Business Administration

Business Administration, AAS Degree

The Business Administration program offers broad training in key business areas – management, marketing, accounting, communication and computers. Our Business Administration program is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge of business that can open doors to new career possibilities ranging from small business to corporate settings. Our instructors all have a background in the business world and teach with real-world experience.

Students will develop skills in effective decision making, problem solving, organizing, and planning. Our graduates typically work in entry-level management positions in retailing, banking, insurance, marketing and government.

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Semester	Course Title	Credits

First Semester
SSS 100	Student Success Seminar	2
BUS 101 BUS 101	Introduction to Business	3
Student will receive an overview of the many different elements in the business world. The overview will include the business environment, business ethics, types of ownership structures, management techniques, marketing principles, technological implications, monetary basics and investments.
BUS 220 BUS 220	Personal Finance	3
Designed to provide students with the tools to become financially self-sufficient. Budgeting, cash management, risk management, investments, and estate planning will be covered to help students gain a better understanding of what to do with their current and/or future income.
CIS 105 CIS 105	Introduction to Computers	3
Includes essential computer hardware and software concepts as well as an introduction to the Internet (basic navigation and searching), and the I-notes electronic mail program used at Southeast Tech. Students will gain a proficiency in working in a wireless local area network environment and with the Microsoft Windows Operating System. File management skills will be reinforced as students create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and databases using the applications included in the Office suite. The class will utilize a hands-on, exercise-oriented approach that allows students to learn by example. Students will complete a variety of projects focused toward the objectives of their given program of study.
ENGL 101T ENGL 101T	Composition	3
English Composition will help develop proficiency in writing concise, coherent essays, and in using correct English. Several modes of discourse will be explored and good grammar skills are required. This course will improve the student's critical thinking skills as it provides students with practice in all stages of the writing process: planning, supporting, rewriting, analyzing, proofreading, and editing. This course will also require critical reading and writing. Prerequisite: Placement Assessment
MATH 115 MATH 115	College Math	3
A course covering the concepts and applications of mathematics, that includes: the arithmetic order of operations, percent problems, descriptive statistics and graphing, algebraic manipulations, solving linear equations, formula rearrangement, word problems, measurement, and applied plane and solid geometry. This course satisfies the institution's general education requirements for mathematics, but is not a transfer course. Prerequisite: Placement Assessment
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Second Semester
ACCT 210 ACCT 210	Principles of Accounting I	4
An introduction to the basic concepts of accounting. It teaches basic principles of accounting application to service and merchandising businesses in a sole proprietorship environment. This course also emphasizes the qualities of a properly designed accounting system including the principles of internal control and the use of special journals and subsidiary ledgers.
BUS 130 BUS 130	Business Communications	4
Students will learn to write various types of business letters, memos, and reports. Correct English usage, spelling, punctuation, and proofreading will also be emphasized. All students will prepare a resume and cover letter and participate in an interview and presentation. Students will demonstrate business etiquette, and conduct an effective business meeting.
CIS 125 CIS 125	Advanced Microcomputer Applications	3
Expands upon the students’ business computer applications skills through advanced learning in the Microsoft Office suite: Microsoft Word (documents), Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets), Microsoft Powerpoint (presentations) and Microsoft FrontPage (web sites). The students will learn by example, in teams and individually. Students will also use problem-solving skills to complete projects, exercises and case studies that use software as a tool in business. Peripherals, such as digital cameras, scanners and color deskjet printers can be utilized as tools to enhance student products. Prerequisite: CIS 105
MKT 120 MKT 120	Principles of Marketing	3
To stay on top of the fast-paced changes in the business world, students will investigate marketing's role in the process of creating, distributing, promoting and pricing goods, services, and ideas. This class is dedicated to customer value (value-driven marketing) and customer relationships (relationship marketing); two crucial aspects in today's dynamic competitive environment.
SPCM 101T SPCM 101T	Fundamentals of Speech	3
Based on the study of communication theory as applied to public speaking. The goals are to improve the student's public speaking and listening skills. Experiences in the class range from developing speech outlines, researching topics, and practicing delivery techniques for an informative, persuasive, interviewing techniques and panel discussion assignment.
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Third Semester
ACCT 211 ACCT 211	Principles of Accounting II	4
A continuation of Accounting Principles I. It will include accounting for payroll, current liabilities, partnerships, corporations, and bonds. Also covered are the statement of cash flows and an introduction to managerial accounting concepts, including job-order cost systems. Prerequisite: ACCT 210
BUS 140 BUS 140	Business Law I	3
Students will gain basic knowledge of United States law and the judicial system and will study law as it pertains to contracts, warranties, and product liability, consumer protection, real property, landlord and tenant, employment, partnerships, and corporations.
BUS 210 BUS 210	Supervisory Management	3
Students will learn about the changing role of supervisors in today's business world. Trends such as downsizing, cost cutting, quality enhancement, employee enpowerment, and increased diverity have complicated the supervisor's role. Studentrs will learn decision making and problem solving processes and explore methods to achieve maximum productivity while maintaining a positive work environment.
ELECTIVE	Technical Elective	3
MKT 160 MKT 160	Principles of Selling	3
Emphasizes the importance of establishing good relationships, finding prospect needs and a solution to those needs, and closing the sales interview. Also, students will examine the insights of dealing with customers in order to successfully satisfy the needs of both parties involved in a sale.
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Fourth Semester
BUS 212 BUS 212	Human Resource Management	3
Students will understand how an organization's efficiency is impacted by the effectiveness of its human resource management. Human resource planning recruitment, selection, development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, safety and health and researching human resources will be covered in the course.
BUS 230 BUS 230	Small Business Entrepreneurship	3
Designed to help students gain the knowledge to start a small business. The instructor will help students explore the tools needed to begin a small business. The focus is on the development of a business plan, which will be the end result of the course.
SOC	Social Science Elective: SOC 150T- Social Problems or SOC 250T- Marriage and the Family	3
ELECTIVE	Technical Elective	3
Technical Electives: Please see your Program Advisor for a course list.
PSYC 101T PSYC 101T	General Psychology	3
Provides the student with an introduction to the basic psychological processes underlying human behavior. Topics include the functions of the brain amd nervous system, the characteristics of sensation, perception and altered states of consciousness, learning and memory, the nature of thinking skills and intelligence, theories of motivation, emotion and personality, a survey of psychological disorders and approaches to therapy, social/interpersonal relations, and practical applications.
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Total Credits: 65

Students entering a program in any semester other than outlined may not graduate in the expected amount of time.