Business: Business Administration (A.A.S.)
HEGIS: 5004
SUNY CODE: 0632
The Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for a business career by providing them with the skills necessary to move into responsible entry-level management positions in public and private industry. The curriculum provides an overview of business operations necessary for today’s manager.
The goals of this program are to:
- prepare students to understand the fundamentals of accounting, marketing and computer technology;
- prepare students to deal effectively with employee relations issues and apply management theory to practical case problems; and
- prepare students to communicate effectively in the business environment.
Successful graduates from this program will be able to:
- differentiate and utilize theories taught in the classroom as it applies to accounting, marketing and computer technology;
- analyze employee related issues as they appear in the business industry, as well as dissect and evaluate management practices in various case studies; and,
- choose an appropriate communication form to illustrate business dialogue.
Career /Transfer Information
Graduates of this program have moved into entry-level management positions in local and national companies.
A student pursuing a degree in this program may, after consultation with an academic advisor, select course(s) to prepare for career or transfer plans.
Program of Study
1st Year
1st Semester
| BU 104 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BU 111 | Business Organization & Management | 3 |
| EN 111 | College Writing | 3 |
| FS 100 | First Year Student Seminar | 1 |
| | Science Selective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
2nd Semester
| BU 105 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BU 141 | Intro Marketing | 3 |
| EN 112 | College Literature | 3 |
| IS 115 | Computer Applications I | 3 |
| | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Selective | 3 |
| | Mathematics Selective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
DEISJ Selective: Student may select any Liberal Arts course from the DEISJ category.
2nd Year
3rd Semester
| BU 112 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BU 232 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BU 251 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| SS 121 | American History to 1865 | 3 |
| | OR | |
| SS 122 | American History Since 1865 | 3 |
| SS 185 | Intro Macroeconomics | 3 |
| | Physical Education Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
4th Semester
| BU 121 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BU 233 | Bus Applications & Strategies | 3 |
| BU 250 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| | Business Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Physical Education Activity | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Total Credit Hours: 64
This program may be completed entirely online. For more information: www.herkimer.edu/ia
For more information, contact the Academic Division at (315) 866-0300, ext. 8240 or toll free 1-844-GO-4-HERK, ext. 8240.
Apply here: www.herkimer.edu/apply