Program Codes:
SBUS.AAS
Associate in Applied Science
Small Business Management/Entrepreneurial Studies is for people who intend to start, or who already operate a small business. This program can help students who have a skill or idea - and want to be their own boss - to realize their goal of running a successful business. The degree program incorporates General Education courses with the Small Business Management curriculum. The certificate is designed for those with no prior college course work and includes English composition with the Small Business Management curriculum. The certificate of achievement program is geared toward people who already hold a College degree and intend to operate a small business.
Below are required courses and recommended course groupings and sequences for program completion.
Courses may have prerequisite and corequisite requirements. Check course descriptions for details.
Through a variety of writing projects requiring competence in clear, correct, and effective English, students will use inferential and critical skills in the process of composing documented essays. Extensive reading materials serve as structural models and as the bases for discussion and for the writing of essays involving response, analysis, and synthesis.
A passing score on the College placement test or a grade of “C” or better in ENG-010
The planning, supervision, control and performance of activities involved in the production of goods and services. The problems of human relations and labor-management and the functions of human resources, marketing, purchasing, production and finance are explored from the standpoint of effectively carrying on business that relates positively to the society of which it is a part.
Appropriate score on the College placement test, MAT-013 or departmental approval
This course defines computers and computer applications and their use in business, industry and government. Students completing this course will be computer fluent. Students will understand the capabilities and limitations of computers and know how to use them. In addition, students will understand computers and their ethical, legal and societal implications. Topics include the history of computers, hardware devices, software programs, terminology, privacy of information, ethical behavior and the influence of computers on people and society. Hands-on experience includes: using a Windows operating system, a word processor, designing and implementing spreadsheets and producing presentations. This course is recommended for anyone who will be involved with computers and the use of computer application software.
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Social Science (GE SS).
Through a variety of writing projects requiring competence in clear, correct, and effective English, students will use inferential and critical skills in the process of composing argument synthesis essays. Students will engage in formal written argumentation based on extensive reading and analysis of complex texts. Through the research process, students will locate, analyze, and synthesize scholarly sources to advance their own informed positions on relevant issues in the composition of a formal research paper.
A grade of “C” or better in ENG-121
Focuses on accounting as applied in the small business setting. Emphasizes small business record keeping from basic journalizing to year-end closing and financial statement preparation. Use of computerized general ledger and other software will be employed to accomplish the above mentioned tasks. Also covers managerial issues and demonstrates use of basic analytical tools for problem solving at the small business level.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Introduces the student to the principles of small business management and the functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, financing and staffing a small business enterprise.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
For the small business owners/entrepreneurs looking to improve their marketing skills in today's domestic, global and international business environments. Through a case study format with additional emphasis on other relevant functional areas of business, the student will come to fully understand all activities and processes involved in the flow of goods, services, ideas and events from producer and/or manufacturer to consumers. Through this type of analysis, the small business owner/entrepreneur will be able to incorporate a systems approach, to fully understand the marketing and sales conditions being affected and to analyze the problems as well as the strategies used in solving these problems.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Introduction to the theory and practice of public address; the study of representative public addresses and the preparation and delivery of short speeches.
Brief surveys of the American legal system, procedural law, crimes and torts, administrative agencies, consumer, environmental and planning law. Detailed study of the substantive law of contracts, personal property and bailments and sales law. (In applicable areas, the Uniform Commercial Code is covered as well as the common law principles.)
Techniques of advertising and sales promotion to increase sales. Topics include: policies and procedures used in planning and preparing advertisements evaluation and selection of media, planning and coordinating advertising, sales promotion and facility layout for small business.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Learn about leadership and supervision in modern organizations. Introduces a variety of behavioral and managerial leadership theories and research findings. Case studies, experimental exercises and the media are used to stimulate classroom discussion.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Courses with MKT or MGT for which students have the appropriate preparation are recommended or see department chair.
A passing score on the algebra portion of the College placement test or MAT-013
Physical/Health Education Elective
Introduces the fundamental principles of risk and financial management. Content focuses on insurance, consumer and trade credit, budgeting, banking, investing, loans and other financial considerations facing owners of small business.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Integration of classroom study with specific planned periods of learning through work experience. Co-op or internship based. The course utilizes a seminar approach with performance-based human relations activities and individual student objectives that are job related and employer evaluated.
Student must have completed half the courses in the Small Business Management curriculum or written permission of the department chairperson and Counseling and Career Services Office
Senior status in SBM curriculum or written permission of department chairperson.
An interdisciplinary course which integrates and synthesizes concepts and information from preceding management courses. Emphasis is on establishing an environment to employ previously learned material, with the opportunity to practice decision-making and control techniques based on this material. Case studies are employed and supplemented with simulation techniques. Emphasis is given to subordinate supervisor interaction, with students participating individually and in teams.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Students may select science courses with a GE MST designation in BIO, CHM, PHY or SCI for which they have the appropriate academic preparation.
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Humanities (GE HUM).
Articulation agreements with public and private institutions offer students who earn the A.A.S. degree the opportunity to transfer all of their coursework to the four-year institution. Students in specialized programs, or who earn an A.A.S. degree should discuss the transfer process with an advisor.
They will study the elements that are necessary for a thriving business: business plan, capital needs, marketing strategies, legal and tax issues, forms of ownership, employee management, new technologies, sales, marketing and new product development. They will acquire skills particular to entrepreneurs but transferable to the general business environment.
Note: Not all SBM courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Algebra I is a prerequisite for all majors. Students may satisfy this requirement with a grade of “C” or better in high school Algebra I. Algebra I competency may be verified with a passing score on the College’s placement test or by the completion of the appropriate course.
Once students complete developmental coursework (if needed), the degree can be completed in two years of full-time study. They can shorten the amount of time by taking courses in the summer and winter sessions. Some major courses in the Small Business Management program may only be offered in the evenings and not every semester.