Overview
This program offers courses in problem-solving, communication skills, and critical thinking. Some coursework may be applied toward a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution. This pathway specializes in Public Administration.
Success in the business world requires knowledge of business technology and the techniques of management. To meet this need, the Management curriculum requires courses in problem-solving, human relations, and critical thinking.
Graduates will be prepared for positions in marketing, finance, accounting, fire service, human resource management, banking, and small business administration.
This program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
How to Enroll
To pursue this degree, you must apply to MTC using our online application.
Questions?
Sample Program Plan and Costs
Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Public Service Department for the grade to be counted toward graduation. Specifically, these include courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, MGT, and MKT.
Class Delivery Methods
View current courses offered via our online course directory.
| On-Campus | Traditional. Classes meet on campus. |
|---|---|
| Virtual | 100% online. Meets with a live instructor and classmates on specific days, at specific times. Uses web conferencing software, like Zoom. |
| Hybrid | Some classes on campus. Some classes online or virtual. |
| Online | 100% online. Due dates for projects and assignments. Self-paced work on your time. |
Full Time Schedule
| Semester | Course ID | Course Title | Classroom | Online | Hybrid | Virtual | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 (16 Credit Hours) |
ENG-101 |
English Comp I English Comp I ID: ENG-101 Credit Hours: 3 This is a (college transfer) course in which the following topics are presented: a study of composition in conjunction with appropriate literary selections, with frequent theme assignments to reinforce effective writing. A review of standard usage and the basic techniques of research are also presented. |
• | • | • | 3 | |
| BUS-101 |
Introduction to Business Introduction to Business ID: BUS-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of the nature of business activity in relation to the economic society, including how a business is owned, organized, managed, and controlled. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| MAT-120 |
Probability and Statistics Probability and Statistics ID: MAT-120 Credit Hours: 3 This course includes the following topics: introductory probability and statistics, including organization of data, sample space concepts, random variables, counting problems, binomial and normal distributions, central limit theorem, confidence intervals,and test hypothesis for large and small samples; types I and II errors; linear regression; and correlation. (Graphic calculator required) |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| CPT-170 |
Microcomputer Applications Microcomputer Applications ID: CPT-170 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces microcomputer applications software, including word processing, data bases, spreadsheets, graphs, and their integration. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| COL-101 |
College Orientation College Orientation ID: COL-101 Credit Hours: 1 This course may include selected topics such as career planning, study skills, stress management, tutoring, group guidance, and other subjects to facilitate student success. |
• | • | • | • | 1 | |
| MGT-101 |
Principles of Management Principles of Management ID: MGT-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of management theories, emphasizing the management functions of planning, decision making, organizing, leading, and controlling. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| Semester 2 (15 Credit Hours) |
ENG-102 |
English Comp II English Comp II ID: ENG-102 Credit Hours: 3 This is a (college transfer) course in which the following topics are presented: development of writing skills through logical organization, effective style, literary analysis and research. An introduction to literary genre is also included. |
• | • | • | 3 | |
| MKT-101 |
Marketing Marketing ID: MKT-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course covers an introduction to the field of marketing with a detailed study of the marketing concept and the processes of product development, pricing, promotion, and marketing distribution. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| BUS-121 |
Business Law I Business Law I ID: BUS-121 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of legal procedures, law and society, classifications and systems of law, the tribunals administering justice and their actions, contracts, sales, transfer of titles, rights and duties of the parties, conditions, and warranties. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| ACC-101 |
Accounting Principles I Accounting Principles I ID: ACC-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces basic accounting procedures for analyzing, recording and summarizing financial transactions, adjusting and closing the financial records at the end of the accounting cycle, and preparing financial statements. Students identify sound ethical and personal values. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| PHI-115 |
Contemporary Moral Issues Contemporary Moral Issues ID: PHI-115 Credit Hours: 3 This course examines moral issues in contemporary society, including basic principles and applications of ethics. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| Semester 3 (16 Credit Hours) |
MGT-220 |
