Associate in Applied Science in Business
Specialization in Accounting
Tech Prep Program
Total Hours = 63 - 65
FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester Skip to 2nd Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours | |
| POFI 2301 | Word Processing | 3 |
| ACNT 1303 * | Introduction to Accounting I | 3 |
| BUSI 1301 | Business Principles | 3 |
| POFT 1325 | Business Math & Machine Applications | 3 |
| ENGL Elective | College English, Technical and Business Writing I | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
Second Semester Back to 1st Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| ITSC 1309 *, COSC 1401, or BCIS 1405 | Integrated Software Applications I, Microcomputer Applications, or Business Computer Applications | 3 or 4 |
| ACNT 1304 * | Introduction to Accounting II | 3 |
| BUSI 1304 | Business Report Writing and Correspondence | 3 |
| BUSI 1307 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| HRPO 1311 | Human Relations | 3 |
| Total | 15 or 16 | |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester Skip to 4th Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours | |
| ACCT 2301 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| HRPO 2301 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
| ACNT 23881 | Internship--Accounting | 3 |
| SPCH Elective | Business and Professional Speaking or Public Speaking I | 3 |
| ITSW 2334 | Advanced Spreadsheets | 3 |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Semester Back to 3rd Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| ECON 2301 or 2302 | Principles of Economics I or Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| Natural Science/Math Elective | 3-4 | |
| ACNT 1313 | Computerized Accounting Applications | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 15 or 16 |
|
| Total Hours = 63 - 65 | ||
Associate in Applied Science in Business
Specialization in Marketing
Tech Prep Program
Total Hours = 66 - 68
FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester Skip to 2nd Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours | |
| MRKG 1311 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUSI 1301 | Business Principles | 3 |
| BUSI 1307 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| ACNT 1303 * or ACCT 2301 | Introduction to Accounting I or Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| POFI 2301 | Word Processing | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Semester Back to 1st Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| SPCH Elective | Business and Professional Speaking or Public Speaking I | 3 |
| ITSC 1309 *, COSC 1401, or BCIS 1405 | Integrated Software Applications I, Microcomputer Applications, or Business Computer Applications | 3 or 4 |
| BUSI 1304 | Business Report Writing and Correspondence | 3 |
| HRPO 1311 | Human Relations | 3 |
| ACNT 1304 * or ACCT 2302 | Introduction to Accounting II or Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| Total | 15 or 16 | |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester Skip to 4th Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours | |
| BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
| ENGL Elective | College English or Technical and Business Writing | 3 |
| BUSI 1311 | Salesmanship | 3 |
| ECON 2301 or 2302 | Principles of Economics I or Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| BMGT 1303 or HRPO 2301 | Principles of Management or Human Resource Management | 3 |
| IMED 2309 | Internet Commerce | 3 |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Semester Back to 3rd Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| Approved MATH Elective2 | 3 | |
| WECM Elective1 | 3 | |
| BMGT 1349 | Advertising & Sales Promotion | 3 |
| BUSI 2302 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MRKG 2388 | Internship | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Total Hours = 64 - 65 | ||
Associate in Applied Science in Business
Specialization in Management
Tech Prep Program
Total Hours = 66 - 68
FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester Skip to 2nd Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours | |
| ENGL Elective | College English or Technical and Business Writing | 3 |
| BUSI 1301 | Business Principles | 3 |
| BUSI 1307 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| ACNT 1303* or ACCT 2301 | Introduction to Accounting I or Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| POFI 2301 | Word Processing | 3 |
| 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | |
Second Semester Back to 1st Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| SPCH 1321 or SPCH 1315 | Business and Professional Speaking or Public Speaking I | 3 |
| ITSC 1309* or COSC 1401 | Integrated Software Applications I or Introduction to CIS | 3 or 4 |
| BUSI 1304 | Business Report Writing and Correspondence | 3 |
| HRPO 1311 | Human Relations | 3 |
| ACNT 1304* or ACCT 2302 | Introduction to Accounting II or Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| Total | 15 or 16 | |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester Skip to 4th Semester A.A.S.| Course | Semester Hours |
|
| BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
| BMGT 1303 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ITSW 2334 | Advanced Spreadsheets | 3 |
| ECON 2301 or ECON 2302 | Principles of Economics I or Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| HRPO 2301 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Semester Back to 3rd Semester A.A.S.
