Is This Program for You?

If you set goals for yourself and strive to accomplish them, prefer working with others rather than alone, enjoy serving as a leader even if it means more work, and want to improve your skills and promotion potential, then a career in business management may be a good choice for you.

Students entering the Business Management program should:

• Enjoy working with numbers and details.
• Enjoy working with people.
• Be able to make decisions.

Program Basics

• Associate degree, requiring a minimum of two years to complete.
• Classes are offered in-person, online or any a combination that works for you.
• High school articulation courses accepted.
• Financial aid available.
• Program starts in August or January, and is available in online as well as modified plan formats.

Cost of Attendance (COA) 26-27

Cost of Attendance (COA) is a total of all the usual expenses of being a student. The COA sets the maximum amount of financial aid a student can receive.

Based on Wisconsin Residents.

Approximate school costs are for a full-time (12 credit) student over a semester span of 17 weeks.

Fees are legislated by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board.

These costs are estimates and are subject to change without notice.

Admission Requirements

• Submit Application

Academic Preparedness Requirements

Before you can be fully accepted into your program, you need to complete the requirements below. These are the same requirements you may see in your SWTC Student Portal.


• Submit Official High School, College, Military Transcripts, and Test Scores (Not Required)
  Have documents sent directly to:
  • Email: admissions@swtc.edu
  • Mail: Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Attn: Admissions, 1800 Bronson Blvd, Fennimore, WI 53809
• Meet with Your Advisor for an Admissions Meeting
  Schedule an admission meeting with your program advisor to complete your student success plan, including a career assessment and academic map and support plan.
  
  To schedule your meeting, go to the Appointments page. Find your advisor in the list, then select Make an Appointment under their contact information.
  
  Appointments are available on campus or virtually.

If you want to check which of these requirements you still need to complete, log in to your SWTC Student Portal, go to My Profile → Document Center, and make sure All Programs is selected.

Program Outcomes

At the completion of the program, students are expected to be able to:

• Plan the operations of a business across functional areas
• Organize resources to achieve the goals of the organization
• Direct individuals and/or processes to meet organizational goals
• Control business processes

Technical Skill Attainment (TSA)

This TSA scoring guide will be used to document your attainment of technical program outcomes for the Business Management Degree. To meet the requirements on the scoring guide, you will be asked to draw upon the skills and concepts that have been developed throughout the program and are necessary for successful employment in your field. Results will be used to inspire continual improvement of teaching and learning in Wisconsin Technical College System. In addition, this assessment will provide feedback to you about your performance.

Southwest Tech's Career Services Center offers services to assist students looking for job placement.

Credit for Prior Learning

Experience Pays! You've Been There... You've Done That... Let's See If You Can Get Credit For It!

Credit for prior learning gives you opportunities to earn credit for college-level knowledge that you have already acquired. This may be the result of work or volunteer experiences, certifications, apprenticeships, military training, extensive self-instruction, or professional development. Credit for Prior Learning affords you the opportunity to accelerate the completion of your educational goals.

For more information on Credit for Prior Learning see our Credit for Prior Learning page.

Business Management Courses that may have Credit for Prior Learning options:

Course #	Course Title	Challenge Exam (Demonstration)	Challenge Exam (Standard)	CLEP	Credential	Portfolio
10-101-111	Accounting 1
	CLEP Test - Financial Accounting
10-102-104	Principles of Finance
	CFP (Certified Financial Planner), CFA (Chartered Financial Analysts), CPA (Certified Public Account), FINRA Series 7 Securities License
10-102-105	Introduction to Business
10-102-108	Risk Management
	CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter), CFP (Certified Financial Planner), ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant), CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter)
10-102-109	Business Law I
	CLEP Test - Introduction to Business Law
10-102-129	Human Resources Management
	PHR (Professional in Human Resources), SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources)
10-102-130	Management Principles
	CLEP Test - Principles of Management
10-102-132	Operations Management
	APICS test - CPIM
10-102-151	Personal Finance
	CFP (Certified Financial Planner), CFA (Chartered Financial Analysts), CPA (Certified Public Account), FINRA Series 7 Securities License
10-801-136	English Composition I
	CLEP Test - College Composition
10-801-198	Speech
10-804-123	Math with Business Apps
10-809-195	Economics
	CLEP Test - Principles of Macroeconomics
10-809-198	Introduction to Psychology
	CLEP Test - Introduction to Psychology