This 61 credit-hour program is designed to assist students in a wide variety of business occupations. The curriculum is structured to meet the needs of individuals interested in gaining or improving business knowledge and management skills. The program develops abilities that will help organize, coordinate and evaluate the functions of a marketing department or branch of an organization in either an industrial or administrative management capacity. This degree also provides the fundamental management skills needed by the successful owner-manager of a business.
This degree is shown in a standardized sequential semester option. However, it available as fast track modality, apprenticeships and online options as well. Please contact an advisor to get the most current scheduling. This degree plan is one of six options that students may pursue to earn the Business Administration Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree. While there are multiple specializations, this particular degree can be awarded only once.
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ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 | AAS General Education |
Description: Emphasizes the writing of expository prose. Introduction to the critical reading of nonfiction prose. IAI C1 900 Prerequisite: ENG 096 with a grade of P or other placement options: english-placement-grid.php ESL students need one of the following options: ESL 073 and ESL 074 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 and ESL 086 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 and ESL 099 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 with required writing placement test score; or ESL 074 with required reading placement test score. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MCM 150 | Social Media Management and Measurement | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Focuses on creating, maintaining, measuring and improving social media networks for a variety of industries. Students engage in data-driven decision making to alter or improve social media channels. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 150 | Business Math1 | 3 | AAS General Education |
Description: Introduces arithmetic as a tool of business. Topics include fractions, decimals and percentages, computations of interest, bank discounts, depreciation, commissions, compound interest, payrolls and taxes and graph and chart design. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 154 | Entrepreneurship2 or | ||
Description: Investigates positives and negatives of entrepreneurship and the process of concept to new venture. Analyzes typical venture errors and focuses on strategic management. Evaluates business ownership and franchising, pricing strategies, financing, location selection and human capital management. Discovers personal leadership traits. Assesses the personal entrepreneurial mindset. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 111 | Introduction to Business Organization | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Introduces the nature of business and the environment in which it operates. Forms of business ownership, introduction to operative and facilitating facets of business operation, management, marketing, accounting, statistics, business law, finance, investments, insurance and labor-management relations. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology+ | 3 | AAS General Education |
Description: Investigates human and animal behavior with emphasis on the scientific nature of contemporary and classic psychological investigation. Emphasizes psychological theories, principles, and research applications. Introduces the divisions of the American Psychological Association. References biological processes, sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, emotional life, mental disorders, intelligence, aptitude, personality, development, daily life and everyday problems. IAI S6 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ACC 101 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 4 | Program Requirement |
Description: Presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements primarily for users external to a business. Emphasizes the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a business. Topics include: basic accounting concepts, financial statements, accrual and cash basis, the accounting cycle, monetary assets, inventories, fixed assets, current and long-term liabilities, and owner’s equity. The course assumes a corporate form of organization. NOTE: High school algebra is recommended. IAI BUS 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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CIS 100 | Computer and Digital Literacy or | ||
Description: Provides students with an introduction to computers in society and digital literacy. Includes computer hardware and operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, networking, Internet usage, communication and collaboration, computer safety and ethics. This course is not intended for computer information system majors. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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CIS 101 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Provides students with an introduction to computer and information systems used in business environments. Includes computer hardware, operating systems, information systems, programming concepts, computer security and ethics, and trains students in the use of business software including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, database management software, networking and internet access methods. IAI BUS 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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Humanities3 | 3 | AAS General Education | |
MKT 217 | Advertising | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Purposes of advertising, how advertisements are prepared and delivered in media, and how effectiveness of advertising is measured and evaluated in relation to the selling and marketing process. IAI MC 912 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MKT 245 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Focuses on marketing activities that will cover product planning, pricing strategies and promotional efforts including advertising, selling and sales promotions and distribution channel effectiveness. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ACC 102 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting4 or | ||
