Business Studies, A.A.

The Associate of Arts in Business Studies (AA-Bus) degree prepares students to seek entry-level managerial positions or to continue on into the B.A. Communication and Entrepreneurial Leadership program or transfer into a B.A. Business program at another institution. Through our unique hands-on approach to business studies, which includes a required internship, students develop a basic knowledge of business needed for an entry-level administrative support or managerial position.

Graduates in this program should be able to demonstrate abilities in four categories:

Business Fundamentals

• Describe how the U.S. business system is organized
• Distinguish the ways business influences change

Leadership Skills

• Apply management principles to achieve organizational goals
• Apply management concepts to achieve organizational objectives
• Use interpersonal skills to interact as a team
• Demonstrate decision making skills

Basic Marketing Theory

• Describe the marketing function in U.S. business
• Demonstrate consumer and business decision making

Quantitative Reasoning

• Explain Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Relate financial principles to business and personal decision making
• Apply micro- and macroeconomic principles to business and human behavior