Business Management, AAA

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90-95 Credits

This degree program prepares students to be successful in a wide range of business careers. The focus is on providing a broad set of business skills that will help students perform better in the workplace and increase their advancement opportunities. Career paths in business management include marketing, sales, general management, project management, small business, and more.

Business Management courses emphasize practical application of skills important for personal and professional development. Our students range from those with no business experience to those with more than two decades in the workforce.

Contacts: Tim Broxholm, ext. 4377 - tbroxholm@greenriver.edu, Nicole Harris, ext. 4389 - nharris@greenriver.edu

Program Website:

Business, Marketing & Entrepreneurship | https://www.greenriver.edu/students/academics/degrees-programs/business-marketing-and-entrepreneurship/

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate leadership competencies and teamwork skills necessary to resolve interpersonal and organizational challenges that most often occur in the modern workplace.
Communicate clearly, appropriately, and persuasively to business stakeholders, both orally and in writing.
Describe the basics of strategic planning and creative problem solving.
Explain the methods for organizing and delegating work.
Discuss self-management skills related to areas such as goal setting, self-esteem, and problem solving.

Requirements

Keyboarding 30 wpm (test administered by the BTAC Dept.) *
Reading - Eligible for READ 104 or completion of READ 094 Credits: 0-5
ACCT 110 - Practical Financial Accounting 1 Credits: 5 or
ACCT& 201 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 5
BTAC 100 - Fundamentals of Computers Credits: 5
BUS& 101 - Introduction to Business Credits: 5
or
BUS 164 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Credits: 5
BUS 103 - Business Leadership Credits: 5
BUS 121 - Marketing Fundamentals Credits: 5
BUS 159 - Professional Selling Credits: 5
BUS 173 - Basic Financial Management Credits: 5
BUS 181 - Introduction to International Business Credits: 5
BUS 257 - Customer Service Strategies Credits: 5
BUS 258 - Principles of Management and Supervision Credits: 5

Related Instruction Requirements (20 credits)

Satisfies related instruction requirements.

Written Communication

Choose one of the following:

BTAC 130 - Business Correspondence Credits: 5
ENGL& 101 - English Composition I Credits: 5

Oral Communication

Choose one of the following:

CMST& 210 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: 5
CMST& 220 - Public Speaking Credits: 5

Computation

Choose one of the following:

B A 145 - Business Computation Credits: 5
MATH& 107 - Math in Society Credits: 5
MATH 147 - Finite Mathematics-Business and Social Science Credits: 5

Human Relations

BUS 166 - Human Relations and Work Readiness Credits: 5

Electives:

Students must choose 20 credits from the following electives.

Students wishing to obtain an additional specialized certificate should seek advising assistance.

ACCT - Any Accounting course Credits: 1-5
BUS - Any Business Management course Credits: 1-5
BTAC - Any Business Technologies and Administrative Careers course Credits: 1-5
BUS 177 - Supervised Work Experience 1 Credits: 1-6
CMST - Any Communication Studies course Credits: 5
ECON - Any Economics course Credits: 5
ENGL - Any English course Credits: 5
MATH 256 - Statistics for Business and Social Science Credits: 5
PHIL 112 - Ethics in the Workplace Credits: 5
PHIL& 115 - Critical Thinking Credits: 5
POLS& 200 - Introduction to Law Credits: 5

Notes

* Keyboarding/typing skills may be demonstrated by passing a 3-minute typing test at 30 wpm with 5 or less errors using the proper typing techniques administered by the Business Technologies and Administrative Careers Department.

Upon successfully completing the required courses for the AAA in Business Management, students must apply for graduation to receive the following specialized certificates:

Business Foundations (45 credits)
Contact Center Specialist (15 credits)
Customer Service Representative (45 credits)
Management and Supervision (25 credits)
Marketing and Sales (20 credits)
Retail Management (50 credits)

Last Revised

7/1/2017