Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
There is a need for technical professionals to broaden their horizons and enhance their skills. This flexible award lets you bundle technical courses with business skills courses so you can enhance your technical training with the most relevant soft skills.
There is a demand for people who have the ability to apply business knowledge in solving problems. To be successful in business a person must have qualities that include the ability to work well with others, the desire to be part of a team, and the ability to work in a rapidly changing environment. Others include critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, questioning, diplomacy, and negotiation, along with good oral and written communication skills.
Award Outcomes
Solve business problems using critical thinking and decision making techniques.
Demonstrate interpersonal and team building skills.
Demonstrate effective oral and written communications skills in business communications.
Practice professional and ethical behavior.
Apply marketing concepts and strategies to business decision making.
Apply management concepts to business problems.
Utilize financial concepts in analysis of business problems.
Career Opportunities
This occupational area includes the following career titles: Business Manager or Business Specialist. Business managers work in every industry including finance, real estate, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, automotive and retail.
Program Requirements
Technical Studies Required 35 Credits
General Education Required 12 Credits
Choose one of the following:
Choose one of the following:
| Any course from Goal 2 (Critical Thinking) or Goal 4 (Mathematical/Logical Reasoning) of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum | 3 |
Choose one of the following:
| Any course from Goal 5 (History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences) or Goal 9 (Ethics and Civic Responsibility) of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum | 3 |
General Education Elective 3 Credits
Choose credits from Hennepin Technical College’s 2000-level general education courses.
Technical Studies Elective 10 Credits
Technical Studies Electives: 10 Credits (at least four credits must be from Business (BUSN); the remaining six credits can be from any of the three areas: ACCT, BUSN, and CCIS.)
Total Associate in Applied Science Degree Credits 60
Semester Sequence
Offered at Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie
Prerequisite: Qualifying score on Computer Literacy Assessment test
Fourth Semester
| ACCT1410 | Business Finance | 3 |
| or | |
| ACCT2155 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSN1510 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Choose 3 credits from MnTC Goal Area 2 | 3 |
| or | |
| Choose 3 credits from MnTC Goal Area 4 | 3 |
| General Education Electives | 3 |
| Technical Studies Electives | 4 |
Technical Studies Electives
10 Credits - At least four credits must be from Business (BUSN); the remaining six credits can be from any of the three areas: Accounting Careers (ACCT), Business (BUSN), and Information Technology/Computer Careers (CCIS).
Recommended:
General Education Electives
Hennepin Technical College’s 2000-level general education courses meet the guidelines of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 2 or MnTC Goal Area 4
A complete list of MnTC courses and Goal Areas that can be used to meet General Education requirements can be found at www.hennepintech.edu. The same course cannot satisfy more than one MnTC Goal Area requirement.
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 5 or MnTC Goal Area 9
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
Graduation (60 Credits)
This semester sequence is a tool meant for students to discuss their schedule each semester with their faculty advisor. Some courses may be offered only once per year and only on one campus.
Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.
6/24/2019 : BP 2512 / EP 2513