Stark State College's business management program prepares students for entry-level management roles or advancement by building a strong foundation across all key areas of modern business. It emphasizes leadership, communication, team-building, decision-making, and strategic planning skills applicable across a wide range of industries.
Major code: 2055 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Management, Marketing, and Culinary Arts Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| MGT223 | Business Decision Making | 4 |
| MGT224 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT227 | Operations Management | 4 |
| MKT121 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Technical Electives | ||
| MGT222 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGT232 | International Business | 3 |
| MKT221 | Sales | 3 |
| MKT226 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| ACC128 | Accounting Basics for Managers 1 | 4 |
| ACC130 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS222 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| FIN110 | Personal Finance | 2 |
| ITD122 | Computer Applications for Professionals | 3 |
| or AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| College Algebra 2 | ||
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 66-67 | |
- 1
Students may take both ACC132 Financial Accounting and ACC133 Managerial Accounting in lieu of ACC128 Accounting Basics for Managers, but ACC128 Accounting Basics for Managers does not take the place of either ACC132 Financial Accounting or ACC133 Managerial Accounting.
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MTH124 Statistics or MTH125 College Algebra should only be taken by students planning to transfer to a four-year institution.
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for full-time associate degree students who plan to finish in two years.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| ITD122 or AOT226 |
Computer Applications for Professionals or Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel |
3 |
| FIN110 | Personal Finance | 2 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| College Algebra 2 | ||
| Hours | 15-16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ACC130 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS221 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ACC128 | Accounting Basics for Managers 1 | 4 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| MKT121 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MGT227 | Operations Management | 4 |
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 | |
| Technical Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| MGT224 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BUS222 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MGT223 | Business Decision Making | 4 |
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Technical Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 63-64 | |
Arts & Humanities Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG233 | British Literature: Medieval to 1785 | 3 |
| ENG234 | British Literature: 1785 to Present | 3 |
| ENG235 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG236 | American Literature: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG237 | American Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| ENG240 | Women's Literature | 3 |
| ENG241 | Major Modern Writers | 3 |
| HIS121 | United States History I to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS122 | United States History II from 1877 | 3 |
| PHL122 | Ethics | 3 |
Technical Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MGT222 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| MGT232 | International Business | 3 |
| MKT221 | Sales | 3 |
| MKT226 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Describe and analyze patterns of organizational behavior within contemporary organizations and apply management skills, human relations skills and motivational methods to create and maintain a positive work environment.
- Apply appropriate mathematical, statistical and other quantitative and business methods to analyze business situations.
- Demonstrate and apply professionalism, teamwork, and written and oral communications skills.
- Utilize specialized business skills in the areas of marketing, entrepreneurship, business development, operations, economics, as applicable, to understand businesses and how they interact with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
- Formulate goals and strategies to analyze the internal and external environment of business and demonstrate proficiency with developing strategies to identify and solve organizational problems for new and existing businesses.