Business Administration, A.S.

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The Associate of Science degree with a major in Business Administration is viewed as the first step toward a baccalaureate degree in business. Courses in the associate degree program fulfill many of the General Business Component Courses in the baccalaureate programs offered by the Graham School of Business.

Requirements for Graduation:

To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Business Administration must complete a minimum of 60 credits, achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, and complete the General Education Requirements of the College. A minimum grade of 2.0 is required for First Year Seminar and all courses taken as part of Foundations. Courses used to complete General Education Requirements may not be taken on a pass/fail basis.

The General Education Requirements of the college require students to successfully complete First Year Seminar, Foundations (FCO 103 will be a required co-requisite with FCO 105 for students who have a high school GPA below 3.20), and Disciplinary Perspectives. Students who enter the college with 30 credit hours completed will not take a First Year Seminar course and therefore must take an additional 3 credits for graduation.

Students must attain a 2.0 or higher in each course that serves as a prerequisite to a subsequent Business course. (Refer to the course description for specific prerequisites.) Failure to attain a 2.0 in prerequisite courses may lengthen the time to graduation. Students who are waived from FYS must complete 3 credits of non-business coursework.

General Education Requirement

First Year Seminar

FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

Communication course:
FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
Advanced Communication course:
FCO 210 Communication in Professional Cultures 3 credit hours
Quantitative Fluency course:

Satisfied by major (QBA 260 )
American Citizenship course:
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
Global Citizenship course:
ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

Choose 3 credits of the following Humanities courses:
FLM 216 Introduction to Film 3 credit hours
HIS 101 The Foundation of the West 3 credit hours
LIT 200 Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies 3 credit hours
PHL 221 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit hours
PHL 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours crosslisted as WGS 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours
Choose 3 credits of the following Arts courses:
ART 101 Art and Visual Culture 3 credit hours
CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
MUS 186 Listening to Music 3 credit hours
THE 154 Introduction to Theatre 3 credit hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences course:
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
Choose 3 credits of the following Natural and Physical Sciences courses:
BIO 204 Exploring Biology 3 credit hours
CHM 240 Perspectives on the Molecular World 3 credit hours and
CHM 241 Perspectives on the Molecular World Lab 0 credit hours
G 151 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 credit hours
G 152 Introduction to Physical Geography Lab 0 credit hours
PHY 252 Science and Sustainability 3 credit hours

Required Major Courses:

Business Administration Component Courses

ACC 220 Financial Accounting 3 credit hours
BUS 246 Business Communication 3 credit hours
BUS 260 Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
IBS 200 Principles of International Business 3 credit hours
IFS 100 Information Technology (IT) Competency 0 credit hours
IFS 105 Personal Productivity Computing 3 credit hours
MAT 102 College Algebra I 3 credit hours
MGT 150 Principles of Management 3 credit hours
QBA 260 Data Driven Decision Making 3 credit hours
SCM 100 Modern Value Chain 3 credit hours

Six Credits of Business Electives

(A Business elective is any course offered in the Graham School of Business with the following prefixes: ACC, BUS, ECO, ENT, FIN, IBS, IFS, MGT, MKT, QBA and SCM.) Before enrolling in a course as a Business elective, students must meet the prerequisites and conditions of the course as outlined in the course description.

Suggested Course Sequence:

Freshman Year (30 credits)

ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours
IBS 200 Principles of International Business 3 credit hours
IFS 100 Information Technology (IT) Competency 0 credit hours
IFS 105 Personal Productivity Computing 3 credit hours
MAT 102 College Algebra I 3 credit hours
MGT 150 Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Humanities 3 credit hours

Sophomore Year (30 credits)

ACC 220 Financial Accounting 3 credit hours
BUS 246 Business Communication 3 credit hours
BUS 260 Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
FCO 210 Communication in Professional Cultures 3 credit hours
QBA 260 Data Driven Decision Making 3 credit hours
SCM 100 Modern Value Chain 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Arts 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Natural/Physical Sciences 3 credit hours
Business Elective courses 6 credit hours