| Course | Semester Hours | |
| Approved MATH Elective2 | 3 | |
| WECM Elective1 | 3 | |
| BUSG 2309* | Small Business Management | 3 |
| BUSI 2302 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BMGT 2388 or BUSG 23823 | Internship or Cooperative Education | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Total Hours = 66 - 68 | ||
*Course may be articulated through an approved high school Tech Prep agreement.
1Any approved WECM course in a related discipline.
2Approved MATH Electives: MATH 1314, MATH 1324, MATH 1325, MATH 1332.
Business Certificates
Tech Prep Program
Total Hours = 30 - 31
| Course | |
| POFI 2301 | Word Processing |
| ACNT 1303* or ACCT 2301 | Introduction to Accounting I or Principles of Accounting I |
| ITSC 1309* or COSC 1401 | Integrated Software Applications I or Microcomputer Applications |
| BUSI 1304 | Business Report Writing and Correspondence |
| BUSI 2301 | Business Law |
| HRPO 1011 | Human Relations |
| BUSI 13011 | Business Principles |
| BUSI 1307 | Personal Finance |
| WECM Elective | |
| SPCH 1321 or SPCH 1315 | Business and Professional Speaking or Public Speaking |
Business Specialization in Marketing
Tech Prep Program
Total Hours = 15
| Course | |
Course Descriptions
ACCT 2301 Principles of Accounting I
Three semester hours (3-1)
This is an introductory course designed to serve as a foundation for the study of advanced accounting and to furnish a knowledge of accounting that will be of value to students in other fields. The subject matter includes analysis and recording of business transactions; use of journals and ledgers, including special journals and ledgers; trial balance and worksheet; adjusting and closing entries; accounting statements; receivables, payables and inventories; deferrals, accruals, and depreciation of plant assets; systems for control and payroll; and accounting concepts. Prerequisite: ACNT 1303 or permission of instructor. (5203015125)
ACCT 2302 Principles of Accounting II
Three semester hours (3-1)
This is a continuation of 2301. The course includes accounting for partnerships and corporations, cost accounting, decision making, and statements and analysis. Prerequisite: ACCT 2301. (5203015125)
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I
Three semester hours (3-1)
A study of analyzing, classifying, and recording business transactions in a manual and computerized environment. Emphasis on understanding the complete accounting cycle and preparing financial statements, bank reconciliations, and payroll.
ACNT 1304 Introduction to Accounting II
Three semester hours (3-1)
A study of accounting for merchandising, notes payable, notes receivable, valuation of receivables and equipment, and valuation of inventories in a manual and computerized environment. Prerequisite: ACNT 1303.
ACNT 1313 Computerized Accounting Applications
Three semester hours (3-0)
A study of utilizing the computer to develop and maintain accounting record keeping systems, make management decisions, and process common business applications with emphasis on utilizing a spreadsheet and/or data base package/program. This is a sophomore-level course. Co-requisite: ACNT 1304 or ACCT 2302.
ACNT 2388 Internship-Accounting
Three semester hours (0-9)
An experience external to the college for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the college and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Pre-requisite: completion of 15 semester hours in discipline.
BCIS 1405 Business Computer Applications
Four semester hours (3-3)
Computer terminology, hardware, software, operating systems, and information systems relating to the business environment. The main focus of this course is on business applications of software, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, and business-oriented utilization of the Internet.
BMGT 1301 Supervision
Three semester hours (3-0)
A study of the role of the supervisor. Managerial functions as applied to leadership, counseling, motivation, and human skills are examined.
