Sinclair Community College

Business Administration (BUS.S.AS)

67.0 Credit Hours

The University Parallel program is designed for the student who wants to pursue a baccalaureate degree at a four-year institution in a business discipline. The purpose of the degree program is to provide the basic core of business and general education requirements for the first two years of a four-year program. As part of this degree program, students must complete the requirements of the Ohio Transfer Module in order to graduate.

Program Outcomes

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Apply written and verbal communication skills to business applications, including teamwork activities and delivering oral and written presentations.

Apply basic application software skills, file management skills and information research and evaluation skills to business problem solving.

Apply problem-solving skills to mathematical and business problems.

Curriculum

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective
6 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective
3 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective
6 credit hours

ACC 1210

Introduction to Financial Accounting

3 credit hours

ACC 1220

Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3 credit hours

BIS 1120

Computer Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours

COM 2211

Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours

ECO 2160

Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credit hours

ECO 2180

Principles of Microeconomics

3 credit hours

ENG 1101

English Composition I

3 credit hours

ENG 1131

Business Communications

3 credit hours

ENG 1201

English Composition II

3 credit hours

LAW 1101

Business Law

3 credit hours

MAN 1107

Foundations of Business

3 credit hours

MAN 2150

Management & Organizational Behavior

3 credit hours

MAT 2160

Calculus for Business & Economics

5 credit hours

MAT 2170

Business Statistics I

4 credit hours

MAT 2180

Business Statistics II

3 credit hours

MRK 2101

Principles of Marketing Management

3 credit hours

SCC 1101

First Year Experience

1 credit hour

Business Administration (BUS.S.AS)

67.0 Credit Hours

Program Outcomes

graphical version

Apply written and verbal communication skills to business applications, including teamwork activities and delivering oral and written presentations.

Apply basic application software skills, file management skills and information research and evaluation skills to business problem solving.

Apply problem-solving skills to mathematical and business problems.

Curriculum

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

3 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

3 credit hours ACC 1210: Introduction to Financial Accounting

3 credit hours ACC 1220: Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3 credit hours BIS 1120: Computer Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours COM 2211: Effective Public Speaking

3 credit hours ECO 2160: Principles of Macroeconomics

3 credit hours ECO 2180: Principles of Microeconomics

3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I

3 credit hours ENG 1131: Business Communications

3 credit hours ENG 1201: English Composition II

3 credit hours LAW 1101: Business Law

3 credit hours MAN 1107: Foundations of Business

3 credit hours MAN 2150: Management & Organizational Behavior

5 credit hours MAT 2160: Calculus for Business & Economics

4 credit hours MAT 2170: Business Statistics I

3 credit hours MAT 2180: Business Statistics II

3 credit hours MRK 2101: Principles of Marketing Management

1 credit hour SCC 1101: First Year Experience

Ohio Transfer Module: Natural & Physical Sciences Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

ACC 1210 Introduction to Financial Accounting
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Accounting
Division: Business and Public Services

An introduction to preparation and use of accounting reports for business entities; focus on uses of accounting for external reporting, emphasizing accounting as a provider of financial information. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ACC 1220 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Accounting
Division: Business and Public Services

An introduction to the use of accounting information by managers. Topics include the use of accounting information for planning and control, performance evaluation, decision-making and the statement of cash flows, along with financial statement analysis. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

BIS 1120 Computer Concepts & Applications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduces students to personal computer concepts including hardware, system software, application software and the Internet. Learn the components of computer systems and develop a broad understanding of computer hardware and emerging technologies. Utilize productivity software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database. Learn Internet concepts that will allow them to use email systems and currently popular Web browsers to work with websites and Internet applications.

COM 2211 Effective Public Speaking
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Department of Communication
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style.

ECO 2160 Principles of Macroeconomics
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Economics & Finance
Division: Business and Public Services

Basic economic principles with macro sequence. Interrelationship of households, business and government with an examination of Keynesian theory, fiscal policy and monetary policy. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ECO 2180 Principles of Microeconomics
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Economics & Finance
Division: Business and Public Services

Microeconomic theory including price theory, the theory of the firm, resource demand and wage determination. Also includes public policy toward business, economic inequality, labor, trade, balance of payments and the economics of third-world nations. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

ENG 1101 English Composition I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.

ENG 1131 Business Communications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

Using audience analysis, a writing process and grammatical and formatting skills in an electronic environment, students write letters and messages for both internal and external business situations; they conduct business research and write and document short, informal research business reports, incorporating graphics and oral presentation.

ENG 1201 English Composition II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.

LAW 1101 Business Law
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Law
Division: Business and Public Services

The American legal system as it relates to business transactions, including the judicial system and sources of law, legal procedures, torts, business ethics and social responsibility, contracts, property, employment law, agency, partnerships and corporations. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

MAN 1107 Foundations of Business
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

The American business system and basic principles of the free market system. Includes introduction of business concepts, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, economics, accounting and other important business principles.

MAN 2150 Management & Organizational Behavior
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Management
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduction to fundamental concepts necessary for understanding management, motivation and behavior in organizational settings. Emphasis on planning, organizing, influencing and controlling to continually improve effective management skills.

MAT 2160 Calculus for Business & Economics
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Functions and graphs, limits, continuity, derivatives, techniques of differentiation, applied problems in business and economics, exponential and logarithmic functions, techniques of integration, applications of integration, functions of two variables, partial derivatives and applications.

MAT 2170 Business Statistics I
Credit Hours: 4.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Statistical techniques and methodology. Graphical and tabular presentation of data, probability, parameters, statistical distributions, sampling, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.

MAT 2180 Business Statistics II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Statistical inferences, including estimation, confidence intervals, and tests of hypotheses for means, standard deviations and proportions; analysis of variance; regression analysis; chi-square; business applications. Students will develop a basic competency using a computer spreadsheet to perform statistical calculations. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.

MRK 2101 Principles of Marketing Management
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Marketing
Division: Business and Public Services

Marketing strategies and decision making in the context of other business functions. Topics include: research and analysis of markets, environments and competition; market segmentation and selection of target markets; consumer and organizational behavior; planning and integration of product, price, promotion and distribution activities for profit and nonprofit, domestic and global settings.

SCC 1101 First Year Experience
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Sinclair Community College
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

This course is designed to help new students make a successful transition to Sinclair Community College. Topics include college resources; academic, career and personal goals; learning styles; the learning process; financial responsibility; stress and wellness; and an introduction to the general education competencies at Sinclair.

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