What is Business Administration?
The Business Administration program prepares students with specific business management and administrative knowledge and skills to successfully work in today's global business world. This program offers three concentrated areas of study for students to choose from, which include: Accounting, Human Resource Management, and Management. A student has the opportunity to choose one of these options and specialize in their designated area of study.
What are my career choices?
Graduates can enter the workforce as bookkeepers, accounting technicians, cost/payroll managers and similar positions using computer-based systems. With advanced study beyond the associates degree, students can become certified public accountants or financial planners.
Human Resource Management prepares students for positions in the human resource field, such as human resources/employment assistant, technician, and benefits specialist.
Management prepares the student with broad-based management knowledge and skills; which lead to a variety of positions in organizations, such as administrative specialist, office manager, records and information specialist, and operation support assistant.
Credentials Available at SKYCTC
| Payroll Accounting Specialist Certificate: 9-12 Total credit hours | Requirements |
| General Business Certificate: 12 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | Requirements |
| Entrepreneurship Certificate: 12 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | Requirements |
| Public Leadership Certificate: 12 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | Requirements |
| Advanced Business Administration Certificate: 15 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Business Transfer Certificate: 15 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Management Certificate: 15 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Human Resource Management Certificate: 18 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Team Leadership Certificate: 18 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Accounting Certificate: 18-21 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Accounting Recordkeeping Specialist Certificate: 18-21 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Supervisory Management Certificate: 21 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Small Business Management Diploma: 37-43 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Organizational Leadership Diploma: 39-46 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Business Administration AAS - Accounting Track: 61-64 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Business Administration AAS - Human Resource Management Track: 64-67 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
| Business Administration AAS - Management Track: 63-67 Total Credit Hours | Requirements |
Admission Requirements
This program has no special admission requirements.
Length of Program
You can earn an associate in applied science degree in two years if you maintain full-time status.
Institutional Accreditation
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
Note: The Commission is to be contacted only if there is evidence that appears to support an institution's significant non-compliance with a requirement or standard.
