BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION

BANKING 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
	BMK* 201 BMK* 214	Principles of Marketing OR International Marketing	3
	BFN*125	Principles of Banking	3
	BFN*201	Principles of Finance	3
			15
Specialized Program Requirements
	BMG*202	Principles of Management	3
	ECN* 250	Money and Banking 1	3
	MAT*167	Statistics with Technology	3
	CSA*135	Spreadsheet Applications	3
	COM* 173 BBG*210 CSA* 155	Public Speaking OR Business Communication OR Multimedia Communications	3
	BBG*231	Business Law I	3
	BBG*232	Business Law II	3
			21
		TOTAL	61 (62)
1 Directed elective. Required per transfer credit agreement between the Center for Finan-cial Training and Connecticut Community Colleges.

Program Outcomes

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

1. Have a basic comprehension of full-service banking and its impact on the economy, community, business and the consumer.
2. Apply the regional super-community bank model.
3. Determine conditions of liquidity, safety and income.
4. Understand the asset and liability management function.
5. Calculate risk adjusted return on capital.
6. Market and sell the various products and services banks offer.
7. Use forecasting, modeling, and simulation software as a decision tool.
8. Apply the principles underlying the diagnosis, restructuring and recovery of .nancially troubled companies.
9. Negotiate a bankruptcy restructure.
10. Understand the importance of the Community Reinvestment Act and other banking regulations.