Business Administration, A.S.

Program Description

In the Business Administration, A.S. degree, students acquire skills and knowledge in the fields of business, accounting, economics, statistics, communication, and management theory. Students learn effective decision making, problem solving, and leadership skills that are necessary for business and its related fields. Additionally, students learn to apply general business management principles, synthesize business, financial, legal, and ethical concepts, prepare financial statements, and analyze business-related data.

This degree prepares students for transfer to a 4-year institution. 

Program Outcomes

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

1. Apply general business management principles to a variety of situations and business environments.
2. Examine economic concepts and governmental impacts on business.
3. Synthesize business, financial, legal, and ethical concepts and processes to develop a business.
4. Prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
5. Analyze business related data with and without a statistical software package.
6. Examine the role of leadership in business, including professional image, dealing with conflict, and working with others.

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

Below are the required courses for your program arranged in a suggested sequence. Please note that the sequence does not include the English co-requisite course (EGL-0100S ) or any co-requisite MAT courses (MAT-0113C , MAT-0114C , MAT-0125C  and MAT-0135C  ). See Academic Preparation  for more information on College Readiness if applicable to you. 

Required Courses (in expected order)

• PAS-1000 First Year Experience Credits: 1 (Institutional Requirement)
• BMT-1010 Introduction to Business Credits: 3 (Program Requirement; Critical Course)
• EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing Credits: 3 (English General Education Requirement)
• ACC-1001 Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3 (Program Requirement;Critical Course)
• INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology Credits: 3 (Computer Literacy Institutional Requirement)
• MAT-1250 Applied College Algebra Credits: 3 (Mathematics General Education Requirement; Critical Course)
• EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing for Business Credits: 3 (English General Education Requirement)

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

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• NTR-1010 Introductory Nutrition Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective) OR
• BIO-1110 Environmental Biology Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective)

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• ACC-1002 Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
• MAT-2160 Applied Calculus Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
• ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 (Social Science General Education Requirement; Critical Course)

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• BIO-1010 General Biology Credits: 4 (Science with Lab General Education Elective) OR
• BIO-1110 Environmental Biology
     Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective) AND
• BIO-1120 Environmental Biology Laboratory Credits: 1 (Science Lab General Education Elective) OR
• GEO-1010 Physical Geography Credits: 3 (Science without Lab General Education Elective) AND
• GEO-1020 Physical Geography Lab Credits: 1 (Science Lab General Education Elective)

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• BMT-2220 Business Law I Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)

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• PHL-1010 Introduction to Philosophy: The Art of Questioning Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective) OR
• PHL-1090 Introduction to Logic Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective) OR
• PHL-1330 Ethics Credits: 3 (Arts/Humanities General Education Elective)

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• PHL-2400 Business Ethics Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)
• ECN-2010 Statistics for Business and Economics Credits: 3 (Program Requirement)

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• BMT-1570 Small Business Management Credits: 3 (Program Elective) OR
• BMT-1420 Organizational Management Credits: 3 (Program Elective)

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• BMT-1500 Developing a Professional Image Credits: 1 (Program Requirement)
• ECN-1050 Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 (Social Science General Education Requirement)

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• PSY-1010 General Psychology Credits: 3 (Program Elective) OR
• SOC-1010 Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3 (Program Elective) OR
• ECN-2020 Money, Banking, and Finance Credits: 3 (Program Elective)

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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