Business

Business

Offered at the Levelland Campus
and Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center
This program is designed for students seeking comprehensive,
integrated business knowledge. The curriculum provides for a
selection of business courses that meet the trends, needs and
expectation of the business community, as well as the goals and
desires of the student. The flexibility of the program allows for the
creation of a degree plan that can extend from general knowledge
to a specified narrow concentration. Business areas include general
business, marketing, management, merchandising, retailing,
accounting, real estate and administrative support.

Students who successfully complete the business program
curriculum receive an Associate of Applied Science degree.
Students must complete a minimum of 65 semester hours
to receive the A.A.S. degree in business. A minimum of 17
semester hours in designated courses is required for a specialty
and must have departmental approval. The program also offers
optional plans for a Certificate of Proficiency in general business
and a Certificate of Proficiency in business management.

Due to the flexibility of the curriculum in this program, it
is essential for students to meet with an advisor and complete
a degree plan. Program advisors on the Levelland Campus are
Cindy Brown, associate professor of merchandising; Linda Hall,
assistant professor of office technology; Susan Mills, assistant
professor of office technology; program advisors
on the Levelland Campus and the SPC
Reese Center are Jesse Day, Mackinzee Escamilla, Roland Moreira,
or Charlene Perez. Program advisors at the Byron
Martin Advanced Technology Center in Lubbock are Jeannie
Coggins, assistant professor of office technology; Pat Dennis,
assistant professor of office technology; Al Sechrist, assistant
professor of real estate; and Dr. Jim Wilhelm, professor of business
administration.

Associate of Applied Science Degree

FIRST SEMESTER*
BUSI 1301 Introduction to Business ...............................3
COSC 1401 Intro. Computer Sciences
or ITSC 1401 Introduction to Computers** ...............4
ENGL 1301 Composition I ...............................................3
HRPO 1311 Human Relations .........................................3
Business Elective*** .................................................... 3/4
Total Semester Hours ....................... 16/17

SECOND SEMESTER
BMGT 1301 Supervision ..................................................3
MRKG 1311 Principles of Marketing ...............................3
POFT 1325 Business Math/Machine Applications. ..........3
Business Elective*** .................................................... 3/4
Humanities/Fine Arts .......................................................3
Total Semester Hours ....................... 15/16

THIRD SEMESTER
BMGT 1303 Principles of Management ** ......................3
BUSG 2305 Business Law/Contracts ...............................3
Social/Behavioral Science ................................................3
Business Elective*** ........................................................3
Business Elective*** ........................................................3
Total Semester Hours .............................15

FOURTH SEMESTER
BUSG 1315 Small Business Operations ..........................3
Business Practicum Elective***
or BUSG 2300 Bus. Leadership Seminar ................ 1/3
SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Speech ...............3
Mathematics/Science .................................................... 3/4
Business Elective*** ........................................................3
Business Elective*** ........................................................3
Total Semester Hours ....................... 17/18

* Although not a requirement for this degree, students
are strongly encouraged to take HUDV 1100 during the
first semester of enrollment.
** Tech Prep courses that may be articulated with high
school.
*** Students must consult a program advisor for preparation
of a degree plan and proper sequencing of business
electives listed below.

BUSINESS ELECTIVES
ACCT 2301 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 2302 Principles of Accounting II
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I
ACNT 1304 Introduction to Accounting II
ACNT 1311 Introduction to Comp. Accounting
ACNT 2288 Internship-Accounting
BMGT 1168 Practicum-BA & Mgmt, General
BMGT 1169 Practicum-BA & Mgmt, General
BMGT 2168 Practicum-BA & Mgmt, General
BMGT 2169 Practicum-BA & Mgmt, General
BMGT 2310 Financial Management
BUSG 1304 Personal Finance
HRPO 2301 Human Resource Management
INSR 1370 Commercial Insurance
INSR 1371 Insurance Operations
ITSW 2434 Advanced Spreadsheets
ITSW 2437 Advanced Database
MRKG 1302 Principles of Retailing
MRKG 2333 Principles of Selling
POFI 2331 DTP for the Office
POFI 2401 Word Processing
POFI 2440 Advanced Word Processing
POFM 1317 Medical Administrative Procedures
POFT 1127 Introduction to Keyboarding
POFT 1309 Admin. Office Procedures I
POFT 1429 Keyboarding & Document Formatting
POFT 2286 Internship-Admin. Assistant
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication
POFT 2331 Administrative Systems
RELE 1203 Real Estate Appraisal
RELE 1207 Real Estate Investment
RELE 1209 Real Estate Law
RELE 1211 Real Estate Contracts
RELE 1215 Property Management
RELE 1219 Real Estate Finance
RELE 1221 Real Estate Marketing
RELE 1225 Real Estate Mathematics
RELE 1227 Real Estate Commercial Appraisal
RELE 1229 Fund./Environmental Issues
RELE 1235 Real Estate Construction
RELE 1323 Real Estate Computer Applications
RELE 1406 Real Estate Principles
RELE 2171 Real Estate Skills Assessment
RELE 2201 Law of Agency
RELE 2209 Principles of Real Estate II
RELE 2231 Real Estate Brokerage