Our Business Administration program provides you with an associate's degree in Business Administration while preparing you to transfer to a four-year college or university. After completing our program, you can confidently pursue degrees in accounting, finance, international business, marketing, human resources and information systems.
The Business Administration program meets the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Transfer Agreement Oversight Committee (TAOC) for a seamless transfer to schools in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). These include Kutztown, Millersville and Slippery Rock. Additionally, we have program-to-program transfer agreements with such schools as Arcadia, Cabrini, Chestnut Hill, Wilmington and Albright.
Program outcomes
- Analyze the preparation of financial statements and managerial accounting reports, and their use to support decision-making by internal and external users;
- Analyze macroeconomic and microeconomic environments of business;
- Examine management theory and practices in the key functional areas within an organization in today’s global business environment;
- Examine how marketing integrates with other functional areas within the organization as well as society as a whole;
- Apply relevant laws, regulations and ethical considerations to U.S. and international business activity for potential liability and legal protection and remedies.
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Program Curriculum
General Education Requirements
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
Elective | Technological Fluency | 3 |
ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
Elective* | Aesthetic Sensibility | 3 |
CMS 110 or CMS 120 | Introduction to Speech Communication or Public Speaking | 3 |
Elective | Scientific Reasoning | 4 |
Elective | Cultural Awareness and Diversity | 3 |
Major Requirements
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACC 115 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
ACC 116 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ACC 150 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
ECO 121 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
MAT 130 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
MAT 140 | Finite Mathematics for Business | 3 |
MAT 142 | Calculus for Business | 3 |
MGT 111 | Principles of Management | 3 |
MKT 111 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
Electives
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective* | Elective | 6 |
Full-time sample course schedule
Semester 1
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACC 115 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
ECO 121 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
Elective | Open Elective* | 3 |
Elective | Technological Fluency | 3 |
Semester 2
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACC 116 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
MAT 140 | Finite Mathematics for Business | 3 |
Elective* | Aesthetic Sensibility | 3 |
Semester 3
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MGT 111 | Principles of Management | 3 |
MAT 142 | Calculus for Business | 3 |
CMS 110 or CMS 120 | Introduction to Speech Communication or Public Speaking | 3 |
Elective | Scientific Reasoning | 4 |
Semester 4
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MKT 111 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
MAT 130 | Probability & Statistics | 4 |
ACC 150 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
Elective | Cultural Awareness and Diversity | 3 |
Elective | Open Elective* | 3 |
Part-time sample course schedule
Semester 1
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACC 115 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
Semester 2
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACC 116 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
Semester 3
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective | Technological Fluency | 3 |
Elective | Open Elective* | 3 |
Semester 4
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MAT 140 | Finite Mathematics for Business | 3 |
ECO 121 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
Semester 5
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MAT 142 | Calculus for Business | 3 |
ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
Semester 6
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective* | Aesthetic Sensibility | 3 |
Elective | Scientific Reasoning | 4 |
Semester 7
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
CMS 110 or CMS 120 | Introduction to Speech Communication or Public Speaking | 3 |
MGT 111 | Principles of Management | 3 |
ACC 150 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
Semester 8
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MKT 111 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
MAT 130 | Probability & Statistics | 4 |
Semester 9
Course ID | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective | Cultural Awareness and Diversity | 3 |
Elective | Open Elective* | 3 |
*See advisor for specific course information/recommendations.
Students should consider taking a course from one of the following disciplines: ACC, MGT, MKT, ETP-113 or CIS-215.