BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Path to Purple Articulated Agreement between Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and Winona State University (WSU). First two years provide an Associate in Science (A.S.) degree in Business Administration at RCTC; the second two years provide a Bachelor in Science (B.S.) degree in Business Administration at WSU.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

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Minimum of 30 Credits

GOAL 1: WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION (CM)
*ENGL 1117Reading & Writing Critically I
*COMM 1114 Fundamentals of Speech / 7 Credits
4 Credits
3Credits
GOAL 2: CRITICAL THINKING (CT) MAY BE MET
BY ANY COURSE IN MNTC 1-10 GOALS
GOAL 3: NATURAL SCIENCE (NS)
Choose two courses with labs from two different areas from Goal 3. / 6 Credits
*GOAL 4: MATHEMATICS/LOGICAL REASONING (MA)
MATH 1113, OR MATH 1115, OR MATH 1117,
OR MATH 1119, OR MATH 1127 / 3-5 Credits
GOAL 5: HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES (SS)
*ECON 2214Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2215Principles of Macroeconomics
Choose from: Anthropology, Geography, History,
MCOM 1110, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology / 11 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
3 Credits
GOAL 6: HUMANITIES – THE ARTS, LITERATURE,
AND PHILOSOPHY (HA)
Choose from a Goal 6 discipline. / 3 Credits

BUSINESS CORE REQUIREMENTS

*ACCT 2217Financial Accounting
ACCT 2218Managerial Accounting
BTEC 2350 Microcomputer Business Applications
BUS 2201Principles of Marketing
BUS 2210Legal Environment of Business
*BUS 2212 Business & Economic Statistics / 21 Credits
4 Credits
4 Credits
3 Credits
3Credits
3Credits
4Credits
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIS
Choose three (3) of the following courses:
BUS 1101Introduction to Business
BUS 2144Introduction to e-Business
BUS 2150 Introduction to International Business
BUS 2214Retailing
BUS 2232Principles of Management
BUS 2296Business Internship / 9 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
TOAL CREDITS / Minimum of 60 Credits

Admission to Winona State University (WSU) College of Business for B.S. majors and minors is required before students may enroll in 300-400 level classes. Admission requirements include:

  1. 30 or more earned credits at the time of application
  2. Cumulative GPA of 2.5
  3. *Completion of the following RCTC courses with a minimum of a “C” is required:

*ENGL 1117*COMM 1114*ACCT 2217

*ECON 2214* BUS 2212*MATH 1113 or above (excludes MATH 2208)

In addition, students will need to complete RCTC’s ENGL 1118 (4cr) or WSU’s ENG 112 (1cr) course before they will be admitted into the Winona State University College of Business.

RCTC BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Associate in Science Degree), Suggested Program Guide

Semester I
ACCT 2217
BUS Adm Emphasis Elective
ENGL 1117
General Ed Elective - Math / 4 Credits
3 Credits
4 Credits
3-5 Credits / Semester II
ACCT 2218
BUS 2201
BUS Adm Emphasis Elective
COMM 1114
General Education Elective / 4 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
Semester III
BUS 221
BUS Adm Emphasis Elective
Econ 2214
General Education Elective / 4 Credits
3 Credits
4 Credits
3 Credits / Semester IV
BUS 2201
BTEC 2350
ECON 2215
General Education Elective / 3 Credits
3 Credits
4 Credits
6 Credits

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS AT WSU

Note: Students must apply for admission to the College of Business. See WSU (www. winona.edu) College of Business Admissions Requirements

NOTE: Admission to WSU College of Business B.S. majors and minors is required before students may enroll in 300-400 level classes. Students will need to complete RCTC’s ENGL 1118 (4cr) OR WSU ENG 112 (1cr) course before they will be admitted into WSU College of Business.

GENERAL EDUCATION/HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ENGL 1118
Health & Physical Development
Any MNTC Credits / 12 Credits
4 Credits
2 Credits
6 Credits
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSA 311 Business Law II
WMGMT 317 Management of Human Resources
WMGMT 325 Organizational Dynamics MGMT 334Operations Management
MGMT 345International BusinessMGMT 464Project Management
OMGMT 495 Strategic Management
MIS 362Management Information Systems / 24 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits
FINANCE
FIN 360 Corporate Finance / 3 Credits
3 Credits
MAJOR ELECTIVES (Must be 300+ level electives)
Courses from Business Administration (BUSA), Management (MGMT), or Management Information Systems (MIS)
Courses from College of Business / 12 Credits
6 Credits
6 Credits
OPEN ELECTIVES / 9 Credits

TOTAL CREDITS

/ 60 Credits

REQUIRED FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS) BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

/ 120 Credits

O = Oral IntensivesM=Math/Critical Analysis IntensivesW = Writing Intensives

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