Business

Associate of Business Degree

ABus 70101

Advisors:
Mark Anderson
Kathleen Bailey

This degree prepares students to transfer to a college or university and pursue a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. Upon obtaining the bachelor’s degree, you are prepared for employment in fields such as Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Management or Marketing. 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 221	Principles of Macroeconomics	3 credits
BUA 223	Principles of Microeconomics	3 credits
BUA 230	Uses of Accounting Information I	3 credits
BUA 240	Uses of Accounting Information II	3 credits
BUA 245	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
BUA 250	Introductory Accounting Lab	1 credit
CMP 103	Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3 credits
MAT 160	Introduction to Statistics	3 credits
MAT 171	Finite Mathematics	4 credits
Business Elective	An EAC Course from the BUA, BUS, SBM or OFT Departments. The course selected must be listed in the Course Equivalency Guide as an elective to all three major Arizona universities. You may obtain a copy of the Arizona Course Equivalency Guide on the World Wide Web at http://w3.arizona. edu/~oncourse/ceg/index.htm	2 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

28 credits

General Education Requirements

AGEC-B

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 210 Elements of Calculus	4 credits
Lab Science	Select two courses from this list	8 credits
Humanities	Select from Humanities list. Choose courses from more than one department and one course must be in the Arts.	9 credits
Social Science	Choose from Social Science list. Choose courses from more than one department.	9 credits

Total General Education Requirements

36 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.

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 Accountancy Major - 2001/2002
ASU Economics Major - 2001/2002
ASU Finance Major - 2001/2002
ASU Accountancy Major - 2000/2001
ASU Economics; Finance; Management; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; and Real Estate Major - 2000/2001
ASU Accountancy Major - 1999/2000
ASU Economics; Finance; Management; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; and Real Estate Major - 1999/2000
ASU Accountancy Major- 1998/1999
ASU Economics; Finance; Management; Marketing; Purchasing and Logistics Management; and Real Estate Major - 1998/1999

NAU - 2001/2002
NAU - 2000/2001
NAU - 1999/2000
NAU - 1998/1999

U of A - 2001/2002
U of A - 2000/2001
U of A - 1999/2000
U of A - 1998/1999