Program: Business - Management Concentration - A.A.S. - Volunteer State Community College

Mar 31, 2025

2017-2018 VSCC Catalog

The A.A.S. degree in Business, with a concentration in Management, is designed to prepare students for employment or advancement in a business or organizational environment immediately following graduation. Skills obtained in this program could be applied to a variety of settings including retail, office, hospitality and operations management, as well as sales and customer service.

All Business students are required to take the business exit exam and the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile (ETSP) to meet graduation requirements. More information can be found at http://www.volstate.edu/Testing/Services.php.

General Education Requirements - Credits (15)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts Credits: (3)

ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: (3)
ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
OR ECON 2200 - ♦Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
MATH 1010 - ♦Math for Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
OR MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics Credits: (3)
SPCH 1010 - ♦Fundamentals of Speech Communication Credits: (3)

Professional Course Requirements - Credits (15)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: (3)
BUSN 1305 - *Introduction to Business Credits: (3)
BUSN 2370 - *Legal Environment of Business Credits: (3)
BUSN 2380 - *Principles of Marketing Credits: (3)
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications Credits: (3)

Major Core Course Requirements - Credits (30)

Take 21 credit hours from the following guided electives:
ACCT 1020 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: (3)
BUSN 1302 - *Keyboarding with Word Processing Credits: (3)
BUSN 1310 - *Business Communications Credits: (3)
BUSN 1320 - *Business Calculations Credits: (3)
BUSN 1330 - *Entrepreneurship Credits: (3)
BUSN 1370 - *Spreadsheet Applications Credits: (3)
BUSN 1380 - *Supervisory Management Credits: (3)
BUSN 2300 - *Business Ethics Credits: (3)
BUSN 2340 - *Human Resource Management Credits: (3)
BUSN 2360 - *International Business Credits: (3)
BUSN 2395 - *Business Applications Credits: (3)
CITC 1334 - *Project Management I Credits: (3)
ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
ECON 2200 - ♦Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
Take 9 credit hours from the following electives:
ACCT 2301 - *Payroll Accounting Credits: (3)
ACCT 2331 - *Tax Accounting Credits: (3)
ACCT 2341 - *Cost Accounting Credits: (3)
ACCT 2361 - *Fund Accounting Credits: (3)
ACCT 2382 - *Accounting Systems Applications Credits: (3)
BUSN 200T - *Information Resources in Business Credits: (1-3)
BUSN 1000 - *Job Readiness Credits: (2)
CITC 1300 - *Beginning HTML and CSS Credits: (3)
CITC 1301 - *Introduction to Programming and Logic Credits: (3)
CITC 1310 - *Programming I Credits: (3)
CITC 1303 - *Database Concepts Credits: (3)
CITC 1311 - *Programming II Credits: (3)
CITC 1321 - *A+ Hardware Credits: (3)
LGM 130 - *Introduction to Logistics Management Credits: (3)
LGM 140 - *Transportation Credits: (3)
LGM 150 - *Distribution Center & Warehouse Management Credits: (3)
LGM 180 - *Sourcing & Procurement Credits: (3)
LGM 280 - *Logistics Management Cooperative Work Experience Credits: (3)
MKT 120 - *Personal Selling Credits: (3)
ADMN 1311 - *Word Processing I Credits: (3)
ADMN 2310 - *Advanced Word Processing Credits: (3)
ADMN 1308 - *Office Procedures Credits: (3)

Total Degree Requirements - Credits (60)

Career and Salary Information

The following is a list of some of the career choices that may be obtained upon completion of this program. Please visit the following website BSL.gov or speak to an advisor for additional career opportunities, salary information and education requirements. Salaries are not guaranteed.

Career	Median Salary
Property, Real Estate Manager	$48,620
Food Service Manager	$42,140
Buyer II (Salary.com)	$56,258

Recommended Schedule

This is a recommended schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

DegreeWorks, along with the correct catalog, should be utilized by students for all of their educational planning. Students can monitor their progress toward a degree or certificate and view missing requirements with the DegreeWorks audit, which is accessible through My Volstate.

First Year - Fall Semester - Credits (15)

Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)

BUSN 1305 - *Introduction to Business Credits: (3)
ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: (3)
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications Credits: (3)

First Year - Spring Semester - Credits (15)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts (See General Education Requirements in Catalog) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)

BUSN 2370 - *Legal Environment of Business Credits: (3)
MATH 1010 - ♦Math for Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
OR MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics Credits: (3)
SPCH 1010 - ♦Fundamentals of Speech Communication Credits: (3)

Second Year - Fall Semester - Credits (15)

Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: (3)
BUSN 2380 - *Principles of Marketing Credits: (3)

Second Year - Spring Semester - Credits (15)

Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)
Required Major Core (See List Above) Credits: (3)

ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
OR ECON 2200 - ♦Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)