Bachelor of Arts in Business Management

meetings with other business leadersThe B. A. in business management provides a broad foundation for students planning a career in business management. Through internships, case studies and simulations, you will learn to apply theory to actual business situations and develop skills in planning, organizing, leading and controlling a business.

Required Courses                                                              Credits 

ACC-2121

Financial Accounting

4

ACC-2122

Managerial Accounting

4

BUS-2020

Principles of Management

3

BUS-2230

Principles of Marketing

3

BUS-2410

Human Resource Management

3

BUS-3131

Business Law I

3

BUS-3150

Production/Operations Management

3

BUS-3230

Financial Management

3

BUS-3250

Organizational Behavior & Management

3

BUS-4070

Strategic Decision Making

3

BUS-4140

Quantitative Analysis

3

BUS-4720

Senior Seminar

3

BUS-4810

Internship in Business Management (if minimum G.P.A. requirement is satisfied)

 

CIS-1041

Microcomputer Applications I

3

ECO-2020

Macroeconomics

3

ECO-2030

Microeconomics

3

MAT-1221

Finite Mathematics

3

MAT-2030

Probability and Statistics

3

                                               

Total                                                                       59

 

Elective Concentrations

In addition to completing the basic B.A. program, students may elect any of the following concentrations:

Marketing

Requires any three 3000-4000 level marketing courses excluding BUS-4040 (Marketing Strategies)

Management

Requires three courses at the 3000-4000 level, other than courses included in the core program, from any of the department offerings in ACC, BUS, CIS, ECO, or HTM .

Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Articulation Agreement between Johnson State College and Clarkson University

Johnson State College students who plan their undergraduate program carefully are able to earn their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, in only one year.  If JSC students include the courses that serve as a foundation for the MBA program, they are able to eliminate the need for up to one year of Clarkson's two year program.  In this way, a student could earn both an undergraduate degree from Johnson State College and an MBA from Clarkson in only five total years.

Clarkson University                           Johnson State College  

Foundation Requirements               Equivalents      

Accounting: Financial and Managerial

ACC-2121 and ACC-2122

Economics: Micro and Macro

 ECO-2020 and ECO-2030

Corporate Finance

BUS-3230

Operations/Production Management

 BUS-3150

Computer Science: Information Systems

CIS-1041

Statistics and Quantitative Methods

 MAT-2030

Law and Society

BUS-3131

Principles of Management and Organizational Theory

BUS-3250

Principles of Marketing

BUS-2230