Business Administration, A.A.S.

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The Business Administration Degree program provides the student with a broad base of knowledge to assume a wide variety of professional business positions in our ever-changing business environment.

Career Opportunities

Some of the occupational areas in which job opportunities may be found are:

Sales
General Business (office, shipping and receiving, quality control)
Management
Positions within industrial, wholesale or retail firms

For specific information, contact the NIACC Business Division.

Employment Outlook

Whether a business is not-for-profit, governmental, or an international corporation, it needs people with skills in business administration. All organizations offer careers that rely heavily on effective business management techniques, making business administration an excellent foundation.

Strengths

NIACC’s Business Administration program is a dual-purpose program designed to give the student the option of obtaining employment upon graduation or transferring to a four-year institution.

Upon successful completion of the Business Administration curriculum with a grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher, the student is awarded an Associate in Applied Science Degree. Students who know they wish to pursue a four-year degree and want to meet general education requirements of transfer institutions, should pursue the A.A. Degree. This will necessitate a slightly different curriculum.

Required Courses/Suggested Schedule

First Year

First Term

ACC - 111 Introduction to Accounting (3 s.h.)
BCA - 215 Computer Business Applications (3 s.h.)
or BCA - 101 Introduction to Computers and Information Systems (3 s.h.)
BUS - 102 Introduction to Business (3 s.h.)
BUS - 121 Business Communications (3 s.h.)
or BUS - 130 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
or BUS - 161 Human Relations (3 s.h.)
or General Education Elective (3 s.h.)
MGT - 101 Principles of Management (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Second Term

ACC - 121 Principles of Accounting I (3 s.h.)
BCA - 152 Comprehensive Spreadsheets (3 s.h.)
BUS - 162 Workplace Professionalism (3 s.h.) +
MGT - 170 Human Resource Management (3 s.h.)
MKT - 110 Principles of Marketing (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Second Year

Third Term

BUS - 185 Business Law I (3 s.h.)
ENG - 105 Composition I (3 s.h.)
FIN - 100 Introduction to Finance (3 s.h.)
Business Elective(s) (3 s.h.)
Natural Science/Mathematics Elective(s) (3 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Fourth Term

BUS - 269 Insurance and Risk Management (3 s.h.)
ENG - 106 Composition II (3 s.h.)
Business Elective(s) (9 s.h.)

Total: 15 s.h.

Total Program Hours: 60 s.h.

+If you anticipate achieving a two-year degree, enroll in a Business Elective your first year and BUS - 162 Workplace Professionalism your second year, preferably the Fourth Term.