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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Business with a concentration in Management/Business Administration

VCU

Community college:
Associate of Science: Business Administration (Thomas Nelson Community College)
Thomas Nelson Community College
Thomas Nelson Community College
Associate degree

Associate of Science: Business Administration

Program description

The activity of management is concerned with setting an organization’s strategic goals and formulating processes to achieve them. Managers carry out their administrative roles by handling such duties as preparing and administering budgets, planning and directing operations, and coordinating employees’ activities.

The management/business administration concentration provides students with a broad-based study of management and other business disciplines. The course options in the curriculum give students flexibility in developing a program of study that can lead to a variety of entry-level positions in private and public organizations.

Career opportunities

The management/business administration concentration crosses all areas of business and as such prepares you to have many choices for a career path upon graduating.  Important skills such as communication, leadership, decision making, data analysis, and strategic thinking are developed in this concentration and are critical for all types of business careers.  Typical managers address a wide variety of problems: financial, operational, human, legal, and political, on a routine basis.  Private, public and government agencies all require employees with strong management skills. Typical titles upon graduating include account manager, business analyst, management trainee, sales representative, and recruiter.

Because the business administration degree provides a broad business background, it’s important for students to pursue internship and externship experience to gain depth and specialization in their future fields of work. 

https://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/business/business-major.htm

Bachelor-level job titles
  • Bank Manager
  • Construction Supervisor
  • Credit Analyst
  • Entertainment Agent
  • Government Services Administrator
  • Hotel Manager
  • Loan Officer
  • Management Analyst
  • Payroll Assistant
  • Purchasing Agent
  • Quality Control Auditor
Graduate and professional level job titles
  • Account Executive
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Management Consultant
  • Real Estate Developer
Contact information

 

VCU Transfer Center

Telephone: (804) 827-1349

Email: transferinfo@vcu.edu

Transfer Advising Request

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Office of Admissions

Telephone: (804) 828-1222 or (800) 841-3638

Email: ugrad@vcu.edu
Apply Here.

Guaranteed transfer admission requirements

Completion of associate degree
Minimum GPA of 2.5
All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better

Degree requirements in Bulletin
Plan of study in Bulletin
Requirements
Highest level of math required
  • MATH 200 or SCMA 212 or BUSN 212
  • SCMA 302
Science required
  • Core only
Foreign language requirements
  • No
Additional tuition/fees
  • Yes
GPA requirements (to progress/graduate in the major)
  • 2.5 to declare major/2.0 to graduate
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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Business with a concentration in Management/Business Administration

Thomas Nelson Community College (Associate of Science: Business Administration)

MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
Explore Year 1
  • Attend New Student Orientation.
  • Register for SDV 101.
  • Use Navigate to schedule an appointment with your advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Start your math sequence and pass ENG 111-112.
  • Cultivate relationships with your professors.
  • Attend cultural events at community college and/or VCU and celebrate diversity.
  • Attend VCU’s annual Intercultural Festival or another community intercultural event.
  • Browse careers related to Management through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad’s Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Build a LinkedIn profile.
  • Take a career assessment through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Practice independent living skills (such as money management, self-care, time management, and personal responsibility).
  • Familiarize yourself with the Career Services offered at Community College and VCU and explore Career Pathways on the VCU website.
Experience Year 2
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Research scholarship opportunities and explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
  • Explore the VCU School of Business website to become familiar with upcoming course offerings, syllabi and professors.
  • Visit the VCU campus and attend a transfer admission session.
  • Research housing for next year.
  • Attend a talk or other event sponsored by the VCU School of Business and consider joining a VCU club, or meeting with VCU students to make professional and personal connections.
  • Join a professional organization related to business administration: American Management Association.
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Attend VCU cultural events, including the monthly Global Café, VCU Diversity Scholars in Research week, or School of Business-related events.
  • Find out about VCU REAL.
  • Attend Career & Internship Fairs at community college or VCU to explore your interests.
  • Plan to complete at least two internships (job experiences) before your senior year of college.
  • Create a draft resume and bring it to career services advisor or workshop for review.
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Using LinkedIn, connect to at least 10 people. Check out the VCU alumni page in My Network.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
  • Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.

Explore
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Attend New Student Orientation.
  • Register for SDV 101.
  • Use Navigate to schedule an appointment with your advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Start your math sequence and pass ENG 111-112.
  • Cultivate relationships with your professors.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Attend cultural events at community college and/or VCU and celebrate diversity.
  • Attend VCU’s annual Intercultural Festival or another community intercultural event.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
  • Browse careers related to Management through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad’s Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Build a LinkedIn profile.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Take a career assessment through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Practice independent living skills (such as money management, self-care, time management, and personal responsibility).
  • Familiarize yourself with the Career Services offered at Community College and VCU and explore Career Pathways on the VCU website.

