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
Second Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Total Credit Hours: 63