Program Description
This course of study is designed for students who plan to transfer to a senior college to pursue a baccalaureate degree in business administration, accounting, management, marketing, international business or economics.
Students interested in the two-year A.A.S. program in Business Administration should click here.
Students interested in the two-year A.A.S. program in Accounting should click here.
The Associate in Science (A.S.) degree is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program.
Upon completion of the BAT program, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate application of basic management principles;
- Demonstrate application of basic accounting principles to prepare financial statements;
- Demonstrate basic skills for budgeting, product costing, performance evaluation, or management decision support techniques;
- Demonstrate application of business law;
- Demonstrate application of computer technology use;
- Demonstrate application of basic marketing skills;
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic economic principles.
Select courses in consultation with an advisor.
The following microcredentials stack into the BUS Program: Basic Bookkeeping and Small Business Management.
For requirements, see Program Map.
| Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| ENG-101 | COMPOSITION I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUS-115 | COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR BUS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT-118 | ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BHS-103 | SOCIAL PROBLMS IN TODAY'S WRLD | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUS-102 | FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Second Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| ENG-102 | COMPOSITION II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| US History and Civic Engagement | 3 | |||
| ACC-104 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| MAT 185, MAT 210, or MAT 210 (MAT 210 preferred) | 4 | |||
| BUS-107 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 10 | 0 | 17 | |
| Third Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| BUS-204 | BUSINESS ORGANIZATION & MGMT | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ACC-204 | MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| BUS-215 | BUSINESS LAW I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ECO-202 | MACROECONOMICS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Oral Communications | 3 | |||
| Credit Hours | 13 | 0 | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| ACC 221 or BUS 216 | 3-4 | |||
| ECO-203 | MICROECONOMICS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BAT Elective (b) | 3 | |||
| Free Elective | 3 | |||
| Natural Science | 4 | |||
| Credit Hours | 3 | 0 | 16-17 | |
| Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 64 | |||
a. Click here for a full discussion of the free elective requirement.
b. Any 200-level BUS or 200-level ACC course can be used.
Note: MAT 110, MAT 184, MAT 185 or WFE 101 can also be used.
Where do our students go?
The following links let you review Articulation Agreements with four-year schools that help you easily transfer with Junior status! You can still look at any four-year school you may be interested in for transfer, but these "Articulations" represent pre-existing agreements about which courses will be accepted for transfer when you have a DCC degree in this program.
- SUNY Albany (Accounting, Business Administration, Economics (BA), Economics (BS) )
- SUNY Canton (Agribusiness Management, Finance, Management)
- SUNY Oswego (Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, HR Management, Mgmt Science/Operations, Marketing, Risk Mgmt & Insurance) (More information about transfering to business programs at Oswego)
- Culinary Institute of America
- Excelsior College
- Marist College
- Quinnipiac
Program Chair
Meghan McCarthy