Associate in Science Degree in Business Administration
2018-2019 Map
Total Units: 46 - 61
Term 1
12.5 - 16.5 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| BUS-20: Intro. to Business | 3 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
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). |
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| Math Competency (Select One) | 3 - 6 | Math choice determined by recommended placement. Math level V placement by multiple measures or test meets math competency. | |
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| ENGL-2: Reading and Composition | 3 | Recommended English placement varies. | |
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Prerequisite(s): ENGL 118 or ENGL 119 This course develops college-level critical reading and writing practices. Students will critically read expository, argumentative, and fictional texts and develop expository, persuasive, and argumentative academic writing. Essays will demonstrate reading comprehension, analysis, critique, academic research, and synthesis. (C-ID ENGL 100). |
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| Butte Local Area F - Self-Integration (Select One) | 3 | Department recommends BUS-62. | |
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| Kinesiology Activity (Select One) | 0.5 - 1.5 | ||
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Term 2
12.5 - 14.5 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| ACCT-20: Intro to Accounting | 3 | Recommended to take before ACCT-2. Not required to do so. | |
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course is an introductory accounting course designed for students with little or no prior accounting training. The course covers the entire accounting cycle including analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posting, and preparation of financial statements using a hands-on approach. Provides foundation for further study of accounting principles and recommended prior to enrollment in Financial Accounting (ACCT 2), especially for Accounting Majors. |
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| ECON-4: Princ of Microeconomics | 3 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 108 or MATH 116 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). |
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| MATH-12: Finite Mth-Bus Decision | 3 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 116 or MATH 124 Linear functions, systems of linear equations and inequalities, matrices, linear programming, mathematics of finance, sets and Venn diagrams, combinatorial techniques and an introduction to probability. Applications in business, economics and social sciences. (C-ID MATH 130). |
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| Butte Local Area C - Humanities (Select One) | 3 - 4 | ||
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| Kinesiology Activity (Select One) | 0.5 - 1.5 | ||
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Term 3
13 - 18 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| ACCT-2: Financial Accounting | 4 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
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). |
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| ECON-2: Princ of Macroeconomics | 3 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 108 or MATH 116 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). |
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| MATH-18: Intro to Statistics | 3 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 116 or MATH 124 The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Applications using data from disciplines including business, social sciences, psychology, life science, health science, and education. (C-ID MATH 110). |
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| Multicultural Breadth Competency (Select One) | 3 - 8 | Department recommends BUS-35, BUS-63 or CMST-9. Multicultural can be taken with Area C. | |
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Term 4
8 - 12 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| ACCT-4: Managerial Accounting | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 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). |
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| Butte Local Area A - Natural Sciences (Select One) | 1 - 5 | ||
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| Elective | 3 | Department recommends BUS-8. | |
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| Elective | For transfer, consider CSU GE areas. See www.assist.org. | ||
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| Elective | Only if needed to reach 60 units minimum to graduate. | ||
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