Occupational Studies - Bucks County Community College

Occupational Studies from Bucks County Community College is a Campus Associate Management degree that prepares you for a Business career. The Occupational Studies major is for students whose educational and occupational goals are not met by the College's other occupational and transfer majors. It allows students to build a sequence of courses to satisfy specific skills needed for employment and, upon successful completion, results in the award of the Associate of Arts degree . This major may be of particular interest to potential and current area vocational technical high school students as well as graduates of area vocational-technical high schools. This program is not for students who plan to transfer to baccalaureate institutions. Students are admitted to this major only after they indicate both the occupational objective and specific employment they expect to achieve through completion of the major. While the major is designed for students beginning their collegiate work, students with fewer than sixty credits of collegiate work may enter the major after receiving permission from both an academic advisor and the Chairperson of the Department of Business Studies. This program is designed to prepare students for a variety of functional and staff operational,supervisory and management positions.The specific field of employment will be determined by the student 's own interest and background,and will relate to the occupational electives. Graduates of this program are able to * analyze and appraise basic operations and relate them to the particular business enterprise that they have identified in their occupational objectives; * apply and use the common mathematical functions of business such as the time value of money and interest,discount and loan calculations; * recognize basic computer concepts and use the Internet,email and standard computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets and graphics; * create business letters,memos and analytical reports; and * prepare and deliver informative and persuasive speeches in a business setting. View more details on Bucks County Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Management courses.