Business Administration, A.S.

Program Description

The Business Administration A.S. degree program provides the first half of a bachelor’s degree in business and related disciplines. It includes an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to developing skills and knowledge in decision making, problem solving, and leadership. The curriculum establishes a foundation in business, accounting, economics, statistics, communications, and management theory. This program provides excellent transferability to four-year institutions.

Graduates of the Business Administration A.S. will be able to:

• Practice the application of general business management principles in business scenarios
• Identify broad economic concepts and governmental impacts on economic enterprises
• Effectively evaluate and synthesize business information
• Prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP
• Analyze financial accounting information
• Explain business processes

General Education Courses

The list of general education courses appears in the General Education List . Some programs recommend or require specific courses to fulfill general education requirements. Please check your program’s sequence of study for this information.

Sequence of Study - Business Administration A.S.

Below are the required courses for your program arranged in a suggested sequence. Please note that the sequence does not include developmental coursework. See Academic Preparation  for the developmental course sequence if applicable to you.

Required Courses (in expected order)

• PAS-1000 First Year Experience 1 Credit (Institutional Requirement)
• BMT-1010 Introduction to Business 3 Credits (Program Requirement; Critical Course)
• EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing 3 Credits (English General Education Requirement)
• ACC-2001 Principles of Accounting I 3 Credits (Program Requirement; Critical Course)
• INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology 3 Credits (Computer Literacy Institutional Requirement)
• MAT-1250 Applied College Algebra 3 Credits (Mathematics General Education Requirement; Critical Course)
• EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing For Business 3 Credits (English General Education Requirement)

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• COM-1010 Foundations of Communication 3 Credits (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective) or
• SPN-1010 Spanish for Beginners 3 Credits (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective)

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• NTR-1010 Introductory Nutrition 3 Credits (General Education Elective Science, No Lab) or
• BIO-1110 Environmental Biology 3 Credits (General Education Elective Science, No Lab)

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• ACC-2002 Principles of Accounting II 3 Credits (Program Requirement)
• MAT-2160 Applied Calculus I 3 Credits (Program Requirement)
• ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits (Social Science General Education Requirement; Critical Course)

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• BIO-1010 General Biology 4 Credits (Science w/ Lab General Education Elective) or
• BIO-1110 Environmental Biology
     3 Credits (Science w/ Lab General Education Elective) or
• BIO-1120 Environmental Biology Laboratory 1 Credit (Science w/ Lab General Education Elective) or
• GEO-1010 Physical Geography 3 Credits (Science w/ Lab General Education Elective) or
• GEO-1020 Physical Geography Laboratory 1 Credit (Science w/ Lab General Education Elective)

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• BUS-2220 Business Law I 3 Credits (Program Requirement)
• BMT-2750 Leadership Development 3 Credits (Arts/Humanities General Education Requirement)
• PHL-2400 Introduction to Business Ethics 3 Credits (Program Requirement)
• MAT-2210 Statistics 3 Credits (Program Requirement)

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• BMT-1570 Small Business Management 3 Credits (Program Elective) or
• BUS-2240 Business Law II 3 Credits (Program Elective) or
• BMT-1420 Organizational Management 3 Credits (Program Elective)

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• BMT-1500 Developing a Professional Image 1 Credit (Program Requirement)

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• ECN-2040 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits (Program Elective) or
• PSY-1010 General Psychology 3 Credits (Program Elective)

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• SOC-1010 Introduction to Sociology 3 Credits (Social Science General Education Requirement)

Program Total: 60 Credits

The two Social Science General Education courses must be from different disciplines.

Transferability

Credit earned at any public institution in the state shall be transferable to any other institution if the:

• Credit is from a college or university parallel course or program;
• Grades in the block of courses transferred average 2.00 or higher; and
• Acceptance of the credit is consistent with the policies of the receiving institution governing students following the same program. Refer to ARTSYS at artweb.usmd.edu and the receiving institution’s catalog to select transferable courses.

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