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Business Administration
Associate Degree


Turn an interest in business into a job you can love. Here. Now.


If you’ve always wanted a career in business, it’s time to take a real first step. At Bay State College, you’ll get a strong foundation in the understanding of everything from organizational behavior to economics to management and accounting. Everything you need to jump-start your business career is here.


Professors. Classmates. Advisors. You’ll love the relationships you form here.


From learning with professors who are highly respected business professionals to engaged classmates to the support you get from our advisors, you’ll find your experience with us will be as personally rewarding as it will be professionally inspiring.


Career support starts the moment you apply.


Our admissions counselors will help guide you towards the best academic course to take. But our Career Services department will be here for you now and during your entire career once you graduate. We’re interested in more than just helping you get a strong degree, we’re interested in helping you pursue the career you always wanted.


If you’re serious about a career in business, get your career started now. Call 617.217.9000 to connect with an admissions counselor who can help through every step of the admissions process.

 
 
Mission
The mission of the Business Administration program is to provide students the opportunity to develop a wide range of skill sets essential to success in business and management in a changing business environment and to provide them with the necessary education to enter the business world or to transfer to the Bachelor’s program in Management or other related fields.

Learning Objectives
The student will

  • Use critical thinking and analytical skills to synthesize information from multiple sources and be able to make informed business decisions.
  • Discuss and apply a set of ethical and legal standards when making decisions, handling employees, and disseminating information to the business organization and/or to the public.
  • Utilize technology to create reports and demonstrate presentation skills to communicate relevant information to stakeholders.
  • Define managerial problems, determine the alternatives, make decisions, and implement solutions as a member of a team.

Recent Business Administration graduates have entered their field as:

  • Account Coordinators
  • Lease Administrators
  • Special Promotions Managers
  • Insurance Assistants
  • Collectors
  • Real Estate Assistants
  • Securities Administrators

Bay State graduates have gone on to full-time positions at companies such as:

  • Fidelity Investments
  • State Street Bank
  • General Cinemas
  • The Copley Group
  • Bank of America

 

Curriculum  
Program Requirements Sem hrs/credits
ACC100Financial Accounting I3
ACC110Financial Accounting II3
LAW110Business Law3
MAN101Introduction to Business3
MAN102Management3
MAN240Organizational Behavior3
MAT200Statistics3
MKT210Principles of Marketing3
MAN299SInternship Seminar1
MAN299Internship2
ELECProgram Elective3
  30 credits
   
General Education Requirements  
CIS102Computer and Information Literacy3
COM101Public Speaking3
ECO101Microeconomics3
ECO102Macroeconomics3
ENG101English I3
ENG102English II3
MAT101College Algebra3
PSY101 or SOC101Psychology or Sociology3
WRI259Writing for Business3

ELEC

Humanities Elective 

 3

FYE101First Year Experience1
  31 credits (Day Program)