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.