Associate in Business Administration, ABA

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(DABA1)

Minimum Credits: 60
Contact Hours: 62-64

The Associate in Business Administration degree is designed for students who plan to eventually complete a bachelor’s degree in a business-related field. Some of the majors pursued by students following this program include Accounting, Advertising, Economics, Finance, General Business, Marketing, Personnel/Industrial Relations, and Public Administration. Students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university must consult with their advisor and carefully study the requirements of the four-year institution from which they intend to secure a bachelor’s degree. Appropriate course substitutions may be made upon the recommendation of a student’s advisor and with approval of the appropriate dean. Substitutions are only made in accordance with the specific requirements of the baccalaureate degree-granting institution to which the student intends to transfer.

General Education Requirements

Communication

CIS 10500 Intro to Computers 3 cr.
ENG 10303 English Composition I 3 cr.
ENG 10403 English Composition II 3 cr.
SPE 10500 Fund of Speech 3 cr. or SPE 11400 Intro to Interpersonal/Public Comm 3cr.

Humanities

Select two humanities courses from two different disciplines. Courses which meet this requirement include:

ART 10000 , 10103 and 11700
ENG 21400 , 21500 , 22300 , 22500 , 22800 , 23000 , 23100 , 23300 , 23400 & 251–
HIS 10500 , 10600 , 20100 , 20200 , 20300 & 20400
HUM 20500
Language courses (e.g. French, Spanish, Sign Language which are not currently offered)
MUS 10100 & 12300
PHL 20100 & 21000
THE 12000

Mathematics

MTH 12500 Quantitative Literacy 4 cr. or higher
MTH 20600 Application in Statistics 4 cr.

Science

Select two science courses from two different disciplines. At least one course must include a lab. Courses which meet this requirement include:

AST 10201 + 10202
BIO 10100 , 10700 , 20000 (non lab course), 20100 , 21000 , 21300 , 23500 , 23600 , 25000 , 25100
CHE 10000 , 10101 + 10102 , 10201 + 10202 , 10400
GEL 10500 , 23000
PHY 10501 +10502 , 20101 + 20102 , 20201 + 20202 , 22101 + 22102 , 22201 + 22202

Social Science

ECO 20100 Prin of Economics-MACRO 3 cr.
ECO 20200 Prin of Economics-MICRO 3 cr.
Select one additional social science course from the following list:
- GEO 10000
- POL 10100 , 20000 , 20100
- PSY 10100 , 20200 , 24000 , 26001
- SOC 10100 , 23500 , 24000 , 24500 , 26001

General Education Credits: 42-46

Program Courses

ACC 12100 Accounting Principles I 4 cr.
ACC 12200 Accounting Principles II 4 cr.
BUS 21000 Principles of Management 3 cr.
BUS 21500 Business Law 3 cr.
BUS 24500 Human Resource Management 3 cr.
MKT 20000 Principles of Marketing 3 cr.
Advisor approved elective if needed for total credits (0-3 cr.)

Program Credits: 20

Minimum Total Credits: 60

Suggested sequencing of courses: