Business and Legal Studies
Business and Legal Studies
Welcome to the Business and Legal Studies Department
Programs of Study
Programs include the following:
- Accounting
- Administrative Professional Technology
- Business, Management Concentration
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Hospitality Management
- Paralegal Studies
- As well as the business and economics degrees listed below.
See the current Southwest Academic Catalog for a full listing of Business and Legal Studies programs under the Business and Technologies division.
Course Information
To find out more about courses offered at Southwest, use our Interactive Course Schedule to see when and where a class is provided.
Student Achievement Data for ACBSP Accredited Programs
| Job Placement Rate: Note: Total working in a related field within six to nine months after graduation. |
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| Program | 2024 | 2023 |
| Accounting | 100% | 100% |
| Administrative Professional Technology | 50% | 83% |
| Business | 60% | 66% |
| Hositality Management | 89% | 100% |
| Retention Rate: Note: Retention is based on a Fall-to-Fall timeframe |
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| Program | 2024 | 2023 |
| Accounting | 45.5% | 47.8% |
| Administrative Professional Technology | 51% | 53.8% |
| Business | 40% | 34.6% |
| Hositality Management | 37.5% | 63.6% |
Contact Information
- Dr. Dennis Powers, Interim Department Chair
- 901-333-4293
- depowers1@southwest.tn.edu
- Erin Caspersen, Administrative Assistant
- Macon Cove Campus Macon Academic Building Room MAB-271
- 901-333-4130
- ekay1@southwest.tn.edu
Degree and Certificate Academic Maps
Administrative Professional Technology
Business Office Concentration, A.A.S.
Medical Office Technology Concentration, A.A.S.
Business
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Concentration, A.A.S.
Finance Concentration, A.A.S.
Human Resources A.A.S.
Logistics/Transportation Management Concentration, A.A.S
Management Concentration, A.A.S.
Quality and Productivity A.A.S.
Hospitality Management A. A. S
Culinary Arts Concentration, A.A.S.
Food and Beverage Management Concentration, A.A.S.
Hotel Management Concentration, A.A.S.
Transfer Pathway A.A.
Transfer Pathway A.S.
Accounting Emphasis, A.S.
Business Administration Emphasis, A.S.
Economics Emphasis, A.S.