Business
- AAS
Want to hit the ground running in the business world? An AAS in Business will do just that, giving you the managerial and technical skills you can use in any environment: large, medium, or small-sized business. Choose from one of four concentrations — Entrepreneurship, Logistics, Management, or Marketing & Retailing. See what a two-year business degree can do for you.
Associate of Applied Science
Length
Two years
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After Nashville State
You will be ready for the workforce. Where? Depends on your concentration. Our Career Services team can help you find the right fit.
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Campus Availability: Courses for this degree are available at a variety of campus locations and online. To check current course offerings check class schedule.
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Our Business Concentrations
Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship concentration provides the knowledge and skills to become an entrepreneur in today’s changing job market. Instruction in the areas of entrepreneurial planning, managing, marketing, accounting, and supervising are emphasized. This concentration will prepare you to enter the small business environment as a small business owner or manager.
Logistics
We’ve all seen in recent years how important logistics and supply chain management are. This program integrates business management and computer information systems courses with the latest logistics practices and technologies. Begin your successful career with the necessary mastery of supply chain management principles, warehousing and distribution, inventory control, traffic management, regulatory compliance, and various analytical tools.
Management
The Management concentration will give you the knowledge and skills required for careers in a wide variety of service, merchandising, and manufacturing organizations. Develop the skills to own and operate a business, or to prepare yourself for career opportunities as a production manager, store/office manager, or sales and marketing director.
Marketing & Retailing
The Marketing and Retailing concentration prepares you for the process of identifying what, when, how much, where, and why consumers want specific products and services. Learn how Internet technology provides the marketer worldwide access to meet the needs of a global market. Start your successful marketing career fully skilled in customer service and sales techniques, communications, management and planning, general business practices, economics, and organizational and consumer behavior.
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Get the Best Education from an Accredited Program
Out business program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Get an education certified by a nationally recognized organization.
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
Join the Kappa Beta Delta Honor Society
Business students are eligible for membership in Kappa Beta Delta (KBD) which is an international honor society established by the ACBSP. KBD encourages and recognizes scholarship and accomplishment among students of business, management, and administration pursuing associate degrees.
Be encouraged as we promote personal and professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind. Boost your resume, enhance your education, and join KBD.
Kappa Beta Delta Honor Society
Credit for What You Know
You may be eligible to earn college credit based on the experience you already have.
This experience could come from your job, the military, and more.
CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE