General Business
Associate Degree Program
In the modern global marketplace, a solid base of business knowledge can be applied to a diversity of careers, and Delaware Tech’s General Business program provides an excellent means of exploring the many career paths associated with business. It provides you with the fundamentals of business operations with an emphasis on both practical functions and theoretical aspects of business organizations. This blending of knowledge and skills enables you to meet your individual employment goals and educational needs and is designed to assist you in obtaining entry-level job skills and the credentials necessary for advancement. The knowledge you gain from this program will prepare you for opportunities in government; nonprofit organizations; and small, medium and large private businesses.
Offered at the following campus(es): Dover, Georgetown, Wilmington
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- Entrepreneur/business owner
- Entry-level manager
- Entry-level staff accountant
- Entry-level marketing account executive
- Sales
- Office administrator
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
- Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
- Apply the principles of human resource management to organizations.
- Evaluate the actions taken to acquire and retain customers.
- Measure and track financial performance of an organization.
- Analyze and apply the strategic management process to organizations
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ACC 101 | Accounting I | 3 |
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
| MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
Semester 2
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 112 | Accounting II | 3 |
| OAT 152 | Excel | 3 |
| ECO 111 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| MKT 212 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
Semester 3
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| FIN 221 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| MGT 212 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MIS 220 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
Semester 4
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 203 | Business Law | 3 |
| SOC 215 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| Elective | Major Elective | 4/3 |
| Elective | Major Elective | 4/3 |
| BUS 275 | Portfolio and Professionalism | 4 |
Approved Electives
Select one (1) social science/humanities elective.
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 122 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
| ENG 124 | Oral Communications | 3 |
| HIS 111 | U. S. History: Pre-Civil War | 3 |
| HIS 112 | United States History Post-Civil War | 3 |
| PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 111 | Sociology | 3 |
| SPA 136 | Spanish Communication I | 4 |
Select two (2) major electives.
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 162 | Computerized Accounting | 3 |
| MGT 218 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGT 230 | Project Management | 3 |
| MGT 231 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MKT 214 | Advertising and Promotion | 3 |
| MKT 219 | Sales & Sales Management | 3 |
| OAT 121 | Keyboarding | 3 |
| OAT 157 | Word Level I | 3 |
| OAT 159 | PowerPoint | 3 |
| OAT 242 | Desktop Publishing | 4 |
| OAT 251 | Access | 3 |
| OAT 258 | Word Level II | 3 |
| SSC 130 | Where's My Money? | 1 |
| And | ||
| SSC 131 | Are You Credit Worthy? | 1 |
| And | ||
| SSC 132 | Planning for the Beach? – Saving, Investing, and Risk Protection | 1 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
This program is offered at the Dover, Georgetown and Wilmington campuses.