Associate of Business

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Credit Hours Required: 61

The Associate of Business degree requires completion of 61 credit hours. Although students often can enter a career field upon completion of the Associate of Business, this degree plan is primarily designed to provide the first two years of coursework to prepare students for transfer into a related upper-division baccalaureate degree program.

Note: Students preparing to pursue a baccalaureate degree program at Yavapai College or another institution should meet regularly with an academic advisor at Yavapai College.

∞Note: This program can be completed entirely online. Not all general education options or major and elective studies are offered online, however there will be a variety of online classes from which to choose in order to meet the requirements.

General Education Requirements (AGEC) (34 credits)

Minimum credit hours are listed for each category.

Written Communication ¹ Credits: 6
MAT 141 - College Mathematics with Review or higher Credits: 3 (Quantitative Reasoning)²
Natural Sciences Credits: 4
Arts and Humanities ³ Credits: 6
Social and Behavioral Sciences ³ Credits: 6
ECN 235 - Principles of Economics-Macro Credits: 3 (Institutions in the Americas)
MGT 233 - Business Communication Credits: 3 (Oral Communication)
Options Credits: 3, as needed to align for transfer:

Notes:

¹Must be in composition (ENG 101 and ENG 102 or equivalents)
²Students planning to transfer to a university should complete MAT 152 or higher
³Recommend that students select from two different prefixes

Program Requirements (18 credits)

ACC 131 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACC 132 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
BSA 131 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
BSA 228 - Professional Productivity Solutions Credits: 3
ECN 232 - Business Statistical Analysis Credits: 3
ECN 236 - Principles of Economics-Micro Credits: 3

Program Electives (9 credits)

Select 3 of the following courses:

BSA 237 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
BSA 238 - Advanced Professional Productivity Solutions Credits: 3
CSA 110 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems Credits: 3
*Students planning to transfer to ASU, NAU, or UofA should select this course as a program elective.
ECN 110 - Economics of Sports Credits: 3
MAT 172 - Finite Mathematics Credits: 3
MAT 212 - Topics in Calculus Credits: 3
*Students planning to transfer to ASU, NAU, or UofA should select this course as a program elective

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Associate of Business degree, the learner will be able to:

Analyze financial information.
Use financial data for business decision-making.
Apply decision support tools to business decision-making.
Demonstrate professional business communication skills.
Evaluate business issues, including ethical implications.

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