General Business
Business
A.A.S. Degree (D,G,W)
General Business is tailored to enable students to combine studies in non-business and business courses that best match their individual education goals. This program is intended for full-time business students who plan to transfer to a four-year business college or university after graduation before entering the workforce. This flexibility affords students a unique preparation for continued business studies at an institution of higher learning as well as preparation for professional and technical careers requiring basic business and specific technical skills.
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
- Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
- Apply the principles of human resource management to organizations.
- Evaluate the actions taken to acquire and retain customers.
- Measure and track financial performance of an organization.
- Analyze and apply the strategic management process to organizations
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Graduation Requirements
General Education
Program/Major Concentration
Select 1 course(s) from:
Select 2 course(s) from:
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
| ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| FIN 221 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| MGT 212 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MIS 220 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
Semester 4
| BUS 203 | Business Law | 3 |
| SOC 215 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Elective | Major Elective | 4/3 |
| Elective | Major Elective | 4/3 |
| BUS 275 | Portfolio and Professionalism | 3 |
Approved Electives
Select one (1) social science/humanities elective.
Select two (2) major electives.
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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