JCC - Business: Business Administration

Business: Business Administration

Associate in Applied Science

The A.A.S. degree program in business administration offers students the opportunity to obtain a broad business foundation and the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for a variety of entry level positions in business. This career program is designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to function in a professional, competent manner in business organizations. Students will take courses in accounting, management, law, computer applications, and courses that are related to business. Decision-making skills are stressed throughout the program as well as consensus-building skills that support working in team situations.

Minimum program hours: 60 credit hours

Program Codes

Degree option:

Associate in Applied Science

Curriculum code:

0632

Hegis code:

5004

General requirements

General requirements hours:

20 credit hours

Humanities	6
ENG 1530: English Composition II	3
English Electives (college level)	3
Social Sciences Electives	6
Mathematics/Sciences	6
Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives	2

Core requirements

Core requirements hours:

30 credit hours

BUS 1510: Principles of Financial Accounting	4
BUS 1520: Principles of Managerial Accounting	4
BUS 2530 or 2540: Business Law I or II	3
BUS 2580: Management and Organizational Behavior	3
CSC 1560: Microcomputer Applications I	4
Additional credits from the following list, 3 credits of which must be 2000-level courses:	12
BUS 1430: Entrepreneurship I
BUS 1500: Introduction to Business
BUS 1610: Personal Finance
BUS 1650: Global Business
BUS 2010: Business Internship
BUS 2510: Corporate Finance
BUS 2550: Marketing
BUS 2570: Principles of Management
BUS 2630: Human Resource Management
CMM 1610: Public Speaking
ECO 1530: Contemporary Economic Problems

Electives

Electives:

10 credit hours

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

1. Acquire and demonstrate knowledge of business concepts.

2. Identify business problems and make appropriate recommendations using business applications.

3. Compile, report, and interpret accounting information.

4. Demonstrate the use of computer resources to acquire, manage, and present information.

5. Use mathematical tools to solve problems.

6. Demonstrate an understanding of human behavior in organizations as it relates to topics such as productivity, tardiness, absenteeism, organizational citizenship behavior, turnover, and attitudes such as job satisfaction and job involvement.