Business Administration

Learn the practical and critical-thinking skills needed to succeed in business today.

Today’s business office is constantly adapting to new technologies, new missions, and new innovations. To best prepare you for these changes, WNCC’s Business Administration program helps you build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to best equip you for the future of business.

WNCC’s Business Administration program offers courses in the areas of accounting, marketing, business law, management, and management information systems. It also provides you specific general education courses for your first two undergraduate years toward a bachelor’s degree in business. Our suggested curriculum meets the transfer requirements needed for many four-year institutions so you can go into a degree program in business administration and accounting as a junior. You also have the option of combining business administration with an area of emphasis in management information systems.

Our program also gives you the opportunity to participate in an internship after completing 30 credits so you can gain real-world experience.

Award Types

Associate of Arts in Business Administration

Degree Options:

Accounting
Business Administration
Management Information Systems

Associate of Science in Business Administration

Degree Options:

Accounting
Business Administration
Management Information Systems

These programs are available at all three WNCC campuses, and some associate degree program options are available online. Check our current catalog for the options that are offered online.

About the Program

Program Objectives

Provide coursework for the first two years of a baccalaureate degree in accounting, business, or management information systems.
Promote and help students develop lifelong learning skills needed for professional and personal growth.
Provide a basis for student understanding of the principles, concepts, and theories that affect business by offering specific accounting, business, and management information systems courses.

Curriculum

Career Opportunities

Business Administration - Business Administration Option
When you complete the Business Administration degree program at WNCC, you will open the door to a wide variety of career options by either entering the workforce directly after graduation or transferring to a bachelor’s degree program. With a diverse business education background, you can apply for positions such as sales manager, city administrator, office manager, loan officer, public relations specialist, financial planner, and human resources specialist, to name a few.

You will be able to start in an entry-level administrative position, allowing you to build your responsibilities and management skills in order to advance into higher occupations. You will most likely work at a desk in an office setting, creating reports, attending meetings, and giving presentations on your work. You will work with others, meet with clients, and will need to have proficient computer software and communication skills. These careers are interactive and diverse, providing you with a stable career and the opportunity to advance.

Business Administration - Accounting Option
An Accounting degree at WNCC will provide you with the opportunity to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university or to immediately work after graduation. After the completion of an associate degree, you can pursue careers as a bookkeeper, accounting assistant or technician, payroll clerk, auditing clerk, or accounts payable/receivable administrator. Your opportunities with a bachelor’s degree include being a general accountant, internal auditor, payroll manager, business analyst, or compliance analyst, and more.

Despite robust computer accounting software used in most businesses today, business finances are still very much in the hands of an accountant. These positions are crucial to today’s businesses, and having the analytical knowledge to help direct a company financially gives businesses indispensable information computers have a difficult time articulating. Accounting positions are highly sought after and well compensated. You will almost always work in an office setting with computer programs, needing to review and analyze company financial data to make recommendations on how best a company can fiscally succeed. You will need to be detail-oriented, focused, have sound communication skills, enjoy problem-solving, and have innovative thinking skills. With this, you will find a rewarding career assisting companies achieve financial success.

Business Administration - Management Information Systems
The Management Information Systems (MIS) program at WNCC provides you with the necessary skills and foundation to either enter the workforce or to continue your education at a four-year college or university. Upon completion of the program, you can pursue careers in systems analysis, network administration, and technical support.

MIS positions are in-demand, stable careers where you assist companies in setting up and running effective computer software programs and network systems productively and without interruption. Businesses today are often behind in setting up powerful software programs and network systems to keep up with the production of information they are generating, often running out of memory, or using legacy programs that are no longer useful. Your role in an MIS career is to help businesses find the best technical tools to help them thrive. You will mostly work in an office setting on a laptop and desktop, often working after hours to ensure data transfers and updates are completed successfully. You will need to stay up-to-date on the latest program updates and software advances in order to keep the business you work with running optimally.

For more information on any of these career options, contact Career Pathways & Advising at pathways@wncc.edu .

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