Dec 04, 2024

Yakima Valley College Catalog 2016-2017

Yakima Valley College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Management, AAS

The Business Management degree is designed to give students a basic background in business and an opportunity to specialize in the area of marketing or entrepreneurship, if desired. In consultation with a Business Administration program advisor, students will develop an individual training plan for the Business Management degree. The degree includes a 75-credit core plus 15 credits either from the marketing specialty, the entrepreneurship specialty, or from the approved electives list.* Check the YVC website at www.yvcc.edu for more information on available classes.

Required Courses

ACCT& 201:&nbsp;Principles of Accounting I 5 Cr
ACCT& 202:&nbsp;Principles of Accounting II 5 Cr
ACCT& 203:&nbsp;Principles of Accounting III 5 Cr
BA 115:&nbsp;Business Math 5 Cr ♦
BA 138:&nbsp;Written Business Communication 5 Cr •
BA 139:&nbsp;Technical Writing and Presentations 5 Cr
BA 156:&nbsp;Marketing 5 Cr
BA 158:&nbsp;Principles of Management 5 Cr
BA 160:&nbsp;Supervision Techniques 5 Cr
BA 205:&nbsp;Small Business Management 5 Cr
BA 225:&nbsp;Career Management 5 Cr ■
BUS& 101:&nbsp;Introduction to Business 5 Cr
BUS& 201:&nbsp;Business Law 5 Cr
ECON 101:&nbsp;Introduction to Economics 5 Cr
IT 100:&nbsp;Introduction to Computers 3 Cr
IT 102:&nbsp;Windows 2 Cr
IT 111:&nbsp;Spreadsheets Introduction 2 Cr

Choose one of the following specialties or approved Elective 15 Credits

Specialty option 1: Entrepreneurship

BA 105:&nbsp;Entrepreneurship 5 Cr
BA 137:&nbsp;Payroll/Tax Accounting 5 Cr
BA 259:&nbsp;Fundamentals of E-commerce 5 Cr

Specialty option 2: Marketing

BA 159:&nbsp;Sales Management 5 Cr
BA 170:&nbsp;Introduction to Advertising 5 Cr
BA 259:&nbsp;Fundamentals of E-commerce 5 Cr

Total Credits 90

*Approved Electives for AAS degrees: Any BA, BUS&, and IT courses; BT 101 , BT 140 ; CMST 103 , CMST 280 ; CMST& 101 , CMST& 102 , CMST& 210 , CMST& 220 ; ECON& 201 , ECON& 202

*Recommended Electives for AAS to BASM degree: ENGL& 101 , college-level Math, Lab Science, Natural Science, Humanities, or choose one of the following: CMST 280 , CMST& 101 , CMST& 102 , CMST& 210 , CMST& 220 .

Core Competency Codes

♦ Computation
• Communication
■ Human Relation