The associate degree curriculum in business administration enables students to move into a curriculum at a four-year institution leading to a baccalaureate degree. Career opportunities exist in many areas of business administration such as accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial service specialties, management, marketing and sales, production and logistics, and systems and technology development.
Learning Outcome(s):
- Students will create clear, concise, well organized written business documents such as memos, reports, and executive summaries including financial information that can be used in an effective manner to communicate.
- Students will possess adequate technical knowledge to create financial information to be used in the accounting and related business environment.
- Students will be able to transfer to a 4 year university as a business administration major .
Course Requirements:
| ACCT 101 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 102 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS 150 | Introduction to Information Systems and Applications | 3 |
| BUS 222 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ECON 120 | Principles/Macro | 3 |
| ECON 121 | Principles/Micro | 3 |
| Select one of the Following: |
| BUS 101 | Business Law* | 3 |
| BUS 105 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Select one of the following courses**: |
| BUS 100 | Fundamentals of Business | 3 |
| BUS 120 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 125 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| BUS 140 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MKTG 113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MGMT 120 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MATH 150 | Calculus for Biological, Management and Social Sciences | 4 |
*Students planning for university transfer should be aware that some universities only accept BUS 101 for the transfer major (e .g . California State University, Long Beach) while others only accept BUS 105 (e .g . California State University, Fullerton) for the transfer major. Please consult the Transfer Planning Guide and meet with a counselor for information about specific universities.
**Students planning for university transfer should be aware that California State University, Fullerton and many other universities require MATH 150 for the Business Administration degree . Please consult the Transfer Planning Guide and meet with a counselor for information about specific universities. Numerous California State University campuses and private colleges and universities offer baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration . In the University of California system, UC Berkeley and UC Riverside offer this degree. Consult the Transfer Planning Guide and meet with a counselor for information about specific programs and transfer requirements.
