Business Management, A.A.S.
Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, and Marketing
Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)
Contact Information: Program Office 615-353-3400, Email: business@nscc.edu
Accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
7007 College Blvd., Suite 420, Overland Park, Kansas 66211.
General Information
Business Administration Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Entrepreneurship Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Financial Services Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Marketing Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Program Website
Course Descriptions
General Information
The primary purpose of this degree is to prepare students for employment immediately following graduation from Nashville State.
Program Mission: The mission of the Business Management program is to provide practical learning opportunities that prepare students to:
• Excel in the business community.
• Effectively adapt to and manage technological change.
• Develop ethical business practices and a sense of personal responsibility.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Communicate effectively with written and oral messages.
• Think critically.
• Be creative with business solutions.
The Business Management program prepares students entering the business field with the managerial and technical skills necessary to perform in entry-level management positions in small and large companies.
The Business Administration Concentration provides knowledge and skills sufficient to allow a person to be employed in a wide variety of service, merchandising, and manufacturing organizations. This program will be helpful to those individuals who wish to own and operate a business.
The Entrepreneurship Concentration is designed to offer students the opportunity to focus on various entrepreneurial aspects of business. Instruction in the areas of planning, managing, marketing, accounting, and supervising are emphasized. This concentration provides students with a basis to enter the small business environment.
The Financial Services Concentration provides the student with firm foundations in accounting principles, the U.S. monetary system, and the credit granting process.
The Marketing Concentration directs the student toward understanding the performance of business activities that direct the flow of goods and services from the producer to the consumer or user.
Graduates of the Business Management program should be able to:
• Understand how to develop and maintain an organization’s management program that effectively and efficiently maximizes organizational resources.
• Possess basic business management skills in the areas of accounting, computers, economics, marketing, banking, management, team building, and business law.
• Be able to apply basic business mathematics skills.
• Communicate effectively in written form and orally.
• Seek employment in retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and service industry organizations.
Career Opportunities
Business Administration Concentration
• product manager
• management trainee
• store/office manager
• director of sales and marketing
• customer service representative
Entrepreneurship Concentration
• Small business owner
• Small business manager
Financial Services Concentration
• teller
• broker assistant
• credit investigator
• operations supervisor
• loan and financial processor
Marketing Concentration
• sales manager trainee
• marketing manager trainee
• customer service representative
• marketing associate
• retail sales associate
Transfer/Advising
The A.A.S. degree is designed to prepare a student for employment upon graduation. Some universities, at their discretion, accept some technical courses for transfer. A student who plans to transfer to a university should consult his/her advisor and the receiving university about transfer and articulation policies. Failure to do so could result in loss of transfer credits.
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Business Administration Concentration
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
RUBRIC |
COURSE |
CLASS |
LAB |
CREDITS |
English |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Humanities |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Mathematics Elective: (choose one) |
MATH 1130 |
College Algebra |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1530 |
Probability/Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1630 |
Finite Mathematics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1710 |
PreCalculus I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
Social Sciences |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Core |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Specialty |
BNK 2110 |
Money & Banking |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 1113 |
Intro to Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2250 |
Human Resources Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2310 |
Business Ethics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2400 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Elective |
|
Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor |
3 |
0 |
3 |
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE |
|
Recommended Full-Time Schedule
First Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition |
3 |
|
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130 College Algebra
MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics
MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics
MATH 1710 PreCalculus I |
3 |
ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
BUS 1113 |
Intro to Business |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
|
Technical Elective |
3 |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
Second Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
BUS 2310 |
Business Ethics |
3 |
BNK 2110 |
Money & Banking |
3 |
BUS 2250 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
BUS 2400 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
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Entrepreneurship Concentration
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
RUBRIC |
COURSE |
CLASS |
LAB |
CREDITS |
English |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Humanities |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Mathematics Elective: (choose one) |
MATH 1130 |
College Algebra |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1530 |
Probability/Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1630 |
Finite Mathematics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1710 |
PreCalculus I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
Social Sciences |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Core |
ACCT 1010 |
Survey of Accounting |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
|
|
|
ENTR 1600 |
Entrepreneurship |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 1700 |
Business Financial Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 1800 |
Entrepreneurship Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 2200 |
Business Plan Fundamentals |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Electives |
|
