Program Advisor: Eric Gauger, 413-236-4575

The Business Administration program parallels the freshman and sophomore years of business studies at a baccalaureate college or university.

In addition to providing a solid background in accounting, economics, and business electives, the program requires course work in liberal arts and sciences to help students understand themselves and their society.

After completing their baccalaureate work, BCC graduates have built successful careers in business throughout Massachusetts, across the nation and globally. Business Administration students should check the academic requirements of the college or university where they plan to transfer and select their BCC courses to meet those requirements.

This is a MassTransfer eligible program.

Expected Outcomes:

Graduates of this program should be able to:

• use their academic skills, behaviors and attitudes to successfully pursue further studies in a business-related discipline;
• use the necessary math skills to handle complex economic, accounting and finance problems;
• recognize, analyze, and calculate sales, cost, revenue, profit, and other financial data to make informed business decisions;
• possess excellent communication skills to relate well to custom­ers, management, and their peers in the workplace;
• demonstrate ethical and social responsibility as they go to work in the real world for business firms or government organizations.

Graduation Requirements

To earn a degree in this program, a student must complete the 63 program and general education credits, plus the additional requirements, shown below.

Suggested block for program completion 

The following is a suggestion for completing this program in two years. The actual time to complete the program may vary according to each student's individual needs.

First Semester		16 Credits
BUS 107	Fundamentals of Business	3
BUS 111	Principles of Accounting I	3
CIS 102	Fundamental Computer Literacy	4
ENG	English Composition/Writing	3
MAT 121	Precalculus I (or higher)	3
Second Semester		15 Credits
BUS 112	Principles of Accounting II	3
BUS	Elective	3
COM	Communication	3
ENG	English Composition/Writing	3
MAT	Mathematics (see footnote 1)	3
Third Semester		16 Credits
BUS 220	Managerial Accounting	3
BUS	Elective (see footnote 3)	3
ECO 212	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	Humanities and Fine Arts	3
	Natural or Physical Science (see footnote 2)	4
Fourth Semester		16 Credits
ECO 211	Principles of Microeconomics	3
HIS	History	3
	Environmental Studies (see footnote 2)	1
	Free Elective	2
	Humanities and Fine Arts	3
	Natural or Physical Science (see footnote 2)	4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footnotes: 1. Mathematics to be chosen from MAT 123, Elementary Statistics; MAT 145, Applied Calculus I; MAT 146, Applied Calculus II. 2. The Natural or Physical Science requirement must be fulfilled with two 4-credit laboratory science courses. Students who complete an environmentally focused laboratory science, such as BIO 109, BIO 110, ENV 101, ENV 102, have fulfilled both the Natural or Physical Science and the Environmental Studies requirements. 3. Business Electives to be chosen from BUS 206, Principles of Management; BUS 208, Principles of Marketing; BUS 251, Business Law I; BUS 255, Principles of Finance; BUS 260, Business Ethics. Substitutions must be approved by the program advisor.