Automotive Management, B.B.A.

The Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Automotive Management will prepare students for entry level into the industry at the supervisory or management level with technical knowledge of automotive construction and operation. Courses combine an emphasis in automotive and business management in the first two years. In the junior and senior years, students will continue with business management with a heavy concentration of automotive management. These courses will consist of: automotive shop management, automotive fleet management and automotive parts management and merchandising. The spring semester will culminate with an internship in an automotive or transportation- related business.

Students in this degree program will be able to take advantage of SUNY Morrisville’s Automotive Technology Building. The building is set up like a dealership, it provides students with a technologically sophisticated environment with nine state-of-the-art laboratories. There is a showroom where students can hone their sales and management skills, three classrooms and a chassis dynamometer room. The bays in each laboratory are connected to the college’s computer network in order to utilize the computerized manual and management system. This gives students quick access to automotive-related information.

The Automotive Management program prepares students for supervisory or management-level positions in the automotive industry.

Graduation Requirements

All BT and BBA programs require a minimum of 120 credit hours including 30 credit hours from SUNY general education courses with courses in seven of the ten SUNY general education categories. SUNY requires that all Bachelor degree programs must have at least 45 credit hours of upper-division courses with 24 credit hours of upper-division courses in the major. To fulfill these requirements along with the required courses for this program, 121 credits are required for this program. Students must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or greater in all Automotive classes. An overall GPA of 2.0 or higher is required for graduation.

Program Requirement

Students are required to have a tool set and roll around tool box.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Communicate effectively both in writing and in presentations in areas of the Automotive Industry
• Evaluate strategies for solving automotive business-related problems
• Assess and evaluate the impact of developing technologies
• Identify technology and workforce strategies to enhance overall productivity and effectiveness in automotive business operations
• Demonstrate computer competency for accessing data and documenting automotive repair records

Curriculum Requirements

A minimum of 121 credits is required for degree completion.

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