BMGT 1302 Principles of Retailing
Three semester hours (3-0)
Introduction to the retailing environment and its relationship to consumer demographics, trends, and traditional/nontraditional retailing markets. The employment of retailing techniques and the factors that influence modern retailing. This is a sophomore-level course.
BMGT 1303 Principles of Management
Three semester hours (3-0)
Concepts, terminology, principles, theory, and issues that are the substance of the practice of management. This is a sophomore-level course.
BMGT 1349 Advertising & Sales Promotion
Three semester hours (3-0)
Introduction to the advertising principles, practices, and multi-media of persuasive communication including buyer behavior, budgeting, and regulatory constraints. This is a sophomore-level course.
BMGT 2341 Strategic Management
Three semester hours (3-0)
Strategic management process involving analysis of how organizations develop and implement a strategy for achieving organizational objectives in a changing environment.
BMGT 2388 Internship-Business Administration and Management, General
Three semester hours (0-9)
An experience external to the college for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the college and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: Completion of 30 semester hours in discipline or permission of the Division Director.
BUSG 2309 Small Business Management
Three semester hours (3-0)
A course on how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about a small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, financial needs, marketing strategies, and legal issues.
BUSG 2380 Cooperative Education-Business, General
Three semester hours (1-20)
Career related activities encountered in the student’s area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the college, employer, and student. Under supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: completion of 30 semester hours in discipline.
BUSI 1301 Business Principles
Three semester hours (3-0)
This course provides an overall picture of business operations, develops a business vocabulary, and directs the thinking of each student to the field of business best suited to his interest and talent. The subject matter includes an analysis of the specialized fields within the business organization and of the role of business in modern society. (5201015125)
BUSI 1304 Business Report Writing and Correspondence
Three semester hours (3-0)
This is an application of letter writing principles to inquiries and replies, credits, adjustments, collections, sales messages, and simple reports. The course stresses forceful, psychologically sound writing in correct English. (2311015225)
BUSI 1307 Personal Finance
Three semester hours (3-0)
This is a study of personal and family accounts, budgets and budgetary control, bank accounts, charge accounts, borrowing, investing in insurance, standards of living, renting and home ownership, and wills and trust plans. (1904015125)
BUSI 1311 Salesmanship
Three semester hours (3-0)
This is a course dealing with the principles of personal salesmanship including methods and tasks applicable to a wide variety of industries and commercial settings. (0807065125)
BUSI 2301 Business Law
Three semester hours (3-0)
This is a study of law and society, courts and procedure, contracts, agency and employment, personal property and bailments, property, and negotiable instruments. (2201015125)
BUSI 2302 Legal Environment of Business
Three semester hours (3-0)
This is a study of the role of law and government regulations in business and society. Includes legal reasoning, sources of law, social policy and legal institutions, and laws relating to antitrust protection, security regulations, consumer protection, environmental protection, worker health and safety, and employment discrimination.(2201015225)
COSC 1401 Introduction to Computer and Information Sciences
Four semester hours (3-3)
This is an overview of computer information systems. This survey course introduces computer hardware, software, procedures systems and human resources and explores their integration and application in business and other segments in society. The fundamentals of computer problem solving and programming in a higher-level programming language may be discussed and applied. There is a strong emphasis on computer applications (word processing, spreadsheet, and database) in this course. Prerequisite or Corequisite: POFI 2301, POFT 1127 or keyboarding speed of 25 wpm as verified by a three minute timed writing. (1101015227)
ENGL 1301 Freshman Composition
Three semester hours (3-0)
This course is designed to improve reading skills through the use of thought-provoking material on which to base training in expository writing. Throughout the semester the study of grammar and sentence structure will be integrated with the student's needs as reading and writing skills improve. Outside reading will be devoted chiefly to nonfiction, especially material in which general information is stressed. Prerequisite: Pass the reading and writing sections of the TASP or alternative test. (2304015135)
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing
Three semester hours (3-0)
This course offers a study and practice in composition used in reports and letters for business, industry, and
technology. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301. (231105135)
HRPO 1311 Human Relations
Three semester hours (3-0)
Practical application of the principles and concepts of the behavioral sciences to interpersonal relationships in the business and industrial environment.
