Technical Support Areas

(36 Semester Credit Hours)

 

Business Administration Foundational Courses (16 credit hours)

The Business Administration technical support area curriculum with an emphasis on Management helps students acquire the knowledge and skills to hold various managerial positions in business, industry and governmental sectors. These courses prepare students with the communication skills, marketing, accounting, human resource management, supervision, multimedia, problem solving and decision-making skills required for managerial positions.

 

Course Prefix Course Number Course Title Semester Credit Hours
BUSI 1301 Business Principles 3
BMGT 1301 Supervision 3
ACCT 2401 Principles of Financial Accounting 4
HRPO 2301 Human Resources Management 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II - MICRO 3
BUSI 2301 Business Law 3

Through the Business Administration Technical Support area with an emphasis on Management, outcomes the student will be able to demonstrate are to:

  • Understand the contemporary business environment and the different types of business organizations (BUSI 1301).
  • Comprehend the financial accounting systems and learn about the role of accounting in business decision making (ACCT 2401).
  • Explain the role, characteristics, and skills of a supervisor and the principles of planning, leading, controlling, staffing, and organizing at the supervisory level; (BMGT 1301).
  • Discuss the process of recruiting, interviewing, selecting, training, and promoting employees within an organization (HRPO 2301).
  • To apply the basic concepts of supply and demand theory in economic managerial decisions (ECON 2302).
  • Explain the basic principles of law which form the legal framework for business activities (BUSI 2301).

Technical Field Courses (20 credit hours)

These courses draw upon the technical area of studies of AAS feeders degrees, specifically Business Administration, Paralegal, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Precision Manufacturing Technology, Child Development, and Culinary Arts. Students could transfer up to twenty credit hours of course work from their technical courses.

Students with an AA degree or course work in an AA degree program may transfer course work toward this required technical field of courses. This transfer requires approval from the Dean or Chair of the Bachelor Programs. In case of remaining credit hours, the courses taken to fulfill this requirement will move from the Management Program in Business Administration.