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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ General Catalog: College Catalog 2023-24 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: (32 credits)

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

Other gtPathways (GT) courses are available through coloradoonline

Written Communication: (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 1021 - English Composition I: GT-CO1 Credits: 3(3-0)

AND

ENG 1022 - English Composition II: GT-CO2 Credits: 3(3-0)

 

OR a GT Pathways-approved CO2 course (GT-CO2) and a GT Pathways-approved CO3 course (CT-CO3)

Mathematics: (4 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
MAT 1340 - College Algebra: GT-MA1 Credits: 4(4-0)
OR  MAT 1320 - Finite Mathematics: GT-MA1 Credits: 4(4-0)
OR  MAT 1400 - Survey of Calculus: GT-MA1 or higher level Calculus course Credits: 4(4-0)

Natural and Physical Sciences: (7 credits)

Two GT Pathways Natural & Physical Sciences courses (GT-SC1), GT-SC2), one must be with a laboratory (GT-SC1)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
BIO 1005 - Science of Biology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 1111 - General College Biology I with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
BIO 1112 - General College Biology II with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
BIO 1016 - Introduction to Human Disease: GT-SC2 Credits: 3 (3-0)
BIO 2101 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 2102 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 2104 - Microbiology with Lab GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
BIO 2121 - Botany with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 5 (4-1)
CHE 1111 - General College Chemistry I: GT-SC1 Credits: 5 (3-2)
CHE 1112 - General College Chemistry II: GT-SC1 Credits: 5(3-2)
ENV 1111 - Environmental Science with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
GEY 1111 - Physical Geology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
GEY 1112 - Historical Geology: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
PHY 1107 - Energy Science and Technology with Lab: GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
SCI 1105 - Science in Society: GT-SC2 Credits: 3 (3-0)
SCI 1055 - Integrated Science I:- Physics and Chemistry with Lab GT-SC1 Credits: 4(3-1)
SCI 1056 - 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 1310 - History of Western Civilization I: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 1320 - History of Western Civilization II: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 1210 - US History to Reconstruction: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 1220 - US History since the Civil War: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 2135 - Colorado History: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 2130 - History of the American West: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)
HIS 2015 - 20th Century World History: GT-HI1 Credits: 3(3-0)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: (6 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
Required  ECO 2001 - Principles of Macroeconomics: GT-SS1 Credits: 3(3-0)
Required  ECO 2002 - 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
Required  PHI 2005 - Business Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)

AND any one GT Pathways Arts & Humanities course from the following AH categories:

 

 

ART 1110 - Art Appreciation: GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
ART 1111 - Art History: Ancient to Medieval: GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
ART 1112 - Art History Renaissance to 1900 GT-AH1 Credits: 3(3-0)
LIT 1015 - Introduction to Literature I: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 1003 - Introduction to Film Art: GT-AH2 Credits: 3 (2:1)
HUM 1021 - Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 1022 - Humanities: From Medieval-Modern: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
HUM 1023 - Humanities: Modern World: GT-AH2 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 1011 - Introduction to Philosophy: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 1012 - Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 1013 - Logic: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
FRE 2011 - French Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
FRE 2012 - French Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
SPA 2011 - Spanish Language III: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)
SPA 2012 - Spanish Language IV: GT-AH4 Credits: 3(3-0)

Required Courses: (21-23 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ACC 1011 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Credits: 3(3-0)
OR  ACC 1021 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 4(3-1)
ACC 1012 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Credits: 3(2-1)
OR  ACC 1022 - Accounting Principles II Credits: 4(3-1)
BUS 1015 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 2016 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 2017 - Business Communication and Report Writing Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 2026 - Business Statistics Credits: 3(3-0)
COM 1150 - Public Speaking Credits: 3(3-0)

Business Elective (5-7 credits)

Choose 5-7 credit hours based on emphasis to be determined with advisor.

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