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Associate of Applied Business Degree Business Technologies 51 Business Management The Business Management Degree Programs offer a wide variety of options. These choices have evolved as a result of ongoing analyses of and attention to student, employer, and local community needs. The degree now includes eleven different options or “areas of concentration.” Management is a universal concept which is essential for all organizations, large and small, whether they be for-profit, notprofit, or governmental. The Northeastern Ohio area has a continuing demand for trained supervisors, middle managers, administrative assistants, and entrepreneurs who understand how to plan, organize, direct, communicate, and control business operations. A degree or certificate in management will prepare a student to assume leadership role within any organization A number of courses are common to all Lakeland management degrees. Beyond those basic requirements, students may choose to concentrate either on the broad, generalized field of management, on management within a number of narrower areas. Certain options listed below are also offered as technical degrees (without the management component) by other departments. Students choosing the accounting, medical, or legal administrative specialist options or the business information management option will find requirements reflecting a number of courses from those areas. Other options, such as marketing and human resources, focus on specific functional areas of business. The remaining option choices allow students to concentrate on a specific way of doing business, such as internationally or electronically (e-Business). Areas of concentration include: Accounting Office Management Business Information Management E-Business General Management Human Resources Management Legal Office Management Option Marketing Medical Office Management Office Management Certifi cates are also Accounting Office Management Option(9221) NOTE: BUSM 1100 has a prerequisite of successful completion of a one-semester secondary or postsecondary keyboarding course for credit or BUSM 1050 Keyboarding. First Semester: BUSM 1100 Document Processing 3 BUSM 1300 Introduction to Business 3 ENGL 1110* English Composition I 3 ENGL English Composition I ISYS 1000 Introduction to Personal Computers MATH 1040 Applied Business Mathematics 2 SPCH 1050** Fundamentals of Public 2 SPCH 1150 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication Choose course(s) from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives list 3 17 Second Semester: ACCT 1100 Principles of Accounting 4 BUSM 1200 Advanced Document Processing 3 BUSM 1210 Microsoft Applications for Office Administrators3 BUSM 1220 Administrative Principles and Practice 2 BUSM 1230 English for Business 3 ENGL 1120 English Composition II 3 18 Third Semester: ACCT 1200 Principles of Accounting II 3 ACCT 2150 Accounting Information Systems 3 BUSM 1800 Applied Supervisory Management 3 BUSM 2000 Principles of Management 3 BUSM 2440 Managing Business Records 3 BUSM 2450 Computer-Based Business Practices 2 17 Fourth Semester: ACCT 1270 Financial Analysis Using Spreadsheets 3 BUSM 2100 Business Law 3 BUSM 2400 Business Communication 3 BUSM 2430 Administrative Principles and Practice II 2 BUSM 2800 Business Co-Op Experience Choose course(s) from the Arts and Humanities Electives list 3 15 Program Total: *English course selection is based on placement test results (ENGL 1111 is 4 credits, only 3 credits apply to the degree). **Students may substitute either SPCH 1000 or SPCH 1100. One of these 3 credit courses may be required for students transferring to a four-year college. Arts and Humanities : minimum 3 ARTS 1120, 2220, 2230, 2240, 2245; CMPA 1000, 1100; ENGL 2250, 2260, 2280, 2290; HUMX 1100, 1200; MUSC 1200, 2200, 2250; PHIL 1500, 2000 Social and Behavioral Sciences : minimum 3 ECON 1150, 2500, 2600; GEOG 1500, 1600, 2500; HIST 1100, 1200, 2100, 2200, 2400; POLS 1300, 2500; PSYC 1500; SOCY 1150, 1160

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