Program Code: AAS.BUSINESS
The Business AAS establishes a foundation for a successful business career while enabling students to explore a wide variety of business topics. Students can enhance their employability by completing certificates in Accounting Clerk, Business Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Project Management, or Retail Management and to apply those the certificate credits can be applied towards completion of the Business AAS. Students may also select courses from a cross-section of certificate courses and approved electives.
Oregon Tech Transfer Courses
The Business Department, in cooperation with Oregon Tech, offers a number of transferable classes into Oregon Tech’s Bachelor of Applied Technology and Management degree program. Students planning to continue their studies at a four-year college should consult an advisor to obtain the most recent transfer information.
For information contact Sharon Parker, 503-594-3075 or sharonp@clackamas.edu.
Related Instruction Outcomes
Computation
- 1 course - BA-104 Business Math
- Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems
Communication
- 1 course - WR-121Z Composition I
- Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences
Human Relations
- 1 course - BA-285 Human Relations in Business
- Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals
Physical Education/Health/Safety/First Aid
- 1 credit - See Related Instruction for course list
- Use effective life skills to improve and maintain mental and physical wellbeing
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of fundamental business concepts and explain how the functional areas of a business are integrated;
- interpret and present basic business-related financial information;
- demonstrate the ability to use a business computer system with Excel, Word, PowerPoint software to create business documents, data files and presentations;
- demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively to deliver a tailored message to a targeted audience that appropriately uses the vocabulary of business;
- demonstrate an understanding of key business legal and human resource practices;
- identify effective interpersonal strategies and concepts, including influence, power, and leadership styles, for individual and group situations;
- demonstrate the ability to research information, critically evaluate it, communicate it effectively, and use it to inform decision making.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall Term |
|---|
| BA-101Z | Introduction to Business | 4.00 |
| BA-104 | Business Math | 3.00 |
| BA-131 | Introduction to Business Computing | 4.00 |
| WR-121Z | Composition I | 4.00 |
| 2.00-3.00 |
| First Year Experience Level I () | |
| | Credits | 17-18 |
| Winter Term |
|---|
| BA-119 | Project Management Practices | 2.00 |
| BA-226 | Business Law I | 4.00 |
| BA-251 | Supervisory Management | 3.00 |
| BA-285 | Human Relations in Business | 4.00 |
| 3.00-4.00 |
| | Credits | 16-17 |
| Spring Term |
|---|
| BA-206 | Management Fundamentals | 4.00 |
| BA-223 | Principles of Marketing | 4.00 |
| BA-224 | Human Resource Management | 4.00 |
| 3.00-4.00 |
| General Accounting I () | |
| | Credits | 15-16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall Term |
|---|
| BA-205 | Business Communications With Technology | 4.00 |
| BA-211Z | Principles of Financial Accounting | 4.00 |
| 1.00 |
| 6.00-7.00 |
| | Credits | 15-16 |
| Winter Term |
|---|
| BA-213Z | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 4.00 |
| WR-227Z | Technical Writing | 4.00 |
| 6.00-8.00 |
| | Credits | 14-16 |
| Spring Term |
|---|
| BA-217 | Budgeting for Managers | 3.00 |
| BA-250 | Small Business Management | 4.00 |
| 8.00 |
| | Credits | 15 |
| | Total Credits | 92-98 |
Electives
By completing all AAS Degree requirements, you will satisfy the requirements for the Business Management Certificate and the Management Fundamentals Career Pathway Certificate.
Any BA or BT course not included in the program, or any of the following:
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| COMM-111Z | Public Speaking | 4.00 |
| CS-125H | HTML & Web Site Design | 4.00 |
| CS-135S | Microsoft Excel | 3.00 |
| CS-181 | CMS Web Development | 4.00 |
| EC-201 | Principles of Economics: Micro | 4.00 |
| EC-202 | Principles of Economics: Macro | 4.00 |
| FYE-101 | First Year Experience Level I | 2.00 |
Career opportunities include:
- managers
- coordinators
- supervisors in areas such as project management, human resource management, customer service, or retail management
