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Business Administration - AS, AAS

Business Paper and Glasses

Develop Skills
• Communicate Effectively
• Direct Others
• Make Decisions
• Take Responsibility

Bank Exchange slipIn this 2-year degree you will develop critical thinking, organization, and presentation skills along with building a body of practical knowledge. This program provides you with a viable business background sufficient for immediate employment or transfer to a four-year institution.

Successful business persons also work well as part of a team and organize themselves effectively. Finally computer skills are necessary in virtually every business-related job around the globe today.

Students in this Major:

  • Obtain a viable business background for immediate employment and/or transfer to a four-year institution.
  • Learn principles of business, accounting, and economics.

Career Opportunities:

  • Assistant Manager
  • Advertising Representative
  • Sales Representative
  • Supervisor
  • Customer Service Representative

Career Outlook:

  • With the importance of technology in the global economy, business positions are anticipated to increase.

Recent Employers of SUNY Canton Graduates:

  • Community Bank
  • Consumer Marketing Service
  • Wal-Mart
  • Ward Real Estate
  • American Red Cross
  • Malone Telegram
  • Self-employed (oil company)
  • J. Riggings
  • Kaman Industrial Technologies
  • C. E. Brooks Investments
  • New York State
  • Mid-Valley Oil Company
  • Cohoes Fashions

TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Eligible students may enroll in one of SUNY Canton’s four-year business or management programs.

Admission Requirements:

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

A.S. Degree –Transfer Program (Curriculum 0671)

Semester I

ACCT 101 Foundations of Financial Accounting 4
BSAD 201 Business Law I 3
ECON 101 Macroeconomics (GER 3) 3
ENGL 101 Expository Writing (GER 10) 3
FYEP 101 First Year Experience 1
Mathematics* (GER 1) 3-4
TOTAL CREDITS 17-18

Semester II

ACCT 102 Foundations of Managerial Accounting 3
CITA 110 Introduction to Information Technology 3
ECON 103 Microeconomics (GER) 3
Humanities Elective (GER 7) 3
Mathematics* (GER 1) 3-4
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16

Semester III

FSMA 210 Introduction to Finance 3
BSAD 200 Business Communications** 3
Program Elective 3
Science Elective (GER 2) 3-4
GER ( 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16

Semester IV

  Program Elective 3
  Program Elective 3
  GER Elective (4, 5, 6, 8, 9) 9-10
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16

*College Algebra (MATH 121), Survey of Mathematics (MATH 111), Calculus (MATH 161), and Statistics (MATH 141)

** Fulfills writing intensive requirement
GER = General Education Requirements

Program Electives: ACCT, BSAD, ECON, FSMA, LEST or MINS

Program Requirements: A.A.S. Degree (Curriculum 632)

Semester I

ACCT 101 Foundations of Financial Accounting 4
BSAD 100 Intro to Business 3
ECON 101 Macroeconomics 3
ENGL 101 Expository Writing 3
FYEP 101 First Year Experience 1
Mathematics* 3-4
TOTAL CREDITS 17-18

Semester II

ACCT 102 Foundations of Managerial Accounting 3
CITA 110 Introduction Information Technology 3
ECON 103 Microeconomics 3
Humanities Elective (GER 7) 3
Mathematics* (GER 1) 3-4
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16

Semester III

BSAD 200 Business Communications** 3
BSAD 201 Business Law I 3
Program Elective 3
GER (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) OR
General Electives 		6
TOTAL CREDITS 15

Semester IV

FSMA 210 Introduction to Finance 3
Program Electives 6
General Elective 3
GER (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) OR
General Electives 		3
TOTAL CREDITS 15

*Intermediate Algebra (MATH 106), College Algebra (MATH 121), Survey of Mathematics (MATH 111), Calculus (MATH 161), Math of Finance (MATH 108), and Statistics (MATH 141).

** Fulfills writing intensive requirement
GER = General Education Requirement

Program Electives: ACCT, BSAD, ECON, FSMA, LEST, or MINS

NOTE: Business Administration, AS and AAS students must successfully complete the SUNY Canton Computer Competency requirement.

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