Business

The overall mission of Great Basin College is supported by the business department’s offering of two main tracks of study. For students who are interested in developing skills that can be immediately applied in the workplace, the business department offers two certificates of achievement, the Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration, and one in accounting, and the Bachelor of Applied Science in Management and Supervision. Each of the certificate programs is designed to be the first year of coursework for the associate degree, and the associate degrees are the first two years of coursework for the Bachelor of Applied Science degree. These applied science programs are depicted in the table to the right.

An alternative track is for students with sights on a traditional bachelor’s in business administration or a more focused baccalaureate degree in one of the sub-disciplines of accounting, economics, finance, management, or marketing. These students will want to pursue the business pattern of study within the Associate of Arts degree.  Such a degree is designed to constitute the first two years of study in which the student will transfer to a four-year college or university where the remaining two years of study will be completed. This pattern of study focuses on a broad background in the arts and sciences with an introduction to the core disciplines of accounting and economics during the first two years of study. In addition to using the Associate of Arts degree as a transfer degree, it can also be used as a steppingstone to the increasing number of bachelor’s degrees at GBC as well.