Business Management

Academic Division of Professional Programs

The Quincy College Business Management Program is designed to prepare students for entry level positions in business management, and to provide additional skills and knowledge to those already employed in business professions. The program includes the core curriculum, a general business core, skills courses, and courses specific to the management profession.

View the curriculum for this associate degree program in the latest college catalog here.

Degrees

The Business Management Associate Degree is designed to prepare students for entry level positions in business management, and to provide additional skills and knowledge to those already employed in business professions. The program includes the core curriculum, a general business core, skills courses, and courses specific to the management profession.

Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

Communicate effectively about management issues
Perform basic mathematical calculations in general business and accounting
Explain the role of the business manager
Identify the impact of business transactions upon financial statements
Discuss the principles of marketing and the distribution of goods and services
Explain price policy and channels of distribution
Identify the role of customer service in a business strategy
Discuss the practical and legal issues involved in hiring, training, compensating, and evaluating employees
Discuss the ethical issues faced by business managers
Discuss the economic principles underlying the behavior of firms and the performance of microeconomics
Identify the impact of macroeconomic variables upon businesses
Perform computerized business analysis

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Business Management Courses

- Code
- Course
- Credits
- ACC 101
- Accounting I
- 3
This is an introductory course in accounting with the emphasis on the basic accounting cycle, management use of accounting data, construction and analysis of financial statements, and valuation of assets. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- ACC 102
- Accounting II
- 3
Topics included in this course are books of original entry, analysis of assets and liabilities, negotiable instruments, and an introduction to partnership and corporate accounting. Prerequisite: ACC 101.
- BUS 101
- Introduction to Business
- 3
The role, growth, structure, and functional organization of modern business in the U.S. economy is explored. Comparative economic systems, sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and the management, marketing, and financing of business organizations are covered. Opportunities in the business field are examined throughout the course. Students will be expected to complete outside research as a course requirement. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- BUS 220
- Business Ethics
- 3
An introductory course in business ethics focusing on what business relationships are and ought to be with the various constituencies in which business operates. Through the use of case analysis, the student will develop a means of arriving at decisions that he or she can feel are “right,” “proper,” and “just.” Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- ECO 201
- Microeconomics
- 3
In this course, students study the basic principles of economics including economic theory related to the operation of business firms such as supply, demand, price determination, production costs, competition, resource markets, and international trade. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- ECO 202
- Macroeconomics
- 3
This course is a study of the basic principles of economics including different economics organizations, income and employment theory, government fiscal and monetary policies, problems of price stability, and economic growth. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.