HRPO 2301 Human Resource Management
Three semester hours (3-0)
Behavioral and legal approaches to the management of human resources in organizations.
IMED 2309 Internet Commerce
Three semester hours (3-1)
An overview of the Internet as a marketing and sales tool with emphasis on developing a prototype for electronic commerce. Topics include database technology, creating web sites in order to collect information, performing on-line transactions, and generating dynamic content.
MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing
Three semester hours (3-0)
Introduction to basic marketing functions; identification of consumer and organizational needs; explanation of economic, psychological, sociological, and global issues; and description and analysis of the importance of marketing research. This is a sophomore-level course.
MRKG 2388 Internship-Business Marketing & Marketing Management
Three semester hours (0-9)
An experience external to the college for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the college and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: Completion of 30 semester hours in discipline or permission of the Division Director.
POFL 1303 Legal Office Procedures
Three semester hours (3-1)
Study of the administrative duties of support personnel in a law office including issues involved in understanding and using social, organizational, and technological systems. This is a sophomore-level course. Prerequisites: POFT 2351, POFL 2301 and POFT 1309.
POFL 2301 Legal Document Processing
Three semester hours (3-1)
Skill development in the production of legal documents used in the legal and court systems. Prerequisite: POFT 2351 and POFT 2301.
POFM 1309 Medical Office Procedures
Three semester hours (3-1)
Introduction to basic medical office skills including telephone techniques, filing and indexing, mail handling, appointment scheduling, travel arrangements, correspondence, and business transactions. Emphasis on human relations and customer service skills. This is a sophomore-level course.
POFM 1313 Medical Terminology I
Three semester hours (3-0)
Instruction in the practical application of a medical vocabulary system. Topics include structure; recognition; analysis; definitions; spelling; pronunciation; and combination of medical terms from prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms.
POFM 1331 Medical Transcription I
Three semester hours (3-1)
Fundamentals of medical transcription including basic reports such as history and physicals, discharge summaries, consultations, operative reports, and other medical reports. Emphasis on development of speed and accuracy. This is a sophomore-level course. Prerequisite: POFT 2351.
POFT 1127 Introduction to Keyboarding
One semester hour (1-1)
Skill development in keyboarding with emphasis on alphabet, number, and symbol keys by touch. Skills can be applied to computers, typewriters, and other equipment with keyboards.
POFT 1309 Office Procedures I
Three semester hours (3-1)
Study of current office procedures including telephone skills, time management, travel and meeting arrangements, mail processing, and other duties and responsibilities in an office environment.
POFT 1325 Business Math & Machine Applications
Three semester hours (3-0)
Skill development in the use of electronic calculators and business mathematical functions. Emphasis on business problem-solving skills using spreadsheet software.
POFT 1392 Special Topics in Administrative Assistant/Secretarial Science, General
Three semester hours (3-0)
Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and /or attitudes and behaviors to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student.
POFT 2301 Document Formatting and Skill Building
Three semester hours (3-1)
A continuation of keyboarding skills in document formatting, speed, and accuracy. Emphasis on proofreading, editing, and following instructions, and keying documents from various copy.
POFT 2380 Cooperative Education-General Office/Clerical & Typing Services
Three semester hours (1-20)
Career related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the college, employer, and student. Under supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experiences. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: completion of 30 semester hours in discipline.
POFT 2388 Internship-General Office/Clerical & Typing Services
Three semester hours (0-9)
An experience external to the college for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the college and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: Completion of 30 semester hours in discipline or permission of the Division Director.
POFT 2433 Advanced Document Formatting & Skill Building
Four semester hours (3-2)
Study of advanced concepts in a variety of office-simulated correspondence activities with emphasis on organization, prioritizing, decision making, composition, placement, accuracy, and speed development.