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.
First Semester
Course No. |
Descriptive Title |
Credit Hours |
Composition I |
3 |
|
Computer Systems and Applications |
3 |
|
Elementary Statistics |
3 |
|
Social Problems in Today's World |
3 |
|
Foundations of Business |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
|
15 |
Second Semester
Course No. |
Descriptive Title |
Credit Hours |
Composition II |
3 |
|
American History (Appendix D) |
3 |
|
Financial Accounting |
4 |
|
Math |
4 |
|
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
|
17 |
Third Semester
Course No. |
Descriptive Title |
Credit Hours |
Business Organization & Management |
3 |
|
Managerial Accounting |
4 |
|
Business Law I |
3 |
|
Macroeconomics |
3 |
|
Free Elective (a) |
|
3 |
TOTAL |
|
16 |
Fourth Semester
Course No. |
Descriptive Title |
Credit Hours |
Intermediate Accounting OR |
3-4 |
|
BAT Elective (b) |
3 |
|
Microeconomics |
3 |
|
General Ed (Appendix E, F, I) |
3 |
|
Natural Science |
4 |
|
TOTAL |
|
16-17 |
|
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
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)