Business Studies
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Business Program Highlights
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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.
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.
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.
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Business Studies MiTransfer
Community colleges and universities have collaborated to simplify the transfer process by developing MiTransfer Pathways. These transfer pathways build on the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA), which makes it easier for students to transfer their general education courses earned at Mid Michigan College to participating four-year institutions in Michigan.
View Mid Michigan College’s MTA requirements.
Business faculty identified courses that will transfer between community colleges and universities in Michigan.
The following courses at Mid Michigan College are guaranteed to transfer to business programs of participating institutions.
| COURSE # | COURSE NAME | CREDITS |
|---|---|---|
ECO 202 |
Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
ECO 201 |
Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
ACC 201 |
Financial Accounting | 4 |
ACC 211 |
Managerial Accounting | 4 |
BUS 213 |
Business Law | 3 |
Mid Michigan College Degree Requirements
These are Mid Michigan College associate degree requirements and may not be accepted for transfer by universities participating in the agreement.
| COURSE # | COURSE NAME | CREDITS |
|---|---|---|
CIS 100 |
Computer Information Systems | 3 |
Transfer Institution Degree Requirements
Transfer institutions have identified remaining degree requirements that a student can take at Mid Michigan College that will transfer to a participating business program.
To view the details about each pathway including the full agreement, for each institution, visit the MI Transfer website.
Seamless Transfer to Michigan Colleges & Universities
Mid Michigan College is a participating member in MiTransfer Pathways, a Statewide agreement that identifies courses students should complete as a part of an associate degree that will transfer seamlessly toward a bachelor degree and simplify the transfer process. Mid's Business Studies Pathway is part of MiTransfer Pathways and can provide you with guidance about transferring specific courses to multiple colleges and universities in Michigan.
The Michigan Transfer Network website allows you to view transfer course equivalencies between many Michigan colleges and universities. If you would like to go back to school, transfer to another college or university in Michigan, or simply see how courses at Mid would transfer to another school, this site is for you!
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