Administrative Studies

126 Credit Hours
Day and Evening
Queens and Staten Island Campuses

The curriculum in Administrative Studies leading to the baccalaureate degree is designed to prepare students for administrative and managerial jobs in today’s technologically oriented workplace. With a solid grounding in writing, critical thinking, office software systems and a basic understanding of the business world, ADS graduates will be trained for entry level positions in both the private and public sectors of the economy.

Major Area Requirements
Human Relations Area
18-21 credit hours

  • SOC 1003: Group Dynamics
  • SOC 1004: Organizational Sociology
  • SOC 1031: The Sociology of Work
  • PSY 1019: The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
  • 2 or 3 courses chosen from the following:
  • LES 1020: Employment Law and Practice
  • PSY 1025: Organizational Psychology
  • HIS 1037: United States Labor History
  • HIS 1006: History of the Modern World: The Twentieth Century
  • ECO 1002: Principles of Economics II
  • PSY 1017: Social Psychology

Tech Area
15 - 18 credit hours

  • MTH 1021: Introduction to Statistics
  • MTH (According to placement criteria)
  • CUS 1102: Software Applications
  • CUS 1103: Spreadsheet and Database
  • CUS 1104: Presentation Graphics
  • CUS 1105: Desktop Publishing
  • TEL 1001: Survey of Telecommunications
  • TEL 1017: Introduction to World Wide Web
  • TEL 1021: Telecommunications Regulation
  • CAS 1290: Fundamentals of Media Graphics
  • CAS 1292: Publishing Graphics

Business Area
12 credit hours

  • Chosen from ACC, BLW, MGT and MKT
    MKT