Sep 13, 2024

Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025

Business Management, AAS

The Business Management degree gives students a basic background in business and an opportunity to specialize in 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 83-credit core plus 7 credits from the approved electives list.

* Check the YVC website at www.yvcc.edu for more information on classes.

Required Courses

ACCT& 201: Principles of Accounting I 5 Cr
ACCT& 202: Principles of Accounting II 5 Cr
ACCT& 203: Principles of Accounting III 5 Cr
BA 115: Business Math 5 Cr ♦
BA 138: Written Business Communication 5 Cr •
BA 156: Marketing 5 Cr
BA 158: Principles of Management 5 Cr
BA 160: Supervision Techniques 5 Cr
BA 161: Human Resources Management 5 Cr
BA 180: Consumer Financial Planning 5 Cr
BA 225: Career Management 5 Cr ■
BA 270: Business Ethics 3 Cr
BUS& 101: Introduction to Business 5 Cr
BUS& 201: Business Law 5 Cr
ECON 101: Introduction to Economics 5 Cr
ENGR 101: Project Management 5 Cr or IT 253 5 Cr
IT 221: Applied Spreadsheets 5 Cr

Choose 7 Credits from Approved Electives

*Approved Electives for AAS degrees: All BA, IT; BT 101 , BT 140 , CMST 202 , CMST 280 , CMST& 101 , CMST& 102 , CMST& 210 , CMST& 220 , ECON& 201 , ECON& 202 , and ENGR 100 .

Total Credits 90

Core Competency Codes

♦ Computation
• Communication
■ Human Relations

Business Management, AAS Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

Demonstrate effective communications, applying interpersonal and cultural awareness to business settings
Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and problem solve quantitative, legal, ethical, and other general business situations
Apply information technology tools for problem solving and decision making
Examine core marketing principles and their use in decision making and developing business strategy
Differentiate the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling and their use in decision making and business strategy development