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Business Occupations

Business person

Associate Degree

  • Finance & Banking Services Emphasis
  • General Management Emphasis
  • Real Estate Emphasis
  • Retail Marketing & Merchandising Emphasis

Certificate of Completion

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If you’ve always wanted to work in the fast-paced world of business, the Business Occupations Program at DACC is your ticket to success. The need for supervisors and managers in business organizations continues to grow with the economy, and our students are filling those positions. The experience and education you receive through the Business Occupations Program prepare you to assume the responsibility of supervising and managing business operations.

The Business Occupation Program, through a curriculum of practical training courses, general education courses, and selected elective classes that target a specific industry or business, can help prepare you for an entry-level supervisory or management position. You may take courses as diverse as Introduction to Supervision, Business Law, Economics, Computer Spreadsheet Applications, and Business Finance.

The program also includes fifteen credit hours of electives, allowing you to customize your course of study and concentrate in a particular instructional area. You may choose from four areas of emphasis: General Management, Real Estate, Retail Marketing and Merchandising, and Finance and Banking. You also may customize an option by seeking advising from a faculty member to plan a series of elective courses that match your interest and career goals.

Graduates of the Business Occupations Program can apply most of their courses toward either of two bachelor’s degree programs at NMSU: agricultural economics and agricultural business (offered by the College of Agriculture and Home Economics), or applied studies (offered by the College of Extended Learning).

Associate Degree (69 credits)

NOTE: Courses appearing in italics are identical to those offered at New Mexico State University Las Cruces (main) Campus.


Core Requirements      16 Credits
OR BOT 106 Business Mathematics
MATH 120 Intermediate Algebra		 3
OR COMM 253G Public Speaking
COMM 265G Principles of Human Communication		 3
OR
OR		 ECON 201G Introduction to Economics
ECON 251G Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 252G Principles of Microeconomics		 3


ENGL 111G Rhetoric and Composition

 4
OR PSY 201G Introduction to Psychology 3
SOC 101G Introductory Sociology		 3

Related Requirements      14 Credits
OR BOT 120 Accounting Procedures I
ACCT 252 Financial Accounting		 3
OR BOT 209 Business & Tech. Communication
ENGL 203G Business & Prof. Communication
ENGL 218G Tech. & Scientific Communication		 3
  OEBU 201 Work Readiness and Preparation 2


OR

OECS 105 Introduction to Microcomputer Technology
CS 110G Computer Literacy

 3
OR
OR
OR

Technology-related approved elective:

OECS 215 Spreadsheet Applications
OECS 220 Database Application/Design
BOT 211 Information Processing I
BOT 217 PowerPoint Presentations		 3

Technical Requirements      39 Credits

OR		 OEBU 110 Introduction to Business
BUSA 111 Business in a Global Society		 3

OR		 OEBU 140 Principles of Supervision I
MGT 201G Introduction to Management		 3

OR		 OEBU 210 Marketing
MKTG 203 Introduction to Marketing		 3
  OEBU 221 Cooperative Experience I (restricted to majors) 3

OR		 OEBU 231 Legal Issues in Business
BLAW 316 Legal Environment of Business		 3

OR		 OEBU 175 Intro. to Business Finance
FIN 206 Introduction to Finance		 3
  OEBU 240 Human Relations 3
  OEBU 290 Applied Business Capstone 3
 

Choose courses totaling 15 credits from the lists below. (It is permissible to combine courses from more than one area of emphasis.)

Finance and Banking Services Emphasis

  • OEBU 112 Principles of Banking (3)
  • OEBU 213 Consumer Lending (3)
  • OEBU 225 Intro. to Commercial Lending (3)
  • OEBU 23 Law and Banking (3)
  • OEBU 235 Credit Administration (3)
  • OEBU 245 Bank Investments (3)

General Management Emphasis

  • OEBU 212 Supervisory/Leadership Trends (3)
  • OEBU 248 Intro. to Quality Management (3)
  • OEBU 250 Diversity in the Workplace (3)
  • OEBU 277 Small Business Management (3)
  • OEBU 280 Intro. to Human Resources (3)
  • OEBU 282 Intro. to Internat’l Business Mgt. (3)
  • OEBU 285 Intro. to Mfg. Operations (3)
  • OEBU 287 Intro. to Export/Import (3)

Real Estate Emphasis

  • OEBU 260 Real Estate Practice (3)
  • OEBU 261 Real Estate Appraisal (3)
  • OEBU 263 Real Estate Sales Techniques (3)
  • OEBU 264 Real Estate Law (3)
  • OEBU 265 Real Estate Finance (3)

Retail Marketing and Merchandising Emphasis

  • OEBU 126 Retail Management (3)
  • OEBU 132 Principles of Selling (3)
  • OEBU 136 Fund. of Buying & Merch. (3)
  • OEBU 138 Advertising (3)
  • OEBU 205 Customer Svc. Practices/Tech. (3)
  • OEBU 239 Visual Marketing Techniques (3)
 15


Certificate (24 credits)


Core Requirements      6 Credits
OR BOT 105 Business English I (3)
ENGL 111G Rhetoric and Composition (4)		 3-4
OR BOT 106 Business Mathematics
MATH 120 Intermediate Algebra		 3

Related Requirements      3 Credits


OR

OECS 105 Introduction to Microcomputer Technology
CS 110G Computer Literacy

 3

Technical Requirements      15 Credits

OR		 OEBU 110 Introduction to Business
BUSA 111 Business in a Global Society		 3

OR		 OEBU 140 Principles of Supervision I
MGT 201G Introduction to Management		 3
  Choose courses totaling 9 credits from one or more of the emphases listed for the associate degree 9