Business Administration

Business & Technology
Degree awarded: Associate in Arts

Program Narrative
For practical, business-minded students, Northampton is a great way to save money while getting the first two years of a degree completed. Our Business Administration program prepares you for transfer into a four-year institution in the fields of accounting, business, economics, finance, marketing, and business administration. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

By working closely with an advisor, you can carefully select your courses and ensure that all of your credits will transfer and be applicable to your ultimate degree goals. We also recommend that you refer often to the catalog of the college or university to which you plan to transfer.

Program Features
NCC's Business Administration program offers a balanced mix of liberal arts and specialized courses. Classes in accounting, business law, economics and statistics provide the foundation you'll need as you advance in the business world.

This program can be completed in the day or evening, on a full-time or part-time basis. If you are entering the Business Administration or Business Management degree programs in the evening, you can generally take most required courses during any semester, if you have the prerequisites. A few courses are not offered in the evening every semester so it's important to develop your schedule accordingly to avoid any delay in graduation.

Contact the Admissions Office at 610-861-5500 for further information.

Program Outcomes
Graduates of the program will:

• Communicate ideas effectively.
• Explain basic accounting and economic principles.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic computer applications.
• Identify ethical and legal challenges within the business environment.

+ For the General Education Electives, students must select one course from the list of approved courses in Arts & Humanities (AH), three Social Science courses (Societies and Institutions over Time (SIT) or Scientific Study of Human Behavior (SSHB), one of which must be Social Science: Societies and Institutions over Time (SIT).
++ The student is required to take a total of three courses in Mathematics (QL) and/or Science (SCI); one of which must be a Mathematics course and one a Science course. The third course may be either Mathematics or Science. Only the following Mathematics courses will count as requirements or electives for the degree: MATH 140, 165, 175, 176, 180, 181.
+++ Business Elective options: ACCT 201, 205, 251; BUSA 101, 131, 202, 205, 221, 226, 235.
++++ The Elective should be chosen based on its transferability and applicability to the AA degree as listed in the elective section of the catalog.

• Completion of ECON 251G satisfies the program-related Writing Intensive (WI) requirement. In addition, one General Education Elective must be taken in a Writing Intensive (WI) section.
• Completion of ENGL 151C satisfies the Diversity (D) requirement.

The AS in Business Administration prepares you for these other areas of concentration: Accounting, Marketing, Management, Human Resource Management, Business Communications, Economics, Leading to positions in: Corporate, Small Business Management

NCC students have transferred to: Bloomsburg University, DeSales University, East Stroudsburg University, Kutztown University, Moravian College, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, West Chester University