General Business AAS Degree
Executive assistants and senior administrative assistants provide high-level support by managing software training and orientation for new staff, conducting online research, booking travel and securing needed information on the Internet, planning meetings to include negotiating hotel contracts, scheduling, catering, and preparing for cyber- and video-conferencing, using desktop publishing to produce brochures, fliers, annual reports, Web design and postings. They may also be expected to prepare statistical reports, handle information requests, and negotiate with clients and vendors.
- Degree Type: AAS
- All required courses available online
- TSI: required
- Capstone course: POFT-2312 Business Correspondence and Communication
Although not designed to transfer, this AAS degree program leads to an online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) degree with participating universities. See an academic advisor for more information about the BAAS.
| General Education | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC-1300 | Learning Framework | 3 |
| MATH-1332 | Contemporary Mathematics (quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| ENGL-1301 | Composition I | 3 |
| ECON-2301 or ECON-2302 |
Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| Lang./Phil./Culture or Creative Arts | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Term One | ||
| POFT-1429 or POFT-2401 |
Beginning Keyboarding or Intermediate Keyboarding |
4 |
| ACNT-1303 | Introduction to Accounting I | 3 |
| POFI-2301 | Word Processing | 3 |
| BUSG-1304 | Financial Literacy (formerly Known As Introduction to Financial Advising) | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Term Two | ||
| BCIS-1305 | Business Computer Applications | 3 |
| BUSG-1301 or BUSI-1301 |
Introduction to Business or Business Principle |
3 |
| BMGT-1341 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| POFT-1301 | Business English | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Term Three | ||
| BMGT-1309 | Information and Project Mgt | 3 |
| ACCT-2401 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 4 |
| HRPO-2307 or BMGT-1327 |
Organizational Behavior or Principles of Management |
3 |
| Hours | 10 | |
| Term Four | ||
| ACCT-2402 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSI-2301 | Business Law | 3 |
| POFT-2312 or BUSG-2381 |
Business Correspondence and Communication (Capstone) or Cooperative Education: Business/Commerce |
3 |
| Hours | 10 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |