2010-2011 Catalog
Associate of Arts, A.A., Business Transfer
The Associate of Arts degree with a Business Transfer Emphasis is designed for the student who wishes to transfer to a Colorado four-year public college or university Students who complete this program, maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and earn a “C” or better in all courses shall be fully considered for admission into the business programs offered by state four-year public colleges or universities This agreement does not guarantee admission to the School of Business However, it does guarantee that admitted students who follow the condition of this agreement will be guaranteed complete transfer of the A.A degree up to the maximum allowable course credits If a student is offered admission, the student will enter with junior standing in the School of Business, provided that the A.A. degree includes all courses specified below.
Students who have earned two-year degrees other than the A.A in Business or who have not fully completed the degree requirements will be evaluated on a course-by course basis. Individual business courses may transfer and count toward the graduation requirements for a four-year business degree, but the transferable courses are limited to the course equivalents of the courses specified in the curricula of the four-year Business Administration degree programs The four-year college or university will accept all eligible credits earned within ten years of transfer Courses earned more than 10 years earlier will be evaluated on an individual basis Students should review the business degree requirements of the four-year college or university of their interest when making plans to transfer.
This agreement is between the Colorado community colleges and the following Colorado public four-year institutions of higher education: Adams State College, Colorado State University, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Colorado at Denver, University of Northern Colorado and Western State College.
| General Education Requirements (40 credit hours) | ||
| I Communications (9 credit hours) | ||
| ENG 121 | English Composition I | 3 Credits |
| ENG 122 | English Composition II | 3 Credits |
| COM 115 | Public Speaking | 3 Credits |
| II Mathematics (8 credit hours) | ||
| MAT 123 | Finite Mathematics OR | |
| MAT 121 | College Algebra | 4 Credits |
| MAT 125 | Survey of Calculus | 4 Credits |
| III Social Sciences (9 credit hours) | ||
| ECO 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 Credits |
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 Credits |
| Select one History Elective from the following list: | ||
| HIS 101 | Western Civilization: Antiquity-1650 | 3 Credits |
| HIS 102 | Western Civilization: 1650-Present | 3 Credits |
| HIS 111 | World Civilization I | 3 Credits |
| HIS 112 | World Civilization II | 3 Credits |
| HIS 201 | U.S History I | 3 Credits |
| HIS 202 | US History since the Civil War | 3 Credits |
| HIS 225 | Colorado History | 3 Credits |
| HIS 247 | 20th Century World History | 3 Credits |
| HIS 260 | Foreign Relations History | 3 Credits |
| IV Arts and Humanities (6 credit hours) | ||
| Select two Arts and Humanities Electives from the following list: | ||
| ART 110 | Art Appreciation | 3 Credits |
| ART 111 | Art History I | 3 Credits |
| ART 112 | Art History II | 3 Credits |
| ART 207 | Art History 1900 to present | 3 Credits |
| HUM 121 | Early Civilizations | 3 Credits |
| HUM 122 | From Medieval to Modern | 3 Credits |
| HUM 123 | The Modern World | 3 Credits |
| FRE 211 | French III | 3 Credits |
| FRE 212 | French IV | 3 Credits |
| SPA 211 | Spanish III | 3 Credits |
| SPA 212 | Spanish IV | 3 Credits |
| JPN 211 | Japanese III | 3 Credits |
| JPN 212 | Japanese IV | 3 Credits |
| LIT 115 | Introduction to Literature | 3 Credits |
| LIT 201 | Masterpieces of Literature I | 3 Credits |
| LIT 202 | Masterpieces of Literature II | 3 Credits |
| LIT 205 | Ethnic Literature | 3 Credits |
| LIT 211 | Survey of American Literature I | 3 Credits |
| LIT 212 | Survey of American Literature II . | 3 Credits |
| LIT 221 | Survey of British Literature I | 3 Credits |
| LIT 222 | Survey of British Literature II | 3 Credits |
| LIT 225 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 Credits |
| MUS 120 | Music Appreciation | 3 Credits |
| MUS 121 | Introduction to Music History I | 3 Credits |
| MUS 122 | Introduction to Music History II | 3 Credits |
| MUS 123 | Survey of World Music | 3 Credits |
| MUS 125 | History of Jazz | 3 Credits |
| PHI 111 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 Credits |
| PHI 112 | Ethics | 3 Credits |
| PHI 113 | Logic | 3 Credits |
| PHI 114 | Comparative Religion | 3 Credits |
| PHI 214 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 Credits |
| THE 105 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | 3 Credits |
| THE 211 | Development of Theatre I | 3 Credits |
| THE 212 | Development of Theatre II | 3 Credits |
| V Science (8 credit hours) | ||
| Select two lab-based science courses from the following list: (Credits over 8 may be applied to the electives category at the four-year institution.) | ||
| AST 101 | Astronomy I | 4 Credits |
| AST 102 | Astronomy II | 4 Credits |
| BIO 105 | Science of Biology | 4 Credits |
| BIO 111 | General College Biology I with Lab | 5 Credits |
| BIO 112 | General College Biology II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| BIO 201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 Credits |
| BIO 202 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 Credits |
| BIO 204 | Microbiology | 4 Credits |
| BIO 221 | Botany | 5 Credits |
| CHE 101 | Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab | 5 Credits |
| CHE 102 | Introduction to Chemistry II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| CHE 111 | General College Chemistry II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| CHE 112 | General College Chemistry II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| ENV 101 | Intro to Environmental Science | 4 Credits |
| GEO 111 | Physical Geology: Landforms | 4 Credits |
| GEY 111 | Physical Geology | 4 Credits |
| GEY 121 | Historical Geology | 4 Credits |
| MET 150 | Meteorology | 4 Credits |
| PHY 105 | Conceptual Physics | 4 Credits |
| PHY 111 | Physics: Algebra-Based I with Lab | 5 Credits |
| PHY 112 | Physics: Algebra-Based II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| PHY 211 | Physics: Calculus-Based I with Lab | 5 Credits |
| PHY 212 | Physics: Calculus-Based II with Lab | 5 Credits |
| Business Graduation Requirements (20 credit hours) | ||
| VI Accounting (8 credit hours) | ||
| ACC 121 | Principles of Accounting I | 4 Credits |
| ACC 122 | Principles of Accounting II | 4 Credits |
| VII General Business (12 credit hours) | ||
| BUS 115 | Introduction to Business | 3 Credits |
| BUS 216 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 Credits |
| BUS 217 | Business Communications | 3 Credits |
| BUS 226 | Business Statistics | 3 Credits |
| Total Associate of Arts - Business | 60 credit hours | |