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2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Nov 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Business Administration, A.S.


The A.S. degree in Business Administration prepares students to transfer to four-year bachelor programs in fields such as management, marketing, economics, human resources, or accounting. The College has articulation agreements with colleges and universities in Maryland and West Virginia, and a unique dual enrollment program with Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Students must always confer with transferring institutions as requirements are subject to change.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

  1. Apply concepts, methods, processes and functions of business to operational and decision-making situations.
  2. Demonstrate analytical and critical-thinking skills with direct application to business environments.
  3. Examine impacts of the current business environment and social issues on business operations and decision-making.

Program Pathway

First Year Fall   First Year Spring
Course Number Course Name Credits   Course Number Course Name Credits
ENG 101
 
English Composition
*(ENG 101E  and ENG 101P  are approved substitutions for ENG 101) 
3   Gen Ed English 3
MAT 160 Precalculus I 3   Gen Ed Arts/Humanities  3
Gen Ed Arts/Humanities 3   ACC 102 Principles of Accounting II 3
ACC 101 Principles of Accounting I 3   ECO 202 Microeconomic Principles 3
ECO 201 Macroeconomic Principles 3   Restricted Elective Choose from the list 3
TOTAL   15   TOTAL   15
Second Year Fall   Second Year Spring
Course Number Course Name Credits   Course Number Course Name Credits
Gen Ed Biological/Physical Science Gen Ed
*(of your two Science requirements, one must have a lab)
4   Gen Ed Diversity 3
Gen Ed Behavioral/Social Science 3   Gen Ed Behavioral/Social Science  3
Elective Choose in consultation with advisor 3   Gen Ed Biological/Physical Science Gen Ed ; 3-4 credits
*(of your two Science requirements, one must have a lab)
3
Elective Choose in consultation with advisor 2   Elective Choose in consultation with advisor 3
Restricted Elective Choose from the list 3   Elective Choose in consultation with advisor 3
TOTAL   15   TOTAL   15

General Education Requirements (31-32 Credits)


Arts/Humanities


Behavioral/Social Sciences


Biological/Physical Science


Diversity


English


* A minimum grade of “C” or better is required for ENG-101, ENG-101E, and ENG-101P

Mathematics


Restricted Electives (6-7 Credits)


Select Restricted Elective credits from the following list:

Free Electives (9-11 Credits)


Free electives should be selected in consultation with a transfer advisor and the transfer institution.

Degree Requirement (60 Credits)