Business: Small Business Management (A.A.S.)
HEGIS: 5004
SUNY CODE: 1157
The Small Business Management program is designed for students who would like to own and operate their own business.
The goals of this program are to:
- prepare students for working in or starting up a small business; and
- prepare students with career specific skills and recognize small business operation issues.
Successful graduates from this program will be able to:
- assess and formulate the steps required for business start-up; and
- evaluate Small Business Management theory as it pertains to business applications.
Career Opportunities
The program provides students with the essential entrepreneurial tools needed to start a business. Additionally, students learn relevant job skills required by employers to fill entry-level management positions.
Program of Study
1st Year
1st Semester
BU 111 | Bus Organization & Management | 3 |
BU 114 | Accounting I | 3 |
EN 111 | College Writing | 3 |
FS 100 | First Year Student Seminar | 1 |
| Mathematics Selective | 3 |
| Science Selective | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
2nd Semester
BU 115 | Accounting II | 3 |
BU 121 | Business Law I | 3 |
BU 141 | Intro Marketing | 3 |
EN 112 | College Literature | 3 |
IS 111 | Keyboarding Essentials | 1 |
| Social Science Selective | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
2nd Year
3rd Semester
BU 142 | Marketing Resrch & New Bus Dev | 3 |
BU 232 | Principles of Management | 3 |
BU 251 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
IS 115 | Computer Applications I | 3 |
SS 185 | Intro Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Physical Education Activity | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
4th Semester
BU 238 | Intro to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
BU 239 | Small Bus Mgmt Capstone | 3 |
HU 146 | Intro Comp Graphics & Design | 3 |
| Business Electives | 6 |
| Physical Education Activity | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Total Credit Hours: 64
For more information, contact the Business, Health, Science and Technology Division at (315) 866-0300 or toll free 1-844-GO-4-HERK, ext. 8240.
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