Business and Management Associate Degree

Requirements for the Business and Management Curriculum

Coursework for the business and management curriculum includes the following:

Core courses (15 credits): Chosen from BMGT 110 (required for students with no previous business experience), ACCT 220 and 221, ECON 201 and 203, and STAT 230 (or 200)

Required computing course (3 credits): IFSM 201

Management-related courses (6 credits): Chosen from any ACCT, BMGT, CMIS, ECON, FINC, IFSM, and MGST courses; any 3-credit CMST courses; GVPT 210 or contact an academic advisor for additional approved courses

Electives (4 credits): Any courses related to interests and goals

Business and Management Curriculum Courses

First Courses
(to be taken within the first 18 credits)
Note: Placement tests are required for math and writing courses.

LIBS 150 Information Literacy and Research Methods (1)

WRTG 101/101X Introduction to Writing (3)

MATH 107 College Algebra (3)
or a higher-level math course

BMGT 110 Introduction to Business and Management (3)
(required business core course for students with no prior business experience)

Introductory Courses
(to be taken within the first 30 credits)

ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
or other ANTH, BEHS, ECON, GEOG, GVPT, PSYC, SOCY, or eligible AASP, CCJS, GERO, or WMST course to fulfill the first general education requirement in behavioral and social sciences

BIOL 101 Concepts of Biology (3)
and BIOL 102 Laboratory in Biology (1)
or BIOL 103 Introduction to Biology
or other course(s) to fulfill the general education requirement in biological and physical sciences with related laboratory

WRGT 291 Expository and Research Writing (3)
or other course to fulfill the general education requirement in communications/writing

IFSM 201 Introduction to Computer-Based Systems (3)
(required computing course for the curriculum)

ACCT 220 Principles of Accounting I (3)
or other core course for the curriculum (see Requirements for the Curriculum)

PHIL 140 Contemporary Moral Issues (3)
or other ARTH, ARTT, HIST, HUMN, MUSC, PHIL, THET, dance, literature,
or foreign language course to fulfill the first general education requirement in arts and humanities

Additional Required Courses
(to be taken after first and introductory courses)

STAT 230 Business Statistics (3)
or STAT 200 Introduction to Statistics
or other core course for the curriculum (see Requirements for the Curriculum)

PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3)
or SOCY 100 Introduction to Sociology
or other course to fulfill the second general education requirement in behavioral and social sciences (discipline must differ from first)

ACCT 221 Principles of Accounting II (3)
or other core course for the curriculum(see Requirements for the Curriculum)

NSCI 100 Introduction to Physical Science (3)
or ASTR 100 Introduction to Astronomy
or other course to fulfill the general education requirement in biological and physical sciences

ECON 203 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
or other core course for the curriculum(see Requirements for the Curriculum)

HIST 142 Western Civilization II (3)
or HIST 157 History of the United States Since 1865
or other ARTH or HIST course to fulfill the general education requirement in arts and humanities for the historical perspective (discipline must differ from other humanities course)

SPCH 100 Foundations of Speech Communication (3)
or JOUR 201 Writing for the Mass Media
or other course to fulfill the general education requirement in communications/writing or speech

Management-related curriculum Course (3) (see Requirements for the Curriculum)

Elective Courses
(chosen from any course to complete the 60 credits for the degree - courses applicable to the BS in business administration are recommended) (4)

Total credits for AA with business and management specialization (60)

Last updated: 1 September 2007