Business Management: Start as Operations & Project Lead

The Business Management degree program combines sound business training with on-the-job experience. Classroom experience includes understanding contemporary practices in management, marketing, human resources, accounting, and organizational development. Students also learn about effective use of time, money, materials, and people to improve business results. Through cooperative education work experience, students gain valuable insight and “how to” experience in assessing and solving management challenges that businesses deal with every day. Graduates earn an Associate of Applied Business degree. Representative Job Titles For Graduates Administrative Services Manager Management Trainee Office Manager Operations Manager Project Manager Quality Process Manager Graduate Employment Outlook The outlook for management careers is very good for the next decade, according to Money Magazine and Salary.com. Two management careers that ranked in the top 50 were Human Resource Manager (ranking fourth) and Sales Manager (ranking twenty-first). Other top-ranking management careers include Business Operations Specialist, General and Operations Manager, and First-Line Supervisors in various fields. $16/hr - $24/hr Graduate Starting Salary Projections Education Options Transfer History Franklin University Miami University (regional campus) Mount St. Joseph University Northern Kentucky University University of Cincinnati Representative Co-Op/Clinical/Intern Site FYE 1XX First Year Experience Elective ( B ) 1 0 1 ENG 10X English Composition Elective ( G ) 3 0 3 MGT XXX Cooperative Education Elective: Business Management ( T ) 1 40 2 MGT XXX Cooperative Education Elective: Business Management ( T ) 1 40 2 MGT 250 Business Coaching and Performance Management ( T ) 3 0 3 FYE 105 College Success Strategies: Overview and Application 2 FYE 110 College Success Strategies: Practice and Application 3 IM 120 Electronic Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel 3 ENG 102 English Composition 2: Contemporary Issues 3 ENG 103 English Composition 2: Writing about Literature 3 ENG 105 English Composition 2: Business Communication 3 Directed Electives (6 credit hours required) MKT 205 Marketing Research and Consumer Behavior 3 Any OT36 course from ART, LIT, MUS, PHI, REL, THE, or COMM130 Cooperative Education Elective (4 Credit Hours Required) MGT 191 Part-Time Cooperative Education 1: Management 1 MGT 192 Part-Time Cooperative Education 2: Management 1 MGT 193 Part-Time Cooperative Education 3: Management 1 MGT 194 Part-Time Cooperative Education 4: Management 1 MGT 291 Full-Time Cooperative Education 1: Management 2 MGT 292 Full-Time Cooperative Education 2: Management 2 MGT 297 Full-Time Career Education Project: Management 2 The letters G, B, and T (displayed after course titles or elective descriptions) identify types of courses required by the Ohio Department of Higher Education as part of an associate’s degree curriculum. G = General Education course in this curriculum B = Basic Skills course in this curriculum T = Technical course in this curriculum Some courses are offered in alternative versions identified with a letter after the course number -- for example, ENG 101 and ENG 101A.

• This curriculum displays only course numbers without the added letter.
• The alternative version, when available, meets the requirements of the course version without the added letter.