Associate in Arts Business

Degree Requirements

Area I - Foundations Skills - 2 hours

Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

FSL 101 is required for new and transferring freshmen with less that 24 hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in FSL 101.

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish I	3
SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish II	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101, ENG 102, and SPAN 111.

Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3-4 hours

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 112	Trigonometry	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Students must earn a "C" or higher in Mathematics.

Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours

ART 191	Enhancing Art Understanding	3
ENG 210	Introduction to Film Studies	3
MU 129	Music Listening	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3
THR 100	Introduction to Theatre	3

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 216	Topics in Literature	3

Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours

ECON 241

Principles of Macroeconomics

AND Choose one from the following:

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ECON 241.

Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours

HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
	or
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
	and
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Area II - The Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours

Choose one course from the following:

BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3

AND choose one course from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
PS 100	Physical Science	4

Business Core Courses - 18 hours

ACC 211	Principles of Accounting I	3
ACC 212	Principles of Accounting II	3
BUA 101	Introduction to Business	3
BUA 251/ENG 351	Business Communications	3
CIS 170	Intro to Microcomputer Applications	3
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all Business Core Courses. Students should fulfill the minimum of 61 semester credit hours required for graduation.

Total GEC Credit Hours (43-47 hours)
Total Required Business Core Courses (18 hours)

61 minimum hours required for graduation.