Operations Management I Operations Management I ID: MGT-220 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces students to the concepts and practices that comprise operations management, including supply chain management. This course provides an overview of operating decisions and practices in multiple industry environments including manufacturing and service oriented businesses. |
• | • | • | 3 | |
| BUS-130 |
Business Communications Business Communications ID: BUS-130 Credit Hours: 3 This course covers the application of communication skills to situations routinely encountered in business environments. Students will generate oral and written reports and presentation. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| ACC-102 |
Accounting Principles II Accounting Principles II ID: ACC-102 Credit Hours: 3 This course emphasizes managerial accounting theory and practice in basic accounting and procedures for cost accounting, budgeting, cost-volume analysis, and financial statement analysis. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| MGT-206 |
Management Spreadsheets Management Spreadsheets ID: MGT-206 Credit Hours: 3 This course emphasizes the use of spreadsheet software to support managerial decision-making through the analysis of data. |
• | 3 | ||||
| PSC-215 |
State and Local Government State and Local Government ID: PSC-215 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of state, county, and municipal government systems, including interrelationships between these systems and within the federal government. The impact of current events on the national government and institutions is emphasized. |
• | • | 3 | |||
| IDS-112 |
Employability Skills for Careers Employability Skills for Careers ID: IDS-112 Credit Hours: 1 This course develops employability skills including resume writing, interviewing, presentation delivery and soft skills. |
• | • | 1 | |||
| Semester 4 (15 Credit Hours) |
MGT-250 |
Situational Supervision Situational Supervision ID: MGT-250 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of techniques supervisors use to adjust their management styles to different situations and employees. |
• | • | 3 | ||
| ECO-211 |
Microeconomics Microeconomics ID: ECO-211 Credit Hours: 3 This course includes the study of the behavior of households and firms, including supply and demand, elasticity, price/input in different market structures, pricing of resources, regulations, and comparative advantage and trade. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| MGT-240 |
Management Decision Making Management Decision Making ID: MGT-240 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of various structured approaches to managerial decision making. The student will apply knowledge acquired in previous course work. |
• | • | 3 | |||
| MGT-215 |
Project Management Project Management ID: MGT-215 Credit Hours: 3 This course is the study of integrated project management. Emphasis is on the methods and software used in managing projects, including project scope, planning, scheduling, budgeting, and control and evaluation to achieve project objectives. |
• | 3 | ||||
| MKT-135 |
Customer Service Techniques Customer Service Techniques ID: MKT-135 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of the techniques and skills required for providing customer service excellence, including illustrations to turn customer relations into high standards of customer service, satisfaction, and repeat sales. |
• | 3 | ||||
| Total Credit Hours | 62 | ||||||
| Estimated Cost Financial Aid |
$11,656.00 Not including fees and equipment |
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Part Time Schedule
| Semester | Course ID | Course Title | Classroom | Online | Hybrid | Virtual | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 (7 Credit Hours) |
ENG-101 |
English Comp I English Comp I ID: ENG-101 Credit Hours: 3 This is a (college transfer) course in which the following topics are presented: a study of composition in conjunction with appropriate literary selections, with frequent theme assignments to reinforce effective writing. A review of standard usage and the basic techniques of research are also presented. |
• | • | • | 3 | |
| BUS-101 |
Introduction to Business Introduction to Business ID: BUS-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of the nature of business activity in relation to the economic society, including how a business is owned, organized, managed, and controlled. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| COL-101 |
College Orientation College Orientation ID: COL-101 Credit Hours: 1 This course may include selected topics such as career planning, study skills, stress management, tutoring, group guidance, and other subjects to facilitate student success. |
• | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Semester 2 (9 Credit Hours) |
MGT-101 |
Principles of Management Principles of Management ID: MGT-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of management theories, emphasizing the management functions of planning, decision making, organizing, leading, and controlling. |
• | • | • | • | 3 |
| CPT-170 |
Microcomputer Applications Microcomputer Applications ID: CPT-170 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces microcomputer applications software, including word processing, data bases, spreadsheets, graphs, and their integration. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| MAT-120 |
Probability and Statistics Probability and Statistics ID: MAT-120 Credit Hours: 3 This course includes the following topics: introductory probability and statistics, including organization of data, sample space concepts, random variables, counting problems, binomial and normal distributions, central limit theorem, confidence intervals,and test hypothesis for large and small samples; types I and II errors; linear regression; and correlation. (Graphic calculator required) |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| Semester 3 (6 Credit Hours) |
