Business Management, A.A.S.

Financial Services, Marketing, and Small Business Administration
Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)
Contact Information: Program Office 615-353-3400, Email: business@nscc.edu
Accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
7007 College Blvd., Suite 420, Overland Park, Kansas 66211.

General Information
Financial Services Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Marketing Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Small Business Administration Course Requirements & Recommended Schedules
Program Website
Course Descriptions

General Information

The primary purpose of this degree is to prepare students for employment immediately following graduation from Nashville State.

Program Mission: The mission of the Business Management program is to provide practical learning opportunities that prepare students to:
• Excel in the business community.
• Effectively adapt to and manage technological change.
• Develop ethical business practices and a sense of personal responsibility.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Communicate effectively with written and oral messages.
• Think critically.
• Be creative with business solutions.

The Business Management program prepares students entering the business field with the managerial and technical skills necessary to perform in entry-level management positions in small and large companies.

The Financial Services Concentration provides the student with firm foundations in accounting principles, the U.S. monetary system, and the credit granting process.

The Marketing Concentration directs the student toward understanding the performance of business activities that direct the flow of goods and services from the producer to the consumer or user.

The Small Business Administration Concentration provides knowledge and skills sufficient to allow a person to be employed in a wide variety of service, merchandising, and manufacturing organizations. This program will be helpful to those individuals who wish to own and operate a business.

Graduates of the Business Management program should be able to:
• Understand how to develop and maintain an organization's management program that effectively and efficiently maximizes organizational resources.
• Possess basic business management skills in the areas of accounting, computers, economics, marketing, banking, management, team building, and business law.
• Be able to apply basic business mathematics skills.
• Communicate effectively in written form and orally.
• Seek employment in retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and service industry organizations.

Career Opportunities
Financial Services Concentration
• teller
• broker assistant
• credit investigator
• operations supervisor
• loan and financial processor

Marketing Concentration
• sales manager trainee
• marketing manager trainee
• customer service representative
• marketing associate
• retail sales associate

Small Business Administration Concentration
• product manager
• management trainee
• store/office manager
• director of sales and marketing
• customer service representative

Transfer/Advising
The A.A.S. degree is designed to prepare a student for employment upon graduation. Some universities, at their discretion, accept some technical courses for transfer. A student who plans to transfer to a university should consult his/her advisor and the receiving university about transfer and articulation policies. Failure to do so could result in loss of transfer credits.

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Financial Services Concentration

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

RUBRIC	COURSE	CLASS	LAB	CREDITS
English
ENGL 1010	English Composition I	3	0	3
SPCH 1010	Speech	3	0	3
Humanities
	Humanities Elective	3	0	3
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130	College Algebra	3	0	3
MATH 1530	Probability/Statistics	3	0	3
MATH 1630	Finite Mathematics	3	0	3
MATH 1710	PreCalculus I	3	0	3
Social Sciences
	Social Science Elective	3	0	3
Technical Core
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3	0	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3	0	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3	0	3
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3	0	3
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3	0	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3	0	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3	0	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3	0	3
MKT 2220	Marketing	3	0	3
Technical Specialty
BNK 1110	Principles of Banking	3	0	3
BNK 1210	Consumer Lending	3	0	3
BNK 1215	Commercial Bank Management	3	0	3
BNK 2110	Money and Banking	3	0	3
BNK 2230	Investment Basics	3	0	3
Technical Elective
	Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT, course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor	3	0	3
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE				60

Recommended Full-Time Schedule

First Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
ENGL 1010	English Composition	3
	Mathematics Elective: (choose one) MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics MATH 1130 College Algebra MATH 1710 PreCalculus I	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3
BNK 1110	Principles of Banking	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3
BNK 1210	Consumer Lending	3
BNK 1215	Commercial Bank Management	3

Second Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3
BNK 2110	Money & Banking	3
	Social Sciences Elective	3
	Technical Elective	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
SPCH 1010	Speech	3
MKT 2220	Marketing	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3
BNK 2230	Investment Basics	3
	Humanities Elective	3