Description: Presents accounting as a system of producing information for internal management use in a business. Emphasis is on the identification, accumulation and interpretation of information for planning, controlling and evaluating the performance of the separate components of a business. Topics include: theory and application of product costing, operational control, cost allocation, performance evaluation for manufacturing and service organizations, standard costing, job order and process costing, budgeting, JIT inventory control, decentralized operations, differential analysis, capital investment analysis and financial statement analysis. IAI BUS 904 Prerequisite: ACC 101 with a grade of C or better. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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PSY 245 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Investigates organizational behavior. Explores theories, principles, applications and empirically derived findings of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Emphasizes classic and contemporary leadership and motivation theories. Discusses structure and management practices; individual and work group behavior; employee culture and employer culture; and organizational conflict and resolution. Addresses international perspectives. Prerequisite: PSY 101 or consent of instructor. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ECO 200 | Introduction to Economics5 or | ||
Description: Covers descriptive rather than a quantitative approach to the study of economics. Major topics cover economic history, the elements of macroeconomics, microeconomics and a comparative look at other economic systems. Specifically designed for students in career-vocational curricula. IAI S3 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ECO 211 | Microeconomics or | ||
Description: Covers economic problems faced by the individual and the firm. Examination of market structures, price and output determination. The microeconomic approach. IAI S3 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ECO 212 | Macroeconomics | 3 | AAS General Education |
Description: Covers economic problems faced by our society. Examination of resource allocation, national income and economic development, from a macroeconomic approach. IAI S3 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 165 | Global Business+ | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Provides concepts, principles and practices of the international business environment. Includes the nature of international business; international organizations and monetary systems; comparative management techniques, and environmental business factors. Focuses on international organizational functioning to help the student gain a diversity of views. Prerequisite: MGT 111 or MGT 154 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 270 | Principles of Management | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Presents the theory and major functions of management and describes the role of the manager. Major concepts in organization are developed along with an understanding of the decision-making process and consideration of the human factor in management. Prerequisite: MGT 111 or MGT 154 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MKT 180 | Strategic Communication for A Digital World | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Introduces the fundamental skills needed to develop Web-appropriate written content that can be leveraged for strategic marketing purposes on multiple digital platforms. Evaluates platform requirements and explains the nuances of multimedia writing. Presents techniques to identify success metrics, assess and report content performance and make data-driven recommendations. Recommended: ENG 101 or placement options into ENG 101: english-placement-grid.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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ACC 211 | Business Law I | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Presents the history of the source of law, civil and criminal wrongs, law of contracts, agency, employment, property, and related topics. Problems and case materials are used. (NOTE: Transfer students should check with the school they will be transferring to regarding the transferability of this course.) Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MCM 233 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Explores the history, theory, practice and role of public relations in government, corporate, non-profit, and private organizations. Introduces students to the business and creative aspects of public relations, as well as the complexities of issue management. Students will prepare original public relations campaigns for print, broadcast and electronic media. Familiarizes the student with computer software for desktop publishing. Recommended preparation: computer design experience. IAI MC 913 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MGT 218 | Introduction to Finance | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Introduces fundamental principles of finance and fiscal management. Students will review financial theories and examine cash-flow projections, asset valuation, capital expenditure and investment opportunities, financial planning, and decision-making processes, and the structure of business markets. Prerequisite: ACC 101 and either MGT 111 or MGT 154. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MKT 252 | Internet Marketing | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Presents techniques on how to design, maintain, and market effective digital storefronts. Focuses on communicating, selling, and providing content to Web-based stores and other Internet businesses. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
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MKT 243 | Social Commerce and Sales | 3 | Program Requirement |
Description: Provides an introduction to social commerce and how to use the major social platforms on a smartphone to market and increase sales. Reviews sales initiatives including programs and alerts to increase sales with targeted customers. Explains the importance of using reward programs in social commerce to increase sales, referrals and customer loyalty. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
1 - The mathematics requirement for this degree can be met with Math Competency. See Math Competency options for information. Students who utilize Math Competency to meet the mathematics requirement must complete an additional three credit-hour elective. See full list of AAS General Education Electives.
2 - MGT 154 is recommended.
3 - PHI 150 (Business Ethics) is recommended.
4 - ACC 102 is recommended.
5 - ECO 200 is recommended.
+ - This course meets the World Cultures and Diversity graduation requirement.