Business Administration

Why Choose Business Administration?

A degree in Business Administration prepares graduates to enter a highly competitive field with knowledge and skills to build a strong career in a broad range of fields. Garrett's Business Administration program includes communications and technology instruction to give graduates a competitive career advantage.

In addition to building a quality business curriculum, our business administration program focuses on preparing graduates to work independently, assume responsibility, succeed as a team member, and develop critical thinking skills. Students are expected to acquire basic competence in the area of business and management and consider the responsibilities of business management in society.

Business Administration Degrees Awarded

Garrett College awards an Associate in Arts (A.A.) to graduates of the Business Administration program.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate the ability to apply principles of accounting to business situations.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the U.S. legal system as it applies to business and the legal environment of business.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate different leadership styles and anticipate the consequences resulting from the use of each of these styles.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to apply economic analysis techniques to everyday problems in real-world situations, to understand the impact of current events and to evaluate specific policy proposals.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to apply the concepts of segmentation, targeting, and positioning in developing a marketing plan.

Program Benefits

Garrett's Business Administration program gives graduates a competitive edge whether starting a career in business, enhancing an existing career, or pursing further educational goals.

Career Goals

Garrett's Business Administration program prepares you for a career in any of the following career fields:

• Banking
• Investment and Investment Management
• Accounting
• Advertising
• Public Relations
• Management
• Sales
• Marketing

Business Administration A.A. Degree

Total Credit Hours Required 60

Institutional Requirement (1)

• FYE101  First Year Experience  1

GER Required Credits (32 credits)

English Composition

• ENG101  Comp I—Expos Writing  3^*
  Min. C grade required

Arts and Humanities

• COM101  Intro to Communication  3
  
• GER  Literature Course  3
• GER  Humanities Course  3

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• PSY101  General Psychology  3
• GER  Soc & Beh Sciences Course (not PSY)  3

Science

• TWO (2) GER Lab Sciences Courses  8

Mathematics

• MAT105  College Algebra or 
  MAT210  Introductory Statistics  3

Interdisciplinary/Emerging Issues

• CIS105  Intro to Computers  3

Core Courses^* (27 credits)

Min. C grade required in all Core Courses

• ACC210  Financial Accounting  3^*
• ACC213  Managerial Accounting  3^*
• BUS101  Intro to Business  3^*
• BUS170  Intro to Management  3^*
• BUS201  Principles of Marketing  3^*
• BUS203  Business Law  3^*
• ECN201  Economics I (Macro)  3^*
• ECN202  Economics II (Macro)  3^*
• Any BUS, CIS or MAT Course  3^*

^*Minimum C grade required.