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Business Administration/Entrepreneurship, A.A.S.

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(Code 12121)

This program leads to an associate of applied science degree with an emphasis in new business development and provides the skills necessary for an entry-level job in the field of small business management. A counselor should be consulted if the student plans to transfer to a four-year institution.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program.

General Education Requirements

Written Communication

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 credit
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 credit

Oral Communication

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 credit
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit

Laboratory Science

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 credit
BIOL 105 - Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology 4 credit
BIOL 121 - College Biology I 4 credit
BIOL 122 - College Biology II 4 credit
CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 credit
CHEM 220 - College Chemistry I 5 credit
PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 credit
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Laboratory Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Mathematics

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Course:

MATH 190 - Elementary Statistics 3 credit

Social Science

Both of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit
POLI 240 - American Political System 3 credit

Humanities and Fine Arts

Two of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses (from two different disciplines and only one may be a foreign language):

ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 credit
ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I 3 credit
ENGL 201 - American Thought & Literature II 3 credit
ENGL 220 - English Literature from the Beginning to 1798 3 credit
ENGL 221 - English Literature from 1798 to Present 3 credit
ENGL 265 - Introduction to Film 4 credit
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 credit
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 credit
GERM 101 - German I 4 credit
GERM 102 - German II 4 credit
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 credit
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 credit
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 credit
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 credit
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Humanities & Fine Arts requirement but may have limited transferability.

Program Requirements

ACCT 105 - Accounting for Small Business 3 credit
OR
ACCT 115 - Principles of Accounting I 4 credit
ACCT 246 - Tax Accounting 3 credit
BUSN 151 - Customer Relations 1 credit
BUSN 200 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit
BUSN 260 - International Business 3 credit
CMIS 115 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 credit
ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit
MGMT 235 - Small Business Management 3 credit
MGMT 245 - Human Resource Management 3 credit

Choose at least two of the following:

MRKT 230 - Marketing Research 3 credit
MRKT 233 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit
MRKT 234 - Retailing 3 credit
MRKT 248 - Promotion & Advertising 3 credit
MRKT 275 - Marketing in a Virtual World 3 credit
Elective credits as necessary to earn a minimum of 60 credits (100 level or above).

Note:

*Minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) required.

Other Programs

An Entrepreneurship Certificate and an Entrepreneurship Job Training Program are also available.

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