MKT-101 |
Marketing Marketing ID: MKT-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course covers an introduction to the field of marketing with a detailed study of the marketing concept and the processes of product development, pricing, promotion, and marketing distribution. |
• | • | • | 3 | |
| ENG-102 |
English Comp II English Comp II ID: ENG-102 Credit Hours: 3 This is a (college transfer) course in which the following topics are presented: development of writing skills through logical organization, effective style, literary analysis and research. An introduction to literary genre is also included. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| Semester 4 (9 Credit Hours) |
BUS-121 |
Business Law I Business Law I ID: BUS-121 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of legal procedures, law and society, classifications and systems of law, the tribunals administering justice and their actions, contracts, sales, transfer of titles, rights and duties of the parties, conditions, and warranties. |
• | • | • | • | 3 |
| ACC-101 |
Accounting Principles I Accounting Principles I ID: ACC-101 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces basic accounting procedures for analyzing, recording and summarizing financial transactions, adjusting and closing the financial records at the end of the accounting cycle, and preparing financial statements. Students identify sound ethical and personal values. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| PHI-115 |
Contemporary Moral Issues Contemporary Moral Issues ID: PHI-115 Credit Hours: 3 This course examines moral issues in contemporary society, including basic principles and applications of ethics. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| Semester 5 (7 Credit Hours) |
IDS-112 |
Employability Skills for Careers Employability Skills for Careers ID: IDS-112 Credit Hours: 1 This course develops employability skills including resume writing, interviewing, presentation delivery and soft skills. |
• | • | 1 | ||
| ACC-102 |
Accounting Principles II Accounting Principles II ID: ACC-102 Credit Hours: 3 This course emphasizes managerial accounting theory and practice in basic accounting and procedures for cost accounting, budgeting, cost-volume analysis, and financial statement analysis. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| BUS-130 |
Business Communications Business Communications ID: BUS-130 Credit Hours: 3 This course covers the application of communication skills to situations routinely encountered in business environments. Students will generate oral and written reports and presentation. |
• | • | • | • | 3 | |
| Semester 6 (9 Credit Hours) |
MGT-206 |
Management Spreadsheets Management Spreadsheets ID: MGT-206 Credit Hours: 3 This course emphasizes the use of spreadsheet software to support managerial decision-making through the analysis of data. |
• | 3 | |||
| MGT-220 |
Operations Management I Operations Management I ID: MGT-220 Credit Hours: 3 This course introduces students to the concepts and practices that comprise operations management, including supply chain management. This course provides an overview of operating decisions and practices in multiple industry environments including manufacturing and service oriented businesses. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| PSC-215 |
State and Local Government State and Local Government ID: PSC-215 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of state, county, and municipal government systems, including interrelationships between these systems and within the federal government. The impact of current events on the national government and institutions is emphasized. |
• | • | 3 | |||
| Semester 7 (6 Credit Hours) |
MKT-135 |
Customer Service Techniques Customer Service Techniques ID: MKT-135 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of the techniques and skills required for providing customer service excellence, including illustrations to turn customer relations into high standards of customer service, satisfaction, and repeat sales. |
• | 3 | |||
| ECO-211 |
Microeconomics Microeconomics ID: ECO-211 Credit Hours: 3 This course includes the study of the behavior of households and firms, including supply and demand, elasticity, price/input in different market structures, pricing of resources, regulations, and comparative advantage and trade. |
• | • | • | 3 | ||
| Semester 8 (9 Credit Hours) |
MGT-215 |
Project Management Project Management ID: MGT-215 Credit Hours: 3 This course is the study of integrated project management. Emphasis is on the methods and software used in managing projects, including project scope, planning, scheduling, budgeting, and control and evaluation to achieve project objectives. |
• | 3 | |||
| MGT-240 |
Management Decision Making Management Decision Making ID: MGT-240 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of various structured approaches to managerial decision making. The student will apply knowledge acquired in previous course work. |
• | • | 3 | |||
| MGT-250 |
Situational Supervision Situational Supervision ID: MGT-250 Credit Hours: 3 This course is a study of techniques supervisors use to adjust their management styles to different situations and employees. |
• | • | 3 | |||
| Total Credit Hours | 62 | ||||||
| Estimated Cost Financial Aid |
$11,656.00 Not including fees and equipment |
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