement.

¹Restricted Specialized Elective: Choose from AH 220 , AH 285 , Accounting (AC), Business (BU), Computer Information Systems (CS), Economics (EC), Entrepreneurism (EP), Finance (FN), Management (MG), or Marketing (MK) courses not already required by the program and other related courses as approved by the Dean.

²General Education Elective: Choose from any English (EN), History (HS), Mathematics (MT), Political Science (PS), Psychology (PY), or Sociology (SO) course not already required by the program.

This degree program provides students the opportunity to receive credit for their high school EDGE courses (http://careertech.k12.wv.us/edge/edgeCollege.html) as designated by the (E) within the program sequence.