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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ General Catalog: College Catalog 2019-2020 Program: Business, A.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Business, A.A.

Total degree hours: 60

An Associate of Arts degree with a Business emphasis is designed for students who plan to transfer to a business program at a Colorado four-year college/university. The curriculum is designed to provide a student with a background of general education and basic principles of business. This degree offers a strong fundamental foundation of business theory, procedures and practices.

Program graduates will be able to:

  1. Professionally communicate both verbally and in writing, using various acceptable techniques to transfer information.
  2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of effective management techniques acceptable to business standards.
  3. Discuss and apply knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and lawful business practices (including ethics and social responsibility).
  4. Demonstrate the ability to construct effective marketing plans and professional business plans.
  5. Design effective advertising campaigns and sales strategies as they apply to professional business standards.
  6. Identify and recognize current events as they apply to modern economic trends and analyze potential business opportunities.
  7. Discuss, interpret and employ various Macroeconomic and Microeconomic concepts as they apply personally, locally, and globally.
  8. Employ and operate various accounting concepts effectively while maintaining standards acceptable in the modern professional business environment.
  9. Transition into a variety of four-year (Bachelor’s) degree programs.
  10. Demonstrate mathematical skills relevant to basic business logic and professional environments.

General Education: (37 credits)

A grade of “C” or higher is required for successful completion of all Guaranteed Transfer (GT) courses.

Written Communication: (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 121 - English Composition I: GT-CO1 Credits: 3(3-0)

AND

ENG 122 - English Composition II: GT-CO2 Credits: 3(3-0)

Mathematics: (8 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
MAT 121 - College Algebra: GT-MA1 Credits: 4(4-0)
OR  MAT 123 - Finite Mathematics: GT-MA1 Credits: 4(4-0)

 

MAT 125 - Survey of Calculus: GT-MA1 or higher level Calculus course Credits: 4(4-0)

Natural and Physical Sciences: (8 credits)

Select two guaranteed Natural & Physical Sciences courses (GT-SC1, GT-SC2)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIO 105 - Science of Biology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 111 - General College Biology I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
BIO 112 - General College Biology II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
BIO 116 - Introduction to Human Disease: GT-SC2 Credits: 3 (3-0)
BIO 201 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 202 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 204 - Microbiology with Lab GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 221 - Botany with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5 (4-1)
CHE 111 - General College Chemistry I: GT-SC1 Credits: 5 (3-2)
CHE 112 - General College Chemistry II: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
ENV 101 - Environmental Science with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
GEY 111 - Physical Geology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
GEY 112 - Historical Geology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
SCI 105 - Science in Society: GT-SC2 Credits: 3 (3-0)
SCI 155 - Integrated Science I:- Physics and Chemistry with Lab GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
SCI 156 - Integrated Science II: Earth and Life Science with Lab GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)

History: (3 credits)

Select one guaranteed transfer History course (GT-HI1)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
HIS 101 - History of Western Civilization I: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 102 - History of Western Civilization II: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 121 - US History to Reconstruction: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 122 - US History since the Civil War: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 225 - Colorado History: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 235 - History of the American West: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 247 - 20th Century World History: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3(3-0)
ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3(3-0)

Arts and Humanities: (6 credits)

Select two guaranteed transfer Arts & Humanities courses (GT-AH1, GT-AH2, GT-AH3, GT-AH4)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ART 110 - Art Appreciation: GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
ART 111 - Art History: Ancient to Medieval: GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
ART 112 - Art History: Renaissance to Modern: GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
LIT 115 - Introduction to Literature I: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art: GT-AH2 Credits: 3 (2:1)
HUM 121 - Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 122 - Humanities: From Medieval to Modern: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 123 - Humanities: Modern World: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 111 - Introduction to Philosophy: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 112 - Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 113 - Logic: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
FRE 211 - French Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
FRE 212 - French Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
SPA 211 - Spanish Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
SPA 212 - Spanish Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)

Other gtPathways (GT) courses are available through CCCOnline

Required Courses: (23 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ACC 121 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 4(3-1)
ACC 122 - Accounting Principles II Credits: 4(3-1)
BUS 115 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 216 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 217 - Business Communication and Report Writing Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 226 - Business Statistics Credits: 3(3-0)
COM 115 - Public Speaking Credits: 3(3-0)
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