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Business Administration (A.A.S)

Sample Schedule

The schedule below shows how the requirements for the A.A.S. Business Administration degree may be met in four semesters. This schedule is an example of one of many possible different schedules. It is included here only as an illustration of the type of schedule that might be followed by a full-time student. Many students attending Finger Lakes Community College who have work and/or family obligations choose a different sequence of courses and take more than four semesters to fulfill the requirements for the A.A.S. Business Administration degree. Similarly, students who find they need to take some additional course work to prepare them to do well in the types of courses included in the A.A.S. Business Administration degree program may plan a schedule that takes more than four semesters to complete the degree. All students should consult their advisors when they plan their schedules.

First Semester (17 Credit Hours)

  • ACC 101 Principles of Financial Accounting (4)
  • BUS 120 Business Organization (3)
  • CSC 100 Computing in the Info. Age or CSC Elective (3)
  • ENG 101 Freshman English (3)
  • Mathematics Elective** (3)
  • Health/Physical Education Elective (1)

Second Semester (17/18 Credit Hours)

  • ACC 102 Principles of Managerial Accounting (4)
  • Mathematics/Science Elective (3/4)
  • ENG 102 Introduction to Literature (3)
  • Business Elective*** (3)
  • General Elective (3)
  • Health/Physical Education Elective (1)

Third Semester (16 Credit Hours)

  • BUS 222 Marketing (3)
  • BUS 123 Business Communications (3)
  • BUS 227/228 Business Law I or II (3)
  • ECO 210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • Business Elective*** (3)
  • Health/Physical Education Elective (1)

Fourth Semester (16 Credit Hours)

  • ECO 211 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
  • COM 110 Public Speaking (3)
  • Business Elective*** (3)
  • Business Elective*** (3)
  • General Elective (3)
  • Health/Physical Education Elective (1)

*OR BUS 124 Organizational Behavior upon recommendation of advisor.

**Recommended Mathematics Electives: MAT 121, 122 Statistics I & II.

*** Business Electives include courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BUS, CSC, RET, HTM, OFT. Courses coded as PLG may be used with permission of department chair.

Subject Areas for Transfer Opportunities

By appropriate course selection in consultation with a faculty advisor, students pursuing the A.A.S. Business Administration degree may prepare for transfer to upper-division study in the subject areas listed:

  • Business Administration
  • Management
  • Marketing