Business Education

Associate of Arts Degree

TG-XR 60101

This degree prepares students to transfer to a college or university and pursue a bachelor’s degree in Business Education. Since program requirements differ between universities, the official transfer guide of the school which you plan to attend upon leaving EAC should be consulted in order to adjust this program to your personal needs. Web addresses for the transfer guides of Arizona’s three public universities are included below.

Curriculum Requirements

A grade of "C" or better in each of the following courses along with a cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.5 or better is required for admission to the junior and senior years of a business program at Arizona’s state universities.

BUA 230	Uses of Accounting Information I	3 credits
BUA 240	Uses of Accounting Information II	3 credits
BUA 250	Introductory Accounting Lab	1 credits
CMP 103	Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3 credits
EDU 200	Introduction to Education	3 credits
MAT 160	Introduction to Statistics	3 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

16 credits

General Education Requirement

AGEC-A

To complete your General Education requirements, one of the courses taken to fulfill degree requirements must be designated as an Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry course and another must be designated as a Global/International/Historical Awareness course.

English	ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits
	ENG 102 Written Communications II	3 credits
Mathematics	MAT 154 College Algebra	3 credits
Lab Science	Lab Science Course from this list	8 credits
Humanities	SPC 201 Public Speaking	3 credits
	Another two courses from Humanities list	6 credits
Social Science	BUA 221 Principles of Macroeconomics	3 credits
	BUA 223 Principles of Microeconomics	3 credits
	POS 110 United States National Politics	3 credits

Total General Education Requirements

35 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Electives Requirements

To obtain this degree you must take a minimum of thirteen credit hours of elective courses numbered 100 or above to obtain the 64 credit hours required

Electives Requirements

13 credits

Recommended Elective Courses

BUA 245	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
CMP 104	Introduction to Computer Science I	3 credits
CMP 121	Visual Basic Programming I	3 credits
OFT 214	The Office Professional	3 credits
OFT 237	Word Processing with Corel WordPerfect	3 credits
OFT 238	Advanced Word Processing with Microsoft Word	3 credits
SBM 101	Sales and Customer Service	3 credits
SBM 121	Supervision	3 credits
SBM 201	Small Business Management	3 credits
POS 221	Arizona Constitution and Government	1 credit

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing each of the courses listed above with a grade of "C" or better, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the twelfth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 76 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 40 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 18 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 113, College Reading, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 12 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.

Transfer Guides:

ASU - 1999/2000 - No transfer guide available
ASU - 1998/1999 - No transfer guide available

NAU - 2000/2001
NAU - 1999/2000
NAU - 1998/1999

U of A - 1999/2000 - No transfer guide available
U of A - 1998/1999 - No transfer guide available