Business Administration, A.A.S.

Professional Development

The Professional Development component of the B.A.S. consists of 24 semester hours selected to provide depth or breadth to the major and to provide substantive developmental knowledge for the student’s career or personal goals.

The following majors are speciﬁc as to the amount of hours in the professional development component that must be related to the major ﬁeld of study:

Business Administration - a minimum of 12 hours from approved business courses
Human Services - a minimum of 12 hours from approved social science courses unless otherwise speciﬁed.

Experiential Professional Development

The experiential professional development component consists of 12 semester hours designed to provide practical experience as an integral part of the student’s career development. Experiential learning may satisfy a portion of this requirement. Experiential learning must be evaluated and approved by the university. Practicums or internships may be used in this area, up to 12 hours, or used in the major if it relates to the major ﬁeld of study.

Electives

The student may complete the remainder of the required 124 semester hours with courses which complement or extend career preparation or pursue subject ﬁelds that hold special appeal.

Business Administration

Course Requirements

When a course is taken without having the speciﬁed prerequisite, equivalent additional hours will be added to the program. Students must complete the following:

From one six-hour set:

ACCT 2305 - Principles of Accounting I 3 hrs and
ACCT 2306 - Principles of Accounting II 3 hrs
or
ACCT 3307 - Financial Accounting 3 hrs and
ACCT 3308 - Managerial Accounting 3 hrs

From one set:

ECON 2307 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 hrs and
ECON 2308 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 hrs
or
ECON 4346 - Survey of Economics 3 hrs
21 to 24 semester hours from approved business electives (three of the hours can be work experience).