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Business Administration (BBA)

Application Code: 
0280
Degree Received: 
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Academic Department: 
Business Department
Description: 

The BBA degree in business administration is designed to allow a student to enter as a freshman or transfer into the program after two years of study in an associate degree business program.  Students receiving their AAS or AS business degree will be able to transfer into this program and receive the BBA in a minimum of four more semesters.  

The BBA in business administration is designed to provide graduates with the management, administrative, and technical business skills needed to succeed in positions of leadership and responsibility in business and industry as well as governmental and not-for-profit organizations, and graduate study. 

As a college of technology, Alfred State College's mission is to prepare people to succeed in technical careers.  An emphasis is placed on lifelong learning as an essential skill for any graduate due to the rapid pace of technological advancement and an increasingly global society.  The business administration program reflects both concepts very well by developing graduates with managerial and technical skills and the ability to stay abreast in the dynamic field of business in today's economy.

A laptop computer is required for students entering the business administration program. See laptop specifications. 

Entrance Requirements & Recommendations: 

Required: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2/Trigonometry (Math A and B), SAT and/or ACT scores with a recommended combined SAT score of 1000 (critical reading and math) or a composite ACT score of 21

Features & Facilities: 

Provides flexibility by offering a variety of courses in both lower and upper-division directed electives, allowing students to shape the degree to their needs and enhances transferability from AAS and AS degree programs.

Graduation Requirements: 
  • 123 credit hours, including one credit hour of physical education
  • 30 credit hours of the 45 upper-level credit hours for this degree must be taken at Alfred State College.
  • Cumulative overall index of at least 2.0
Career Opportunities: 
  • Administrative Services Manager
  • Business Managers of Artists/Athletes
  • Business Operations Specialist
  • Financial Analysts/Managers/Specialists
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Human Resource Specialist
  • Loan Counselors/Officers
  • Management Analysts
  • Marketing Managers
  • Sales Managers
Typical Semester Layout: 
First Semestercredits
ACCT 1124 Financial Accounting 4
CISY 1103 Information Technology Mgmt. 3
MKTG 2073 Principles of Marketing 3
MATH 1123 Statistics I 3
COMP 1503 Freshman Composition 3
HPED xxx1 Physical Education Elective 1
      17
Second Semestercredits
ACCT 2224 Managerial Accounting 4
ECON 1013 Principles of Economics I 3
  xxx3 Humanities Elective 3
MATH xxx3 Math Elective 3
  xxx3 Free Elective 3
      16
Third Semestercredits
BUAD 3153 Fund of Management 3
ECON 2023 Principles of Economics II 3
SPCH 1083 Effective Speaking 3
BUAD  4203 Personal Financial Planning 3
  xxx3 Free Elective 3
      15
Fourth Semestercredits
BUAD 2033 Business Communications 3
  xxx3 General Education Elective 3
  xxx3 General Education Elective 3
  xxx3 General Education Elective 3
  xxx3 Business Elective 3
      15
Fifth Semestercredits
BUAD  3043 Business Law I 3
BUAD 5003 Management Communications 3
BUAD 6003 Managerial Finance 3
  xxx3 Business Elective 3
  xxx3 Gen Ed OR Business Elective 3
TMGT 5001 Professional Business Seminar 1
      16
Sixth Semestercredits
BUAD 7273 Organizational Behavior 3
BUAD 5013 Principles of Leadership 3
BUAD 6113 Strategic & Creative Prob Solving 3
  xxx3 Business Elective 3
BUAD 5023 Human Resource Management 3
      15
Seventh Semestercredits
BUAD 7023 Legal Environment of Business 3
BUAD xxx3 Business Elective - Upper 3
BUAD 7033 Operations Management 3
BUAD xxx3 Business Elective - Upper 3
  xxx3 Gen Ed OR Business Elective 3
      15
Eighth Semestercredits
BUAD 8003 Management Information Syst. 3
BUAD  8013 International Business 3
BUAD  5043 Business Ethics 3
BUAD  8023 Strategic Management 3
BUAD  xxx3 Business Elective - Upper 3
      15

Semester Abroad Option

Alfred State College has an agreement with Sorrento Lingue International Language Institute in Sorrento, Italy, to offer an optional semester abroad to its students. Learn more about our study abroad program.

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