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Business Studies Degree

Degree: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Program Description

The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Studies provides you with a general education core that will serve as a foundation for further advanced study in your program of choice and/or for employment. The program allows you to upgrade your present knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for further education and/or job acquisition. The Business Studies Degree Program requires a minimum of 93 quartercredit hours to include a minimum of 36 credit hours in general education and 57 credit hours in occupational preparation as specified in the curriculum outline below.

Program Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission into the Business Studies Degree Program, you must have graduated or be eligible to graduate from a diploma program in a field appropriate to the degree area. To be accepted into the degree program, you must do the following:

  1. Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores;
  2. Be at least 17 years old;
  3. Meet minimum test scores.

Curriculum Outline

Credits required for graduation (93)

General Core Courses (36 Credit Hours)

Course Title Credit Hours
EMP 100 Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 3
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 3
ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric I 5
HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities 5
SPC 191 Fundamentals of Speech 5
PSY 191 Introductory Psychology 5
MAT 191 College Algebra 5
ECO 192 Microeconomics 5

Fundamental Occupational Courses (57 Credit Hours)
(Must be from an appropriate diploma program)

Course Title Credit Hours
  (Must be taught by an instructor credentialed to teach in a degree program) 57

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