The business administration (transfer) program primarily prepares students to continue their formal education in the business field in a four-year program. The program combines the foundations necessary for business administration with equal emphasis on university parallel courses in liberal arts and sciences.
A laptop computer is recommended, but not required, for students entering the business administration (transfer) program. The College will provide a list of appropriate laptops and wireless modem cards in April to all students who have been accepted to attend Alfred State College.
Articulation agreements exist with many quality four-year institutions including Alfred University, SUNY Oswego, Hilbert College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Canisius College, Niagara University, SUNY Brockport, and others. Transfer to other colleges and universities that are not under articulation is very common. Approximately 80 percent of graduates of this program transfer to an upper-division program, either at Alfred State or elsewhere.
Students may transfer directly into one of our own BBA degree programs or to another college. Although not limited to these schools, common transfer institutions include: Alfred University, St. Bonaventure University, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John Fisher College, SUNY at Albany, University at Buffalo, SUNY College at Brockport, SUNY College at Fredonia, SUNY College at Geneseo, SUNY College at Oneonta, SUNY College at Oswego, SUNY at Binghamton, Cornell University, Canisius College, Niagara University, and Hilbert College.
Graduates in this program leave Alfred State with a broad business knowledge which enables them to assume responsibilities as first-line supervisors in business or the public sector. In addition to opportunities in banks, manufacturing concerns, retail organizations, as well as hospitals and other not-for-profit agencies, many graduates choose to continue their education for an advanced degree by seamlessly transferring into our own bachelor of business administration degree program or to another four-year college.
Employment and transfer rate of 100 percent - 50 percent are employed; 50 percent transferred
to continue their education.
Most students are in a classroom setting 15-18 hours per week for formal instruction. Most courses required of business administration (transfer) majors are three credit hours, which equates to three-four hours a week in a classroom/lab and six-eight hours a week of outside reading and project assignments. Students are assigned a faculty adviser specific to their program, who works individually with him/her to set up schedules and choose appropriate electives.
| First Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT | 1124 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| COMP | 1503 | Freshman Composition | 3 |
| CISY | 1003 | Intro to Microcomp Appl | 3 |
| MATH | xxx3 | Math Elective | 3 |
| MKTG | 2073 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| 16 | |||
| Second Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT | 2224 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUAD | 2033 | Bus Communications | 3 |
| LITR | 2603 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| CISY | xxx3 | Computer Elective | 3 |
| MATH | xxx3 | Math Elective | 3 |
| xxx3 | Gen Education Elective | 3 | |
| 19 | |||
| Third Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUAD | 3153 | Fundamentals of Mgt | 3 |
| BUAD | 3043 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BUAD | 4203 | Intro Personal Fin Plan’g | 3 |
| ECON | 1013 | Prin of Economics I | 3 |
| xxx3 |
Natural Science Elective |
3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Fourth Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON |
2023 | Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| PLSC |
1053 |
International Relations | 3 |
| BUAD | 4053 |
Business Law II |
3 |
| xxx3 | Business Elective | 3 | |
| xxx3 | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
Also required: One unit of Physical Education.