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Business Management (BM)
Academic School: Business & Computer Technologies
(Effective Fall 2007)
Associate of Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.)
The Business Management curriculum offers students the skills needed to prepare for a career in management-related fields. Students develop skills in effective decision making, problem solving, organizing and planning.
Career Opportunities: Entry-level management trainee positions in manufacturing, retailing, banking, insurance, marketing, and government.
Recommended High School Subjects: Students should complete English and mathematics courses (including algebra).
Remediation Strategies: All students entering the major will be tested for English, reading, and mathematics deficiencies. Students will be expected to remediate any deficiencies during their first semester.
Transfer Procedures: This major is subject to the transfer standards established by the College (see http://www.pct.edu/catalog/TransferringCredits.htm ). Exceptions must be approved by the school dean.
Program Goals: A graduate of this major should be able to:
- plan, organize, lead, and control within an organizational setting.
- understand the application of laws and the legal system to the business environment.
- communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- recognize the importance of business ethics and social responsibility to business operations.
- understand the international arena and its current role and impact on business.
- understand basic accounting methods and their business applications.
- utilize human relations/human resource management skills and abilities in a business organizational setting.
- identify and understand the basics of computer hardware/software and their applications to business functions.
- utilize financial analysis within a business environment.
- identify the broad functions of marketing and their applications to business.
| First Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT110 | Principles of Business | 3 | |
| CSC110 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 | |
| ENL111 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| MTH113 | Business Mathematics | 3 | |
| or | |||
| MTH160 | Elementary Statistics with Computer Applications | 4 | |
| OIT101 | Keyboarding and Its Applications | 1 | |
| FIT | Fitness and Lifetime Sports Elective | 1 | |
| 14 | |||
| Second Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT115 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| MGT230 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ENL201 | Technical and Professional Communication | 3 | |
| CSC211 | Business Computer Applications Using Spreadsheet | 3 | |
| MKT240 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| SPC101 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| SSE | Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| FOR | Foreign Language Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| AAE | Applied Arts Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| IFE | International Field Experience Elective | 3 | |
| 18 | |||
| Third Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT301 | Business Law I | 3 | |
| MGT248 | Supervision and Human Relations | 3 | |
| or | |||
| HRM300 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| ECO111 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| ACC113 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| SBM | Specified Business Management Elective | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Fourth Semester | Credits | ||
| ACC123 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 | |
| MGT216 | International Business | 3 | |
| FIN350 | Finance | 3 | |
| or | |||
| FIN305 | Fundamentals of Financial Planning | 3 | |
| MGT315 | Business Ethics | 3 | Science, Technology and Society Requirement |
| SBM | Specified Business Management Elective | 3 | |
| SCI | Science Elective | 3 | |
| 18 | |||
Specified Business Management Electives: Any MGT, MKT, FIN, HRM, MIS, or ACC courses at the 100, 200 or 300-level, except MGT 110.
Accreditation: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)