General Business Pathway
AAS to MBA 3+1+1
The HCC General Business Pathway
The General Business Pathway provides a well-rounded program of study, and the flexibility for individual interests and career planning. Emphasis is placed on understanding business concepts and their application to solving business problems.
Students earn their Associate of Applied Science degree in either Business Management Technology or Administrative Office Technology from HCC and complete many of their core courses toward a bachelor degree.
Students then transfer to The W's College of Business & Professional Studies. The Bachelor of Business Administration – General Business Concentration can be completed entirely online in one year, without having to leave your current job. After completing the bachelor degree, students are encouraged to apply to The W's MBA program, completed online in one year.
This pathway can be completed all online.
Choose your AAS program from the options below.
HCC AAS to The W MBA
Business Management Technology Program
Administrative Office Technology Program
HCC
Year One
Semester One
Course Name |
CR: |
BOT 1233 - Microsoft Word I |
3 |
BOT 1273 - Introduction to Microsoft Office |
3 |
BOT 1313 - Applied Business Math |
3 |
BOT 1453 - Introduction to Business Management |
3 |
BOT 1763 - Communication Essentials |
3 |
|
15 |
Semester Two
Course Name |
CR: |
BOT 1433 - Business Accounting |
3 |
BOT 1473 - Introduction to Marketing |
3 |
BOT 1493 - Social Media Management |
3 |
BOT 1823 - Microsoft Excel I |
3 |
BOT 2433 - QuickBooks |
3 |
SSP 1002 - Smart Start Pathway |
2 |
|
17 |
Semester Two
Course Name |
CR: |
BOT 1433 - Business Accounting |
3 |
BOT 1823 - Microsoft Excel I |
3 |
BOT 1493 - Social Media Management |
3 |
BOT 2183 - Career Readiness |
3 |
BOT 2433 - QuickBooks |
3 |
SSP 1002 - Smart Start Pathway |
2 |
|
17 |
HCC
Year Two
Business Management Technology
Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Administrative Office Technology Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Semester Three
Course Name |
CR: |
BOT 1243 - Microsoft Word II |
3 |
BOT 2613 - Entrepreneurial Problem Solving |
3 |
BOT 2923 - BOT Externship & Seminar |
3 |
BOT 2183 - Career Readiness |
3 |
BOT 2233 - Human Resource Management |
3 |
|
15 |
Semester Three
Course Name |
CR: |
BOT 1243 - Microsoft Word II |
3 |
BOT 1853 - Microsoft Excel II |
3 |
BOT 2233 - Microsoft Access |
3 |
BOT 2233 - Human Resource Management |
3 |
BOT 2613 - Entrepreneurial Problem Solving |
3 |
|
15 |
Semester Four
Course Name |
CR: |
ENG 1113 - English Composition I |
3 |
SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I |
3 |
MAT 1313 - College Algebra |
3 |
History Elective: HIS 1163, 1173, 2213, 2223 |
3 |
Social/Behavioral Science Elective: |
3 |
|
15 |
Graduate with an Associates of Applied Science in Business Management Technology from Holmes Community College
Graduate with an Associates of Applied Science in Administrative Office Technology from Holmes Community College
HCC
Year Three
Junior Level Courses
Semester Five
Course Name |
CR: |
EN 1123 - English Composition II |
3 |
Natural Sciences (with Lab) |
4 |
ACC 1213 - Accounting I |
3 |
Literature Elective: |
3 |
MAT 2323 - Statistics |
3 |
|
16 |
Semester Six
Course Name |
CR: |
Natural Sciences (with Lab) |
4 |
ACC 2213 - Accounting II |
3 |
Fine Art Elective: |
3 |
BAD 2413 - Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
Another Humanities/Fine Arts: |
3 |
|
16 |
Complete Junior level courses from Holmes Community College
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The W Online
Year Four
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Business Administration Major General Business Concentration
Semester Seven
Course Name |
CR: |
BU 105 - Fundamentals of Success in Business (Min grade C required) |
1 |
MKT 361 - Principles of Marketing |
3 |
MGT 381 - Principles of Management |
3 |
Business Elective 300-level or above |
3 |
Business Elective 300-level or above |
3 |
MIS 300 - Introduction to Information Systems (Min grade C required) |
3 |
|
16 |
Semester Eight
Course Name |
CR: |
Business Elective 300-level or above |
3 |
Business Elective 300-level or above |
3 |
FIN 355 - Business Finance |
3 |
BU 460 - Senior Seminar in Business |
3 |
Business Elective 300-level or above |
3 |
Critical Thinking: any Philosophy (non-Religion) course or DEC 200 |
3 |
|
18 |
Graduate with an Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration - General Business Concentration from The W
Apply to The W Graduate Studies in Business
The W Online Year Five
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
$10,000 Flat-Rate Tuition
Semester Nine (Summer)
Course Name |
CR: |
MIS 552 - Systems Project Management |
3 |
MKT 526 - Global Marketing Management |
3 |
MGT 570 - Leading Innovation and Change |
3 |
EC 515 - Managerial Economics |
3 |
|
12 |
Semester Ten (Fall)
Course Name |
CR: |
ACC 535 - Advanced Managerial Accounting |
3 |
PLG 560 - Business Law |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
|
12 |
Semester Eleven (Spring)
Course Name |
CR: |
FIN 540 - Financial Management |
3 |
MGT 600 - Strategies and Business Models |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
|
12 |
Graduate with an Master of Business Administration from The W