Choose any fifteen (15) hours from the following list or any course(s) related to the student’s entrepreneurial interest which are approved by your advisor. |
|
|
|
ACCT 2380 |
Accounting Systems Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software & Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 1113 |
Intro to Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2250 |
Human Resources Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2400 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 1650 |
Franchising |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 2000 |
Principles of Supervision |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ENTR 2250 |
Co-op (Prog Coord Approval Required)
Max: 6 semester hours |
|
|
|
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 2221 |
Consumer Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
OAD 1117 |
Business Communications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE |
|
Recommended Full-Time Schedule
First Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition |
3 |
|
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130 College Algebra
MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics
MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics
MATH 1710 PreCalculus I |
3 |
ENTR 1600 |
Entrepreneurship |
3 |
ENTR 1700 |
Business Financial Management |
3 |
|
Technical Elective |
3 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ACT 1010 |
Survey of Accounting |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1120 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
Second Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
ENTR 1800 |
Entrepreneurship Marketing |
3 |
|
Social Science Elective |
3 |
|
Technical Electives |
6 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
ENTR 2200 |
Business Plan Fundamentals |
3 |
|
Technical Electives |
6 |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
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Financial Services Concentration
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
RUBRIC |
COURSE |
CLASS |
LAB |
CREDITS |
English |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Humanities |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Mathematics Elective: (choose one) |
MATH 1130 |
College Algebra |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1530 |
Probability/Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1630 |
Finite Mathematics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1710 |
PreCalculus I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
Social Sciences |
|
Social Science Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Core |
ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1120 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Technical Specialty |
BNK 1110 |
Principles of Banking |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BNK 1210 |
Consumer Lending |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BNK 1215 |
Commercial Bank Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BNK 2110 |
Money and Banking |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BNK 2230 |
Investment Basics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Elective |
|
Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor |
3 |
0 |
3 |
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE |
|
Recommended Full-Time Schedule
First Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition |
3 |
|
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130 College Algebra
MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics
MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics
MATH 1710 PreCalculus I |
3 |
ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
BNK 1110 |
Principles of Banking |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
BNK 1210 |
Consumer Lending |
3 |
BNK 1215 |
Commercial Bank Management |
3 |
Second Year
Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
BNK 2110 |
Money & Banking |
3 |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
|
Technical Elective |
3 |
|
Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
BNK 2230 |
Investment Basics |
3 |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
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Marketing Concentration
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
RUBRIC |
COURSE |
CLASS |
LAB |
CREDITS |
English |
ENGL 1010 |
English Composition I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Humanities |
|
Humanities Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Mathematics Elective: (choose one) |
MATH 1130 |
College Algebra |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1530 |
Probability/Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1630 |
Finite Mathematics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MATH 1710 |
PreCalculus I
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
Social Sciences |
|
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Core |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Specialty |
BNK 1113 |
Intro to Business |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2310 |
Business Ethics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
BUS 2400 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
MKT 2221 |
Consumer Behavior |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Technical Elective |
|
Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT, course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor |
6 |
0 |
6 |
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE |
|
Recommended Full-Time Schedule
First Year
| Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
| ENGL 1010 |
English Composition |
3 |
| |
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130 College Algebra
MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics
MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics
MATH 1710 PreCalculus I |
3 |
| ACCT 1104 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
| BUS 1113 |
Intro to Business |
3 |
| MKT 1400 |
Customer Service & Sales |
3 |
| |
| Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
ECON 1111
or
ECON 1121 |
Principles of Macroeconomics
or
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| ACCT 1105 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
| SPCH 1010 |
Speech |
3 |
| BUS 2400 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
| |
Humanities Elective |
3 |
Second Year
| Fall Semester |
Course |
Credits |
| MKT 2220 |
Marketing |
3 |
| BUS 2650 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
| BUS 2310 |
Business Ethics |
3 |
| MKT 2221 |
Consumer Behavior |
3 |
| |
Technical Elective |
3 |
| |
| Spring Semester |
Course |
Credits |
| AIS 1181 |
Business Software Applications |
3 |
| BUS 2111 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
| BUS 2900 |
Management Applications |
3 |
| |
Social Sciences Elective |
3 |
| |
Technical Elective |
3 |
Cooperative work experience can be an important addition to a student's formal classroom work. Co-op courses may substitute for technical courses with the prior approval of the Program Coordinator. The Career Employment Center will provide the correct course numbers.
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