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Marketing Concentration

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

RUBRIC	COURSE	CLASS	LAB	CREDITS
English
ENGL 1010	English Composition I	3	0	3
SPCH 1010	Speech	3	0	3
Humanities
	Humanities Elective	3	0	3
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130	College Algebra	3	0	3
MATH 1530	Probability/Statistics	3	0	3
MATH 1630	Finite Mathematics	3	0	3
MATH 1710	PreCalculus I	3	0	3
Social Sciences
	Social Sciences Elective	3	0	3
Technical Core
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3	0	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3	0	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3	0	3
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3	0	3
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3	0	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3	0	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3	0	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3	0	3
MKT 2220	Marketing	3	0	3
Technical Specialty
BNK 1113	Intro to Business	3	0	3
BUS 2310	Business Ethics	3	0	3
BUS 2400	Principles of Management	3	0	3
MKT 2221	Consumer Behavior	3	0	3
Technical Elective
	Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT, course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor	6	0	6
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE				60

 

Recommended Full-Time Schedule

First Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
ENGL 1010	English Composition	3
	Mathematics Elective: (choose one) MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics MATH 1130 College Algebra MATH 1710 PreCalculus I	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3
BUS 1113	Intro to Business	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3
SPCH 1010	Speech	3
BUS 2400	Principles of Management	3
	Humanities Elective	3

Second Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
MKT 2220	Marketing	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUS 2310	Business Ethics	3
MKT 2221	Consumer Behavior	3
	Technical Elective	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3
	Social Sciences Elective	3
	Technical Elective	3

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Small Business Administration Concentration

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

RUBRIC	COURSE	CLASS	LAB	CREDITS
English
ENGL 1010	English Composition I	3	0	3
SPCH 1010	Speech	3	0	3
Humanities
	Humanities Elective	3	0	3
Mathematics Elective: (choose one)
MATH 1130	College Algebra	3	0	3
MATH 1530	Probability/Statistics	3	0	3
MATH 1630	Finite Mathematics	3	0	3
MATH 1710	PreCalculus I	3	0	3
Social Sciences
	Social Sciences Elective	3	0	3
Technical Core
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3	0	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3	0	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3	0	3
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3	0	3
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3	0	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3	0	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3	0	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3	0	3
MKT 2220	Marketing	3	0	3
Technical Specialty
BNK 2110	Money & Banking	3	0	3
BUS 1113	Intro to Business	3	0	3
BUS 2250	Human Resources Management	3	0	3
BUS 2310	Business Ethics	3	0	3
BUS 2400	Principles of Management	3	0	3
Technical Elective
	Any BNK, BUS, ECON, ENTR, MKT, course in addition to required courses or a related course approved by your advisor	3	0	3
TOTAL REQUIRED - ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE				60

 

Recommended Full-Time Schedule

First Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
ENGL 1010	English Composition	3
	Mathematics Elective: (choose one) MATH 1530 Probability & Statistics MATH 1630 Finite Mathematics MATH 1130 College Algebra MATH 1710 PreCalculus I	3
ACCT 1104	Principles of Accounting I	3
BUS 1113	Intro to Business	3
MKT 1400	Customer Service & Sales	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
ECON 1111 or ECON 1121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics	3
ACCT 1105	Principles of Accounting II	3
SPCH 1010	Speech	3
	Technical Elective	3
	Humanities Elective	3

Second Year

Fall Semester	Course	Credits
BUS 2111	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 2650	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUS 2310	Business Ethics	3
BNK 2110	Money & Banking	3
BUS 2250	Human Resource Management	3
Spring Semester	Course	Credits
AIS 1181	Business Software Applications	3
BUS 2400	Principles of Management	3
BUS 2900	Management Applications	3
MKT 2220	Marketing	3
	Social Sciences Elective	3

Cooperative work experience can be an important addition to a student's formal classroom work. Co-op courses may substitute for technical courses with the prior approval of the Program Coordinator. The Career Employment Center will provide the correct course numbers.

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