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Business Technology
Course Outline

Program Overview

Fort Hays Tech | Northwest is transforming today’s students into tomorrow’s business leaders.

A degree from Fort Hays Tech | Northwest in Business Technology provides you with practical and theoretical training through a broad range of business practices. You will grow personally and professionally as you develop the critical thinking, quantitative and computer skills needed by industry.

Your coursework will expose you to fields such as accounting, management, marketing, finance and entrepreneurship. Through your business and core general education classes, you will prepare yourself for immediate employment or for continued study at a four-year institution.

Degree and Certificate Options

Associate of Applied Science (or Technical Certificate)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of program, students will:

  1. Apply business concepts and vocabulary to assignments and real-life

situations.

  1. Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to case studies.
  2. Utilize technology to analyze data and create reports.
  3. Work effectively in a team environment while demonstrating

interpersonal skills.

  1. Demonstrate effective formal communication skills orally and in

written form.

  1. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of accounting, economics,

management, marketing and information management.

  1. Recognize moral dilemmas and create solutions by utilizing ethical

principles.

Career Outcomes in
Business Technology

Projected Salary
$25,000– $35,000 per year

Job Placement

In 2020, the Business Technology program placed 80% of its graduates.

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Faculty

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Faculty & Advisors

Kelly Nixon

Kelly Nixon
Business Technology Instructor

kelly.nixon@fhnw.edu

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Admissions Checklist

Below is a list of items Fort Hays Tech | Northwest’s Admissions Team will need prior to your acceptance into the Business Technology program.

  • A Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Application Completed and Submitted

  • High School or GED Transcript Submitted

  • (If Applicable) College Transcript Submitted

  • ACT or AccuPlacer Scores Submitted (AccuPlacer Testing can be scheduled on-site at the Northwest Tech campus)

Required items can be submitted in person at the Fort Hays Tech | Northwest campus, via postal mail addressed to Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Admissions, 1209 Harrison, Goodland, KS, or through email communications with admissions@fhnw.edu.

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Advisory Committee

Gennifer House
Kris Yost
Jessica Kannady
Chelsey Brown
Trevor Linton
Jeris McCombs
Kevin Sanderson