Business

Associate of Applied Science Degree

20105

Advisors:
Mark Anderson
Kathleen Bailey

This degree provides you with a general business background.

Curriculum Requirements

BUA 101	Introduction to Business	3 credits
BUS 101 or BUA 230 and BUA 250	Fundamentals of Accounting or Uses of Accounting Information I and Introductory Accounting Lab	3 credits 3 credits 1 credit
BUA 221 or BUS 121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Fundamentals of Economics	3 credits
BUA 245	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
BUS 251	Human Relations	3 credits

Choose at least 26-27 additional credits from the following list to obtain the required 42 credits of Curriculum Requirements:

BUS 160	Communication for the Occupations	3 credits
BUS 180	Reservations Systems	3 credits
BUS 181	Reception Management	3 credits
BUS 182	Room Attendant Functions	3 credits
BUS 190	Presenting Service – Waiter/Waitress	2 credits
BUS 191	Applied Food Service Sanitation - Safe Food Handling	2 credits
BUS 264	Introduction to Supervision	3 credits
BUS 265	Intermediate Supervision	3 credits
BUS 266	Effective Supervision	3 credits
CMP 101	Introduction to Computers	3 credits
CMP 113	Operating Systems I	3 credits
CMP 161 or CMP 170	Electronic Spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel or Database Management with Microsoft Access	3 credits
CMP 205	Data Communications	3 credits
CMP 244	Computer Applications I	3 credits
COE 101	Job Seeking Strategies	1 credit
COE 111	Cooperative Education I	1 to 4 credits
COE 112	Cooperative Education II	1 to 4 credits
OFT 117 or OFT 118	Electronic Keyboarding I or Electronic Keyboarding II	3 credits
OFT 214	The Office Professional	3 credits
OFT 235 or OFT 236 or OFT 237	Word Processing Applications I or Word Processing Applications II or Word Processing with Corel WordPerfect	1 credit 1 credit 3 credits
SBM 111	Marketing	3 credits
SBM 121	Supervision	3 credits
SBM 201	Small Business Management	3 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

42 credits

General Education Requirements

English	ENG 100 Writing Fundamentals or ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits 3 credits
Mathematics	BUS 111 Business Mathematical Calculations	3 credits

An additional 12 credits, including at least one course from a GE category other than English or Mathematics, are to be selected from the list of General Education courses. You may not exceed nine credits in any GE Category, with the exception of Health and Physical Education, where the maximum is two credits.

Total General Education Requirements

18 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 four credits in courses of your choice numbered 100 or above to obtain the 64 credits required.

Total Electives Requirements

4 credits

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing each of the courses listed above, 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 tenth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 60 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 35 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 14 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 091, Reading Improvement II, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 10 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.