Business Administration Transfer Option
Associate Degree Program
Delaware Tech’s Business Administration Transfer (BAT) Program provides the foundational coursework necessary for successful transfer to nationally-ranked four-year colleges of business accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) such as University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business. The BAT Program provides the high-level preparation in general education needed for upper-level coursework at these universities as well as the necessary foundation for a business education and transfer into one of these five programs: Accounting, Management, Operations Management, Sports Management or Marketing. View the section on Connected Degree programs below to learn more about your options for transfer.
Offered at the following location(s): Dover, Georgetown, Wilmington
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- General and Operations Managers
- First-line Supervisors
- Retail Managers
- Hospitality Managers
- Human Resources Specialists
Upon completion of a bachelor’s degree, depending on your chosen major, some examples of positions you may be qualified for are:
- Accounting: internal auditor, credit specialist, CPA (upon completion of 150 credit hours of coursework and licensure)
- Management, Sports Management or Operations Management: operations research analyst, quality analyst, event planner, athletic director, positions in major or minor league sports management
- Marketing: advertising analyst, brand/product specialist, marketing research analyst, public relations specialist, sales professional
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Integrate professional, ethical, and legal standards into business practice.
- Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
- Analyze data to process information for decision-making under a product and job costing system.
- Evaluate the actions taken to acquire and retain customers.
- Measure and track financial performance of an organization.
- Analyze and apply the strategic management process to organizations.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| First Year Seminar | 1 | |
| Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| General Psychology | 3 | |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| Composition I | 3 | |
| Statistical Reasoning | 4 |
Semester 2
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting I | 3 | |
| Business Technology Applications | 3 | |
| Or | ||
| Excel | 3 | |
| Microeconomics | 3 | |
| Composition II | 3 | |
| Reasoning with Functions I | 5 |
Semester 3
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting II | 3 | |
| Money and Banking | 3 | |
| Elective | Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3 |
| Business Calculus I | 4 | |
| Principles of Management | 3 |
Semester 4
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Communications | 3 | |
| Statistics II | 3 | |
| Or | ||
| Sociology | 3 | |
| Cost Accounting | 3 | |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| Elective | History/Cultural Support Elective | 4/3 |
| Elective | Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3 |
Approved Electives
Select two (2) social science/humanities elective.
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| U. S. History: Pre-Civil War | 3 | |
| United States History Post-Civil War | 3 | |
| Art History: Renaissance to Modern Era | 3 | |
| World History II | 3 | |
| Spanish Communication I | 4 | |
| Spanish Communication II | 4 |
Select one (1) science support elective.
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Terminology | 3 | |
| Essentls-Anatomy & Physiology | 4 | |
| General Biology | 4 | |
| General Chemistry | 4 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Science and Technology | 3 | |
| Conceptual Physics | 4 |
The Business Administration Transfer degree requirements vary by senior institution. Contact an advisor prior to registration to ensure you complete the courses required by the institution you wish to attend after graduating from Delaware Tech.
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 67 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
BSSAASBAT
Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
Kimberly Bailey-Thomas
Department Chair, Program Advisor, and Instructor
kbaileyt@dtcc.edu
(302) 259-6667
This program is offered at Dover, Georgetown, and Wilmington campuses.