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Business

Whether you are looking to enter the job market, or retrain for a new career, the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Business will build your knowledge of various aspects of business management.

Within this two-year program, you’ll have the flexibility to select from two degree options or specialize in a particular area of business such as entrepreneurship, marketing, or management.

Certificates are available in the following areas of interest: Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Management, Business Occupations and Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management.

Graduates with a Business A.A.S. pursue a variety of careers, such as: bank clerk, credit clerk, general office clerk, loan application clerk, management trainee, sales, distribution, customer service, and information input specialist. Salaries in Spokane are competitive, and increase depending on an individual's skills, experience, motivation, attitude, and ability to interview and promote oneself to employers.

The Business A.A.S. requires a minimum of 92 credit hours.

Associate in Business DTA/MRP degree

We also offer an Associate in Business DTA/MRP degree. This is a statewide articulated transfer degree agreement for business majors between the community colleges and most four-year institutions in the state of Washington. A candidate for the Associate in Business DTA/MRP degree must complete a minimum of 90 quarter credits in academic courses numbered 100 or above with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and meet specific distribution requirements.

Note to all prospective students who wish to enroll in this option for the Business AAS degree need to meet with counseling for proper advising to ensure all the courses are taken in the proper order with a minimum 2.0 GPA in all Business (BUS), Accounting (ACCT), Management (MMGT), Economics (ECON), and Management Information Systems (MIS) to graduate in two years. Please reach out to the program faclty, staff, or counseling liaisons on the Contact Us page.

Eastern Washington has an increasing number of visitors and conventions, join this fun, exciting, and growing industry. If you work in the hospitality field, use this certificate to advance your career. The Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management certificate looks at the scope of business operations; in the area of tourism, social media, and destination marketing are crucial to creating a successful visitor experience, and event planning studies a range of functions from social gatherings, conferences, special events and festivals.

The Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management certificate includes Business AAS courses that allow students an opportunity to apply their classes towards an Associated of Applied Science Degree in Business Administration at SCC

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Total Program Credits: 95


Program Courses

First Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 152
College and Career Strategies  
3
BUS& 101
Introduction to Business   1
5
CATT 120
Microsoft Word I  
2.5
HM 202
Front Office Procedures  
5
Total Credits
 
15.5

Second Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 274
Business Writing for the Web  
5
BUS 103
Basic Business Math and Electronic Calculators   1
5
HM 205
Hotel/Restaurant Law  
5
Total Credits
 
15

Third Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
CATT 138
Microsoft Excel I  
2.5
CMST 227
Intercultural Communication  
5
HM 221
Event Management  
5
MMGT 125
Social Media Marketing   1
5
Total Credits
 
17.5

Fourth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BUS 280
Human Relations in Business   1
5
HM 206
Revenue Management  
3
HM 220
Tourism and the Hospitality Industry  
3
MMGT 231
Human Resource Management   1
5
Total Credits
 
16

Fifth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
ACCT 151
College Accounting I   1
5
BUS 104
Business Mathematics   1
5
MMGT 101
Principles of Management   1
5
Total Credits
 
15

Sixth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
ECON 100
Fundamentals of Economics   1
5
MIS 211
Information Technology in Business   1
5
MMGT 100
Supervised Volunteer Experience   1
1
MMGT 211
Marketing   1
5
Total Credits
 
16

1 Students must have a cumulative 2.0 in this course to be eligible for the Business AAS degree.
Costs for completing a degree or certificate can vary. For more information about costs, visit our How Much Does it Cost? page.

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Sierra Schrader

Pathway Specialist

Neesa Guel

Pathway Specialist - Hospitality
Neesa.Guel@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7005

Michael Allen

Faculty/Instructor
Michael.Allen@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-8902

Renee Goffinet

Department Chair
Renee.Goffinet@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7395

Anne Mayer

Workforce Transition Specialist
Anne.Mayer@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-8191

Landon Johnston

Academic Counseling Liaison
Landon.Johnston@scc.spokane.edu
509-533-7190

Kerrin Langford

Pathway Specialist - Northern Counties
Kerrin.Langford@scc.spokane.edu
509-279-6737

Katherine Cornelis

Worforce Transition Specialist - Northern Counties
Katherine.Cornelis@scc.spokane.edu
509-279-6961