Business Administration

Prepare for careers in the global business industry with the study of business administration! Explore real-world practices while you develop knowledge and skills for effective decision-making in business. The curriculum focuses on critical business areas including management, communication, marketing, accounting, leadership, entrepreneurship and human resource management.

Associate in Arts in Business Administration graduates will transfer to a four-year bachelor’s degree-granting university to pursue a degree in business, law, finance, accounting, or sports management.

Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Administration graduates will enter the business industry in areas such as banking, sales, finance, entry-level management, marketing, real estate, or retail.

Associate in APplied Science
Associate in Arts
Earnings & Outlook

Associate in Applied Science

This is a broad-based program of business studies. This program allows the student to customize a program of study that meets the specific employment and/or transfer needs of the student.

Sample Courses

Why do some businesses succeed while others fail? How can you promote the growth and sustainability of your organization? What is your role as a future business owner or manager in the overall success of your organization? This course will outline and describe the strategies that a company’s managers pursue to have a major impact on the company’s performance and compete in the dynamic global nature of today’s organizations. Students will explore the following topics as they gain an understanding of strategy: strategic management, competition and competitive advantage, developing strategies, and implementing strategies.

This management course exposes students to the dynamics of the changing world. Topics such as management functions/processes, quality, leadership styles, power, global issues, and the challenges and opportunities of diversity are included. Emphasis is placed on ethics, decision making, effective communication, evaluating employees, motivational tools, organizational design, environmental scanning, supervising groups, controlling quality, productivity improvement, managing change and conflict, labor relations and time management.

Students analyze the marketplace to identify customer wants and needs and develop effective strategies to satisfy them. Emphasis is placed on research, marketing environments, strategic planning, buyer behavior, evaluating key competitors, and the marketing functions of product or service planning, pricing, promotion and distribution.

Associate in Applied Science Details

COST

Jackson County

If you reside in Jackson county, Michigan.

$16,246

In Michigan

If you reside in the state of Michigan.

$17,649

Out of Michigan

If you reside outside the state of Michigan.

$21,614

Estimated program costs include tuition, fees and digital textbooks based on 2022-2023 tuition rates. Please note that these costs are only estimates and an individualized financial plan will be created when a student meets with their Student Success Navigator.

Associate in Arts

This degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor’s in business administration degree. Courses provide the foundation for transfer and admission into most four-year schools’ College of Business, as well as the skills necessary for success in the business world.

Sample Courses

This course offers an introduction to law and the legal system, dispute resolution and courts, business ethics, torts, contracts, sales and leases of goods, and negotiable instruments.

This course covers microeconomics: the market structure of firms operating in competition and monopoly, labor markets and unions, how income is distributed, current economic problems, international economics, and alternative economic systems.

Associate in Arts Details

COST

Jackson County

If you reside in Jackson county, Michigan.

$16,808

In Michigan

If you reside in the state of Michigan.

$18,257

Out of Michigan

If you reside outside the state of Michigan.

$22,352

Earnings

(Earnings will vary depending on position)

Management position earnings varied from $47,310 annually for preschool and childcare center directors to more than $100,00 annually for sales managers, human resource managers and more.
Advertising sales agents, $52,340 per year

Outlook

Positions vary. Employment in management occupations is projected to grow 9 percent in coming years.

Employment of advertising sales agents will see 3 percent growth in coming years.

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