BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION

ACCOUNTING OPTION

Program List

Associate in Science Degree

The Northwestern Connecticut Business and Management Administration Program is committed to creating critical thinkers and principle-centered organizational architects. Business is about managing risk and change. Northwestern degree candidates face the rigors of a business education that focuses on combining traditional business modalities with creative simulation and communication technology to produce graduates who are consensus builders and leaders.

As a business and management degree candidate you will:

• Develop requisite knowledge in the building blocks of business: accounting, finance, human capital, economics, strategy and communication.
• Gain an understanding of business in the global environment.
• Form effective working relationships with students and faculty in the areas of accounting, banking, general business management, marketing and sales, and office management.

Advisor: David Rodgers, drodgers@nwcc.commnet.edu, 860-738-6387

General Education Requirements
	ENG*101	Composition	3
Literature or Communication	ENG*102	Literature & Composition	3
Behavioral Science		Behavioral Science Elective	3
Humanities/ Arts		Humanities/ Arts Elective	3
Mathematics	MAT*	Mathematics Elective	3
Natural/ Physical Science		Laboratory Science Elective	4
Social Science	ECN*101	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
Liberal Arts		Laboratory OR Natural Science Elective	3 (4)
			25 (26)
Program Requirements
	ACC*113	Principles of Financial Accounting	3
	ACC*117	Principles of Managerial Accounting	3
	ACC*271	Intermediate Accounting I	3
	ACC*272	Intermediate Accounting II	3
	BFN*201	Principles of Finance	3
		Elective	3
			18
Specialized Program Requirements
	BMG*202	Principles of Management	3
	ECN* 102 ECN* 250	Principles of Microeconomics OR  Money and Banking	3
	MAT*167	Statistics with Technology	3
	CSA*135	Spreadsheet Applications	3
	COM* 173 CSA* 155	Public Speaking OR Multimedia Communications	3
	BBG*210	Business Communication	3
			18
		TOTAL	61 (62)

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates should be able to:

1. Use multi-variant financial statement analysis to make financial decisions.
2. Prepare statistical comparisons for use in the strategic budgeting process.
3. Determine inventory levels, order quantities and cash balance requirements, and make capital investment decisions.
4. Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual business reports.
5. Handle sales, real estate, and income tax computations.
6. Post and/or supervise the posting of accounts receivable and payables.
7. Apply data processing applications to routine accounting systems.