This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Business Administration career area; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of a Business Administration career.
This program includes the following certificates:
In this program, the student will follow 1 of 2 pathways. Either the Small Business Management, or the Entrepreneurship & Innovation pathways. These two opportunities are 4 courses, or 12 credit hours, different from one another and culminate in the same AS in Business Administration degree. However, these 12 credits are not transferable amongst the specialization and once chosen, the student must continue with the 4 total courses in that chosen specialization.
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Program Contact Information
BusinessAdmin@lssc.edu 352-323-3635
Program Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| ENC 1101 | College Composition I | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| POS 2041 | American National Government | 3 |
| or AMH 2020 | U.S. History Since 1877 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| GEB 1011 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| QMB 1001 | Business Mathematics | 3 |
| ENT 1000 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| |
| Business Computer Applications | |
| Business Communications | |
| Small Business Management | |
| Human Relations in Business & Industry | |
| |
| Fundamentals of Project Management | |
| Team Project Management | |
| Innovation in Business & Entrepreneurship | |
| Creativity and Innovation in a Business Environment | |
| GEB 1136 | Introduction to E-Business | 3 |
| GEB 1430 | Business Ethics & Etiquette | 3 |
| MAN 2021 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ACG 2021 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| APA 2144 | Introduction to QuickBooks | 3 |
| ACG 2071 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| 6 |
| Intermediate Algebra | |
| Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | |
| Project Management Concepts | |
| Principles of Marketing | |
| Personal Finance | |
| Internship in Business Administration | |
| Total Hours | 60 |
When beginning this program, students should make an appointment for advising with their academic advisor.
Only required courses for an LSSC degree or qualifying certificate program are eligible for federal financial aid. Verify course choices and avoid charges by making an appointment with an academic advisor.
As per the amended Florida Rule 6A-10.02413, prior to the award of an associate in science or associate in applied science degree, LSSC students under the 2022-2023 Catalog and thereafter must demonstrate competency in civic literacy through one of the following options prior to graduation:
- successfully passing POS 2041 American National Government or AMH 2020 U.S. History Since 1877 and achieving a 60% or higher on the Florida Civic Literacy Exam, or
- successfully passing a prescribed assessment:
- AP Government & Politics Test: United States (passing score of 3), or
- AP U.S. History Test (passing score of 4), or
- CLEP: American Government (passing score of 50)
To verify your Civic Literacy Requirement, please visit Degree Works.
Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced, and Program Elective courses.
For information about career options, visit www.lssc.edu/careers.
Students must complete 25% of each program's total credit hours at LSSC.
