Additional options can be developed with the aid of an advisor and the approval of the Division Dean. (See also Retail Management, Total Quality Management, and Small Business Management.) Cooperative education opportunities are also available. Admission to the Business Management program requires a high school diploma or equivalent.

Management Option
Graduates of the Management option of Business Management are awarded Associate in Applied Science degrees. Successful graduates will be qualified to obtain entry-level positions in retail firms, supermarket chains, manufacturing firms, government agencies and numerous types of small business firms, and will be able to:

• use the principles of supervision to perform first-level management duties;
• use practical applications to motivate employees;
• prepare, review and discharge contracts;
• use terminology common to the business environment for effective communication;
• demonstrate familiarity with office equipment commonly used in business;
• analyze/resolve problems common to entry-level business positions;
• communicate information effectively in both written and oral modes of delivery;
• comprehend how the global economy and international events affect domestic business decisions.

Related Programs of Study

Degree Curriculum

Code		Course (lecture/lab hours)	Credits
BUS	101	Introduction to Business (3/0)	3
OST	111	Basic Keyboarding Applications (2/2)	3
ENG	101	English Composition I (3/0)	3
BUS	118	Intro to Total Quality Management (3/0)
		OR	3
BUS	128	Team Building & Business Mgmnt (3/0)
BUS	103	Business Mathematics (3/0)
		OR	3-4
MAT	141	College Algebra and Applications (or higher)1
ENG	102	English Composition II (3/0)1
		OR	3
ENG	112	English Composition II with Speech (3/0)1
HPE	110	Concepts of Health & Fitness (1/2)*	2
-	-	General Education elective2	3
BUS	107	Business Law (3/0)	3
IST	101	Computer Concepts (2/2)	3
MKT	101	Principles of Marketing (3/0)	3
ACC	106	Office Accounting I (3/0)
		OR	3-4
ACC	111	Principles of Financial Accounting (4/0)1
BUS	230	International Business (3/0)	3
BUS	209	Business Letter & Report Writing (3/0)	3
ECO	103	Basic Economics (3/0)1
		OR
ECO	111	Macroeconomics (3/0)1	3
		OR
ECO	112	Microeconomics (3/0)1
BUS	210	Principles of Management (3/0)	3
ACC	205	Office Accounting II (3/0)
		OR	3-4
ACC	112	Principles of Managerial Accounting (4/0)1
BUS	225	Employee Motivation & Leadership (3/0)	3
BUS	240	Human Resource Management (3/0)	3
BUS	296	International Business Practice Firm (1/5)
		OR	3
-	-	General Education elective2
-	-	Elective	3
Total			62-65

¹ Students intending to transfer to a baccalaureate program should take ENG 102; MAT 141, College Algebra, or a higher level MAT course as their math elective; ECO 111 or 112 as their economics course; and ACC 111 and 112 to fulfill their accounting requirement.

² Select from the following general education categories:

Society and Human Behavior;
Aesthetic Perspective;
Historical Perspective;
Diversity and Global Perspective;
Integrated General Education;
Foreign Language.

* HPE 111 is an acceptable alternative.