The Business curriculum at RRCC prepares students to launch or advance a career in business. The program features faculty with real-world experience who engage students in learning the practical applications of business principles. We also offer flexible learning formats and partnerships with business and industry as well as area colleges and universities.
Flexible learning formats- classroom, hybrid, or online - allow students to build a schedule that works for them as they are working toward a certificate or degree.
The business program offers the skills you need to be successful in your education and your career. Whichever concentration area you choose to study, once you graduate, you will be able to:
- Write properly structured and organized business documents.
- Examine a business problem and design a course of action.
- Use correct business terms.
Depending on your focus, you will also earn how to:
- Develop a business opportunity (Entrepreneurship)
- Explain the universal management functions of directing, planning, organizing, and controlling (Management)
- Develop the appropriate marketing mix to capitalize on a marketing opportunity (Marketing)
- Contrast cultural differences between domestic and international business (International Business)
- Analyze management dilemmas and propose responses using resources and tools that support effective practice in the nonprofit sector (Nonprofit Management)
- Prepare real estate documents (Real Estate)
Partnerships with business and industry as well as area colleges and universities provide many paths for students to chart their course toward a rewarding career.
Apply to the Bachelor or Applied Science in Business Administration
Please make sure to submit your application at least two weeks before the start of the term to allow enough time for processing and to complete your registration. Applications submitted after this deadline may not be processed in time, and there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to register on time.
Step 1: Complete one of the qualifying Associate of Applied Science Degrees.
- Business Administration
- Business-Interdisciplinary
- Business-Real Estate
- Accounting Paraprofessional
- Accounting Technician
Step 2: Complete the online application
- The department chair will confirm that you have either completed or are in your final semester of one of the approved AAS degrees.
Step 3: Continue to check your student email
- Once you're accepted into the BAS degree, Student Records will update your program to Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration. You'll receive an email confirmation once this update is complete. After that, you'll be able to register for 3000 and 4000 level courses.
Becoming a student at RRCC prepares you for transfer to a four-year university, prepares you for an exciting new career or can enhance your current skills.
Red Rocks Community College offers courses in Arvada, Lakewood and online as well as hybrid courses.
In collaboration with Colorado 4-year schools, Colorado has developed a statewide guaranteed transfer program to create a seamless transfer.
Becoming a student at RRCC prepares you for transfer to a four-year university, prepares you for an exciting new career or can enhance your current skills.