General Business

Associate Degree Program

In the modern global marketplace, a solid base of business knowledge can be applied to a diversity of careers, and Delaware Tech’s General Business program provides an excellent means of exploring the many career paths associated with business. It provides you with the fundamentals of business operations with an emphasis on both practical functions and theoretical aspects of business organizations. This blending of knowledge and skills enables you to meet your individual employment goals and educational needs and is designed to assist you in obtaining entry-level job skills and the credentials necessary for advancement. The knowledge you gain from this program will prepare you for opportunities in government; nonprofit organizations; and small, medium and large private businesses.

This program is offered at the Dover, Georgetown and Wilmington Campuses.

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare you for positions such as:

• Entrepreneur/business owner
• Entry-level manager
• Entry-level staff accountant
• Entry-level marketing account executive
• Sales
• Office administrator

What You Will Earn

Competitive starting salaries range from $16,000 - $34,000.

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.

1. Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
2. Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
3. Apply the principles of human resource management to organizations.
4. Evaluate the actions taken to acquire and retain customers.
5. Measure and track financial performance of an organization.
6. 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:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See an academic counselor for details!