Business Management (AAS)
Associate of Applied Science

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Purpose Statement

This two-year program prepares individuals for careers as business professionals, supervisors, managers or to own small businesses.  The curriculum is designed for students who want to take the business and technical courses necessary to enter the workforce and begin careers with the option to take the general academic courses associated with a four-year Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree at a later time.

 

The degree plan includes up to 36 credit hours of academic courses.  Under the current inverted Bachelor of Applied Science degree plan at Lamar University, 24 credit hours of technical courses and all academic classes should transfer to a four-year Bachelor of Applied Science degree.  Furthermore, the 36 units in academic courses should transfer to any four-year public college or university in the state of Texas.

Program of Study

First Semester	Course	Credit Hours
ACCT 2301	Principles of Accounting I	3
BMGT 1301	Supervision	3
BUSI 1301	Business Principles	3
COSC 1301	Introduction to Computing	3
ECON 2301	Principles of Economics (Macro)	3
	Total Hours	15

Second Semester	Course	Credit Hours
ACCT 2302	Principles of Accounting II	3
ACNT 1311	Introduction to Computerized Accounting	3
ECON 2302	Principles of Economics (Micro)	3
ENGL 1301	Composition I	3
ITSW 1304	Introduction to Spreadsheets	3
	Total Hours	15

Third Semester	Course	Credit Hours
HECO 1307	Personal Finance	3
BUSI 2301	Business Law	3
MRKG 1301	Customer Relations	3
POFT 2312	Business & Corresp./Comm.	3
Elective	Speech	3
	Total Hours	15

Fourth Semester	Course	Credit Hours
BMGT 2389	Internship-Business Management	3
BUSG 2309	Small Business Management	3
MRKG 1311 OR ACNT 1329	Principles of Marketing OR Payroll Accounting	3
Elective*	Humanities/Fine Arts	3
Elective*	Natural Science/Math	3
	Total Hours	15
	Grand Total	60

*Core Curriculum Options