Experience
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Research scholarship opportunities and explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
  • Explore the VCU School of Business website to become familiar with upcoming course offerings, syllabi and professors.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
  • Visit the VCU campus and attend a transfer admission session.
  • Research housing for next year.
  • Attend a talk or other event sponsored by the VCU School of Business and consider joining a VCU club, or meeting with VCU students to make professional and personal connections.
  • Join a professional organization related to business administration: American Management Association.
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Attend VCU cultural events, including the monthly Global Café, VCU Diversity Scholars in Research week, or School of Business-related events.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
  • Find out about VCU REAL.
  • Attend Career & Internship Fairs at community college or VCU to explore your interests.
  • Plan to complete at least two internships (job experiences) before your senior year of college.
  • Create a draft resume and bring it to career services advisor or workshop for review.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Using LinkedIn, connect to at least 10 people. Check out the VCU alumni page in My Network.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
  • Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.
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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Business with a concentration in Management/Business Administration

Thomas Nelson Community College (Associate of Science: Business Administration)

Thomas Nelson Community College courses
Course Title Equivalent course Credits Requirements
SDV 101 Orientation to Business UNIV 101 1 Elective
ENG 111 College Composition I Note: students with credit for AP English Language and Composition will only receive credit for UNIV 111 at VCU and should take ENG 112 to fulfill the VCU composition requirement. UNIV 111-112 3 General education
MTH 161 PreCalculus I MATH 141 3 General education
ITE 115 Introduction to Computer Applications INFO 160, 161, 162 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Laboratory Science I Select 1 sequence: BIO 101, CHM 101, GOL 105, GOL 111, PHY 101, PHY 141, PHY 201 VCU equivalent 4 General education
ENG 112 College Composition II UNIV 200 3 General education
MTH 261 Applied Calculus BUSN 212 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Laboratory Science II Take second course in the sequence selected previously: BIO 102, CHM 102, GOL 106, GOL 112, PHY 102, PHY 142, PHY 202 VCU equivalent 4 General education
ECO 201 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics ECON 211 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I ACCT 203 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ECO 202 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics ECON 210 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ACC 212 Principles of Accounting II ACCT 204 3 Major (Business Foundation)
PHI 220 Ethics PHIL 201 3 General education
BUS 216 Probability & Statistics for Business and Economics SCMA 301 3 Major (Advanced Business Core)
BUS 100 Introduction to Business (substitute for BUS 200) BUSN 201 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Social Science Select 1: PSY 200, SOC 200, PLS 135, 241 VCU equivalent 3 General education
Humanities Select 1: ENG 200-level literature; PHI 101, 111; ART 101, 102; MUS 121; REL 231, 232 VCU equivalent 3 General education
CST 100 Public Speaking BUSN 225 3 Major (Business Foundation)
BUS 281 Managing in Global Organizations BUSN 2XX 3 Elective
BUS 241 Business Law BUSN 2XX 3 Elective
Thomas Nelson credits transferred to VCU 60
VCU courses
Course Title Credits Requirements
INFO 165 Digital Literacy: Spreadsheets Skills II 1 Major (Business Foundation)
BUSN 325 Organizational Communication 3 Major
BUSN 499 Business Knowledge Exam 0 Major
FIRE 311 Financial Management 3 Major
MGMT 303 Creativity and Ideation 3 Major
MGMT 310 Managing People in Organizations 3 Major
MGMT 434 Strategic Management (capstone) 3 Major
MKTG 301 Marketing Principles 3 Major
BUSN 323 Legal Environment of Business 3 Major
ECON 303 Managerial Economics 3 Major
INFO 360 Business Information Systems 3 Major
MGMT 319 Leadership 3 Major
SCMA 320 Production/Operations Management 3 Major
MGMT 331 Human Resource Management 3 Major
MGMT 389 Managerial Skills Development 3 Major
SCMA 302 Business Statistics II 3 Major
Approved financial markets elective (select one): see VCU advisor for course options 3 Major
Approved global elective (select one): see VCU advisor for course options 3 Major
Approved management elective (select one): see VCU advisor for course options 3 Major
Approved supply chain and analytics elective (select one): see VCU advisor for course options 3 Major
Approved systems and marketing elective (select one): see VCU advisor for course options 3 Major
Open electives 2 Elective
Credits completed at VCU 60
Bachelor's degree total 120