2020-21 Course Catalog

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Overview

About the Program

Two-year full-time degree schedule offered cooperatively by MTC and Lorain County Community College; mixture of management, core business, computer, and logistics; program can be completed on a part-time basis.

MTC’s Associate of Applied Business (AAB) Business Management program will develop knowledge and skills to master logistics, import/export, and customer service. Graduates with knowledge in this growing field are needed to keep a variety of businesses – from health care to manufacturing to retail to agribusiness to government – supplied with the goods they need to succeed.

Learning Outcomes

  • Perform applicable mathematical calculations throughout the business environment.
  • Communicate professionally both in writing and verbally with co-workers, managers, stakeholders, and customers.
  • Integrate technology skills in making business decisions and performing business functions.
  • Use problem-solving and decision-making skills in preparing and implementing business solutions.
  • Demonstrate good work habits, interpersonal and virtual teamwork skills, and a high level of professionalism.
  • Exhibit inclusiveness where each perspective is considered while progressing toward common goals.
  • Use the problem-solving method to solve customer concerns and business problems
  • Identify individual and organizational behavioral strategies
  • Use technology to present a project
  • Apply business concepts to create a business plan
  • Apply generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to measure, process and communicate financial information.
  • Apply theory and practical applications to budgeting, break-even analysis, cost analysis, product costing, and profit planning.
  • Demonstrate business practices within the Business Management field.
  • Develop a marketing plan incorporating new product, promotions, sales ideas, and strategies.
  • Describe legal requirements and ethical considerations pertaining to organizations.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of industrial logistics in the Supply Chain.
  • Comprehend challenges related to transportation, insurance, packaging, terms of trade, inventory management, and other cross border issues involved in an international setting.

Application Requirements

  • Final high school transcript (or GED results) and college transcripts (if applicable).
  • Successful completion of the Basic Skills Assessment (ACCUPLACER) and Technology Skills Test (TST) is required. Any college foundation courses recommended by placement assessment results are also required

Career Opportunities

  • Buyer
  • Logistics
  • Supply Chain
  • Sourcing
  • Purchasing
  • Sales and Customer Service
  • Transportation
  • Warehousing and Distribution

Curriculum

The following is a typical course sequence for completing this program. The actual time needed to complete the program will vary according to each student’s individual needs.

Note: MGT2540, Leadership, can be substituted for BUS2800 and BUS2901 with Director approval.

First Semester

MGT1400Introduction to Management

3

MTH1245College Algebra

3

Or

MTH1240Statistics

3

ENG1000English Composition I

3

BUS1000Introduction to Business

2

Second Semester

ECN2000Microeconomics

3

COM1400Oral Communication

3

MKT2030Principles of Marketing

3

BUS2150Legal Environment of Business

3

ACC1400Financial Accounting

4

OIS1340Advanced Excel and Data Visualization

3

Third Semester

ECN2100Macroeconomics

3

ENG1100English Composition II

3

MGT1430Principles of Transport. and Logistics

3

BUS2800Career Readiness

1

BUS2100Ethics

3

MGT2420Globalization in Business

3

Fourth Semester

MGT1420Principles of Industrial Distribution

3

MGT0000Management Elective

3

ACC1700Managerial Accounting

4

BUS2901Internship

1

ENG1200Business Communications

3

Total Credit Hours: 63