Accelerated Business Management, A.A.S.

Columbia State offers an 18-month accelerated business management degree-completion program designed for working professional adults who want to achieve personal and professional goals, as well as hone their skills to advance in the workplace.

The program allows students to earn their degree in the evening while maintaining a full work schedule, and working adults can fit classes into their busy schedules by taking classes both on-line and in the evenings. The hybrid format provides classroom interaction along with an online component, allowing students to complete courses at a more rapid pace than traditional evening classes. Classes are fun and participative, and students get to know each other and their instructors well.

Classes meet one night a week, each course lasting five weeks. The curriculum focuses on the key components of supervision, technology, communications, accounting, and business calculations. Included in the curriculum are 15 accelerated business classes and five general education classes. Upon completion of the program, students will earn an Associate of Applied Science in Business Management.
 
Students graduating from the Columbia State program have the option of transfering to Trevecca Nazarene University in order to complete a 4-year baccalaureate degree. Trevecca offers Columbia State students a seamless transfer, and its program follows the same 5-week format for 13 months used at Columbia State.
 
Financial aid is available for those who qualify.
 
For additional information about the program, please contact Professor Mary Susan Kennedy in Columbia at (931) 540-2674 or Holly Brew, associate professor of business, in Williamson County at (615) 790-5676.

 

 

Fall Semester Start

Lawrence County, Lewisburg and Clifton Campuses

Spring Semester Start

Columbia  &
Williamson County Campuses

Fall

Principles of Supervision (BUS 242)
Computer Applications (INFS 1010)
Business Writing (BUS 111)

 

Spring

Fundamentals of Sales and Service
(BUS 241)
*Business Ethics (BUS 110)
Business Law (BUS 251)

Principles of Supervision (BUS 242)
Computer Applications (INFS 1010) Business Writing (BUS 111)

Summer

E-Commerce (BUS 185)
Career Success (BIT 120)
Principles of Accounting I (ACCT 1010)

Fundamentals of Sales and Service
(BUS 241)
*Business Ethics (BUS 110)
Business Law (BUS 251)

Fall

Principles of Accounting II (ACCT 1020)
  Prerequisites: ACCT 1010                   
Human Resource Management (BUS 250)
Database Applications (CIS 209)
  Prerequisites: INFS 1010

Marketing & E-Commerce (BUS 185)
Career Success (BIT 120)
Principles of Accounting I (ACCT 1010)

Spring

 

Entrepreneurship (BUS 243)
  Prerequisites: ACCT 1010
Spreadsheet Applications (BIT 240)
  Prerequisites: INFS 1010 AND MATH 0800 OR 19 Math ACT or satisfactory placement scores
Business Management Capstone
(BUS 299)
  Prerequisites: ACCT 1020 and BIT 240

Principles of Accounting II (ACCT 1020)  Prerequisites: ACCT 1010    
Human Resource Management (BUS 250)
Database Applications (CIS 209)
  Prerequisites: INFS 1010

Summer

 

Entrepreneurship (BUS 243)
  Prerequisites: ACCT 1010
Spreadsheet Applications (BIT 240)
  Prerequisites: INFS 1010 AND MATH 0800 OR 19 Math ACT or satisfactory placement scores
Business Management Capstone
(BUS 299)
  Prerequisites: ACCT 1020 and BIT 240

 

General Education Requirements

General education courses are required for completion of an A.A.S. degree. They will be offered as hybrid accelerated courses during the 3 semesters following BUS 299.

English Composition I (ENGL 1010)

Introduction to Communication OR Argumentation and Debate
      (SPCH 1010 or COMM 2100)

***Math Elective

Macroeconomics or Microeconomics (ECON 2010 or 2020)

***Humanities/Fine Arts elective

 
* Business Ethics, BUS 110, may be used as the elective.
** These courses will be taught in a 10 week online (internet) format during the summer semester.
*** Courses must meet general education requirements. Other courses may meet requirements, but only one choice will be offered in the sequence. See your academic advisor for more information.

Course order within a semester may vary from this list.

The Business Management Technical Certificate includes the first 9 courses (27 credits) listed above. At this point any degree-seeking student should have completed all academic assessment requirements and any required developmental courses in order to fulfill future course prerequisites.

The Associate of Applied Science in Business Management requires 60 college-level credits. Some courses have prerequisites and corequisites. See the Columbia State Catalog for more information.