State Control Number: 37067
Program Code: BUSI.AS
Program Length: 24 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes
To earn this degree, complete the major coursework with “C” grades or better and all of the following graduation requirements:
- 60 minimum degree-applicable units (including a maximum 4 units of activity) and 12 degree-applicable units through VVC;
- the VVC General Education pattern;
- Information Competency; Global Citizenship; Kinesiology; and
- 2.0 minimum overall degree-applicable GPA.
Courses may be double-counted in the major and in a general education category. Courses counted in one AA/AS major may not be used in another AA/AS major.
Students may earn an Associate in Science degree with a major in Business by completing a minimum of 18 units from any blend of courses offered in the departments of Business Administration, Business Education Technologies, and Business Real Estate and Escrow or from any courses offered for a certificate in those programs.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Select 18 units from any of the following: | 18.0 | |
| Business Administration (BADM) courses 1 | ||
| Business Education Technology (BET) courses | ||
| Business Real Estate (BRE) courses | ||
| Pharmacology | ||
| Medical Insurance | ||
| Medical Office Procedures | ||
| Medical Terminology | ||
| Computer Literacy | ||
| Principles of Economics: Macro | ||
| Principles of Economics: Micro | ||
| College Algebra 3 | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
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Except BADM 138 , BET 138 , or BRE 138 .
Students may wish to consider majoring in Business Administration, Business Education Technologies, or Business Real Estate and Escrow rather than general Business, in order to assure a stronger curriculum base.
Suggested Plan of Study
Career, salary, and labor market data information.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| Select two courses aligned with Business certificates | 6.0 | |
| ENGL 101.0 | English Composition and Reading 2 | 4.0 |
| CMST 106 or CMST 109 |
Interpersonal Communication or Public Speaking |
3.0 |
| HLTH 102 | Contemporary Problems in Personal and Community Health | 3.0 |
| Units | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Select two courses aligned with Business certiificates | 6.0 | |
| MATH 120 or MATH 105 |
Introduction to Statistics or College Algebra |
4.0 |
| HIST 117 |
History of U.S to 1876 or History of U.S From 1876 or African American History or Women in U.S. History or Introduction to American Government And Politics |
3.0 |
| VVC GE Category III – Humanities 4 | 3.0 | |
| Units | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Select two courses aligned with Business certificates | 6.0 | |
| ANTH 101 |
Introduction to Physical Anthropology or Introduction to Physical Geography or Environmental Science and Sustainability or Principles of Physical Science |
3.0 |
| ECON 101 or ECON 102 |
Principles of Economics: Macro or Principles of Economics: Micro |
3.0 |
| Degree Applicable Elective | 3.0 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Degree Applicable Elective | 13.0 | |
| Units | 13 | |
| Total Units | 60 | |
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Double counts for General Education and Competency.
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Select a course that also fulfills Global Citizenship competency.