Academic Programs - Butte College

Associate in Science for Transfer Degree in Business Administration 2.0

Total Units: 60 - 68

17.00 - 18.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	BUS 20: Introduction to Business	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is survey of business providing a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization's policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. Students will learn about how this business context (including issues such as ethics and sustainability) influences the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership, human resource management, organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore affect a business' ability to achieve its organizational goals. (C-ID BUS 110).
	Required Core Choice (Select One): Meets CSU Area B4	4.00
MATH-18: Intro to Statistics (4.00 units) MATH-18s: Intro Statistics w/ Support (4.00 units)
	CSU Area A1 Choice (Select One)	3.00	Department recommends CMST 2.

	CSU Area A2 Choice (Select One)	4.00

	CSU Area C1 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00	Department recommends ART 1.

16.00 - 19.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 2: Financial Accounting	4.00
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 136.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 This is the study of accounting as an information system, examining why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors, and others to make decisions. The course covers the accounting information system, including recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, the application of generally accepted accounting principles, the financial statements, and statement analysis. Includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. (C-ID ACCT 110).
	Required Core Choice (Select One): Meets CSU Area B4	3.00 - 4.00	Department recommends MATH 12.
MATH-12: Finite Mth-Bus Decision (3.00 units) MATH-12s: Math Business Decision Support (3.00 units) MATH-13: Survey of Calculus (4.00 units) MATH-13s: Survey of Calculus- Support (4.00 units)
	CSU Area A3 Choice (Select One)	3.00	Department recommends ENGL 11.

	CSU Area B1/B3 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 5.00

	CSU Area E Choice (Select One)	3.00	Department recommends BUS 62.

13.00 - 14.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 4: Managerial Accounting	4.00
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 136.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 This course provides students an in depth study of how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations and controlling. It focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure and cost-volume-profit analysis. Includes issues relating to cost systems, cost control, profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments. (C-ID ACCT 120).
	ECON 4: Principles of Microeconomics	3.00	Meets CSU Area D.
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Algebra or equivalent Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure. (C-ID ECON 201).
	CSU Area C2 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00	Taking ECON 20, ECON 20H, HIST 8, HIST 10, HIST 18, or HIST 26 is recommended to meet the US-1 graduation requirement for CSU.

	CSU Area F Choice (Select One)	3.00

14.00 - 17.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	BUS 8: Introduction to Business Law	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 Fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions. Introduction to the legal process. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, criminal law, business organizations, and judicial and administrative processes. (C-ID BUS 125).
	ECON 2: Principles of Macroeconomics	3.00	Meets CSU Area D.
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Algebra or equivalent Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 An introductory course focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics include: market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics, and economic growth. (C-ID ECON 202).
	CSU Area B2/B3 Choice (Select One) Must have B3 Lab component if not taken in B1/B3.	3.00 - 5.00

	CSU Area C1/C2 Choice (Select One)	3.00 - 4.00

	Elective (any course numbered 1-99)	2.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a CSU or IGETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see CSU options. Taking POS 2 or POS 12 within this area is recommended to meet the US-2 graduation requirement for CSU.