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Business Management & Entrepreneurship


Prepare yourself for a career in the business world with a competitive advantage and a degree from Garrett College. Our courses incorporate the latest technologies to prepare students for the competitive workforce.

Why Choose the Business Management and Entrepreneurship Concentration?

A degree in Business & Information Technology with a Business Management and Entrepreneurship concentration prepares graduates to begin a career in a highly competitive field with knowledge and skills to stand out from the rest.

Degree Awarded

Graduates of the program earn an Associate in Applied Sciences (A.A.S) in Business & Information Technology: Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

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 Management and Entrepreneurship program creates career-ready graduates with skills and knowledge necessary for a competitive edge.

Career Goals

Garrett's Business Management and Entrepreneurship 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 Management and Entrepreneurship concentration
Business & Information Technology A.A.S. Degree

Total Credit Hours Required 60

Institutional Requirements (1 credit)

  • FYE101  First Year Experience  1

GER Required Credits (22 credits)G

English Composition

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

Arts and Humanities

  • COM101  Intro to Communication  3
  • GER  Humanities Course  3

Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • GER  Soc & Behavioral Science Course  3

Science

  • GER  Science Lab Course  4

Mathematics

  • MAT105  College Algebra
    or  MAT210  Introductory Statistics 3

Interdisciplinary/Emerging Issues

  • CIS105  Intro to Computers  3

Core Courses (9 credits)*

Min. C grade required in all Core Courses

  • ACC210  Financial Accounting  3*
  • BUS101  Intro to Business  3*
  • BUS294  Field Experience in Business  3*

Concentration Courses (24 credits)*

Min. C grade required in all Concentation Courses

  • ACC213  Managerial Accounting  3*
  • BUS170  Intro to Management  3*
  • BUS201  Principles of Marketing  3*
  • BUS203  Business Law  3*
  • BUS287  Entrepreneurial Thinking  3*
  • BUS289  Entrepreneurship  3*
  • ECN201  Economics I (Macro)  3*
  • ECN202  Economics II (Micro)  3*

Electives (4)

Choose courses after consultation with advisor.

*Minimum C grade required.

G GER Courses must be on the Approved General Education Course list.

Garrett College Program of Study