2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 20, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Business Administration Associate Degree, ABA


Program Description

Code 301 - 61-62 Credits

The Business Management program at Kellogg Community College prepares students to enter the career of management and supervision. The program includes a rigorous curriculum of classroom and lab experiences that prepare the student for success in small or large businesses.

This degree program is MTA aligned and is designed to meet pre-business course requirements for all business-related majors. These majors include accountancy, business analytics, business law, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, supply management, management, marketing, and sales. It is recommended that a student complete the entire associate degree in order to transfer to a four-year institution with junior standing.

Requirements for the Degree

  1. A minimum of sixty (60) credit hours earned, excluding BIOL, TSMA and TSRE courses with numbers less than 100 and MUSI 100. A cumulative grade point average at KCC of at least 2.0.
  2. A minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours must be completed at Kellogg Community College.
  3. A maximum of 75% of the credit hours required for a degree may be documented and transferred to KCC.
  4. All Students who obtain an Associate degree must complete the FYS 101  - First-Year Seminar course with a grade of a C or higher. This degree requirement can also be achieved by earning a degree from an accredited institution or transferring 24 or more credits from another accredited institution applicable to their degree. See an Academic Advisor, or connect with the Integrative Learning Department, for course completion and/or any questions pertaining to the FYS course.

Service-Learning Requirement

Students who obtain an Associate degree or an Associate of Applied Science degree will be required to complete a service-learning experience. The final grade in the course must qualify for academic credit in order to receive the service-learning endorsement. Please contact an Academic Advisor for courses that offer a service-learning experience, or search in the class schedules.

Program Learning Outcomes


  1. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT:  The student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the multiple contexts of business  – including within the global and legal environment.
  2. ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:  The student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how to apply ethics and social responsibility in a business setting.
  3. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES:   The student will be able to identify, explain, and apply generally accepted accounting principles.
  4. OFFICE PROCEDURES & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:  The student will demonstrate knowledge of office procedures and demonstrate technical proficiency in a business environment.
  5. COMMUNICATION:   Students will demonstrate effective communication to include receiving, interpreting, and sharing of information in the verbal, non-verbal, and digital forms.

Required General Education Courses


MTA English Composition and General Education Effective Communication


MTA Communications and General Education Effective Communication


MTA Natural Sciences and General Education Critical Thinking


MTA Humanities & Fine Arts and General Education Personal & Cultural Engagement


Business Electives


Choose two (2) courses from the following:


Work with your advisor to align with your chosen transfer institution.

Information


For more Associate in Business Administration program information, see the program webpage: https://kellogg.edu/academics/areas-of-study/business-computer-information-technology/business/.

To apply to the Business Administration program and begin mapping your course sequence, use this link advising@kellogg.edu to make an appointment with an academic advisor.