Pathways

Transfer-Focused Business Pathways

Business Studies MiTransfer

This pathway includes courses that have been approved through the Michigan Transfer Network, which allows you to take advantage of Statewide associate to bachelor's degree transfer agreements. Learn more about transfer agreements and review advising resources.

Business Studies Transfer - LUCES

This pathway provides students enrolled in the LUCES program a pathway to complete their first two semesters utilizing LUCES courses. Students then transition to traditional course options.

Northwood University Transfer Pathways

Northwood 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Accounting

This pathway is designed to allow you to spend 3 years at Mid and one year at Northwood University where you will graduate with a bachelor's degree. Accounting is the practice of recording and analyzing financial transactions to ensure a business or organization operates efficiently, profitably, and in compliance with laws and regulations. Accountants work with financial reports, inspecting finance records to reduce costs, improve profits, and ensure compliance. Potential careers include forensic accountant, financial analyst, personal financial advisor, actuary, cost estimator, and more.

Northwood 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Healthcare Management

This pathway is designed to allow you to spend 3 years at Mid and one year at Northwood University where you will graduate with a bachelor's degree. Healthcare managers and administrators are in charge of a variety of tasks, including budgeting, scheduling, and seeking out ways to improve patient care and the health of the communities they serve. Healthcare managers spend their time managing and coordinating health services in clinics, hospitals, and nursing homes. Potential careers include healthcare administrator, physician practice manager, managed care representative, patient finance manager, population health manager, and more.

Northwood 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Management

This pathway is designed to allow you to spend 3 years at Mid and one year at Northwood University where you will graduate with a bachelor's degree. A management degree provides you with broad knowledge of business, finance, economics, and marketing, as well as a wide range of practical skills and experience. Management graduates can work in a large variety of careers including public, private, and voluntary sectors. Potential careers include management consultant, production manager, project manager, risk management, and more.

Northwood 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Management Information Systems

This pathway is designed to allow you to spend 3 years at Mid and one year at Northwood University where you will graduate with a bachelor's degree. Companies communicate, handle transactions, and share information using digital technology - and those companies need highly-skilled employees to keep all of those systems running. A Management Information Systems degree prepares you with skills related to programming language, the infrastructure of operating systems and networks, graphics, and web design. You’ll also learn how to design and manage complex databases. Potential careers include systems administrator, data specialist, network administrator, technical project manager, and more.

Wayne State University Transfer Pathways

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer

A new articulation agreement between Mid Michigan College and Wayne State University allows you to follow a prescribed plan of study to transfer up to 82 credits to WSU while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the Mike Ilitch School of Business, saving between $14,000 and $22,000 in tuition. You can pursue a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, global supply chain management, information systems management, management, or marketing using our specific pathways for those fields of study. If you're unsure which career fits your interests best, this general business transfer pathway allows to explore business from a variety of perspectives.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Accounting

This pathway is designed to allow you to spend 3 years at Mid and one year at Wayne State University where you will graduate with a bachelor's degree. Accounting is the practice of recording and analyzing financial transactions to ensure a business or organization operates efficiently, profitably, and in compliance with laws and regulations. Accountants work with financial reports, inspecting finance records to reduce costs, improve profits, and ensure compliance. Potential careers include forensic accountant, financial analyst, personal financial advisor, actuary, cost estimator, and more.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Finance

• Finance majors develop analytical skills in order to dissect financial statements and appraise the financial standing of companies, municipalities, and other entities.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Global Supply Chain Management

• Global Supply Chain professionals are experts at purchasing components and finished goods, deciding on manufacturing and warehouse locations, and determining inventory strategies.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Information Systems Management

• WSU offers two Information Systems Management Pathways, Inbound Information Technology Specialist and Enterprise Architecture.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Management

• Management graduates have a broad base of knowledge in business, finance, economics, and marketing, and can work in a variety of sectors.

Wayne State 3+1 Enhanced Business Studies Transfer - Marketing

• Marketing majors can expect this field to continue to grow as organizations strive to increase their market share through research, traditional marketing channels, and digital and social media campaigns.

Why Choose Mid?

Business is booming.

A business degree is one of the most flexible degrees you can hold, opening doors to numerous career fields, from marketing to human resources to administration. Our transfer pathways allow you to complete general education requirements and continue on to bachelor and master's degree programs, while saving thousands on advanced degrees.

Faculty with connections.

Many of our instructors have previous or current careers in business-related fields, so they bring real-life experiences into their courses. And, they stay connected to business trends in order to provide relevant and meaningful content, adapting how and what they teach to reflect today's business world.

Career Outlook

Graduates with a business education may enter many different careers including accounting, advertising, economics, finance, general business, management, marketing, human resources, industrial relations, and public administration. Depending on the organization in which they work, they may become generalists or specialists.

Management

Managers develop strategies and policies to ensure that an organization's goals and objectives are met. Their responsibilities can include a wide range of roles, whether it's as the superintendent of a school or park, manager of retail location, or the chief executive officer of a large corporation.

Marketing, Advertising, & Public Relations

Marketing and advertising professionals promote a firm's products or services, coordinate market research, develop marketing strategies, determine the demand for and potential sales of products and services, propose advertisements and promotions, and use available communication channels to target specific audiences.

Human Resources

Helping organizations attract the most qualified employees and matching them to the jobs for which they are best suited, recruiting and interviewing new employees, providing advice on hiring decisions, and helping to improve morale and limit turnover by providing training and boosting employee satisfaction with jobs and working conditions are the key functions of human resource professionals.

Advanced Degree Careers

Industrial Production Managers

Median Pay $50.71/hour | $105,480/year | 1% Growth

Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers

Median Pay $65.34/hour | $135,900/year | 8% Growth

Market Research Analysts

Median Pay $30.67/hour | $63,790/year | 20% Growth

Public Relations Specialists

Median Pay $29.40/hour | $61,150/year | 6% Growth

Medical and Health Services Managers

Median Pay $48.55/hour | $100,980/year | 18% Growth

Human Resources Managers

Median Pay $56.11/hour | $96,944/year | 7% Growth

Data sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and valid 2018 through 2028.

Research Careers

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