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Business department, Business course descriptions--accounting, administration, computer information technology
Business Major
Degree: Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences
The Business major curriculum prepares students for employment in management; marketing and sales; administration; accounting; computer information technology; administrative or medical office assistant; international business; or office management. The student gets a broad business background in the core business courses, then has opportunity to specialize as desired with courses from business accounting, business administration, and business technology.
Required Program Courses: 27 hours (grade of C or better required)
At least half of the following must be completed at Hesston College. Core Business Courses: Financial Accounting I (3 hours), Business Communication (3), Management (3), Microeconomics (3), and a minimum of 3 hours from Introduction to ACCESS, Introduction to Accounting Software, Advanced WORD, Advanced EXCEL, Web Authoring and Publishing, Desktop Publication.
Support Business Courses: Choose a minimum of 12 additional hours from Business Accounting, Business Administration, Business Computer Systems (except 101 and 112), and Economics. Other courses may be substituted with departmental approval.
Plan of Study
1st year - College Orientation/Success (1 hour), writing course (3), oral communication option (3), Biblical Literature (3), humanities course (3), Fitness Concepts (1), Financial Accounting I (3), Management (3), Marketing and Sales or Managerial Accounting I (3), computer courses (6), elective course (3). Also meet computer and math competency requirements.
2nd year - natural science course (4), second HC Distinctive course (3), Business Communication (3), Microeconomics (3), additional business program courses (6-9), elective courses (10-13).
General Education Note: Take Microeconomics to meet the social science requirement.