Austin Community College

FY 2003 Degree Plan

Business Administration is designed to prepare the student for transfer to a four­year university baccalaureate program. In addition to business courses, the curriculum includes math, science, social sciences, and humanities. All the courses in this degree plan must be taken and passed in order to earn the Associate of Science in Business Administration. The order, given below, in which these courses should be taken, is just a suggestion. Students may take the courses in any order they want to except for those courses that require a course prerequisite (+). The Business Administration degree is a transfer degree and represents the first two years of a four-year degree and will vary from university to university. Students transferring should consult with an advisor or articulation officer from their receiving institution.

Semester I

	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
	HIST	1301		United States History I	3
	BUSI	1301		Introduction to Business OR	3
				Restricted Elective1
	BCIS	1305		Business Computer Applications2 OR	3
	COSC	1315		Fundamentals of Programming
+				Mathematics3	3
					------- 15

Semester II

+	ENGL	1302		English Composition II	3
	HIST	1302		United States History II	3
	ECON	2302		Principles of Microeconomics	3
+				Natural Science4	3-4
+				Mathematics3	3-4
					------- 15-17

Semester III

+				Literature Course5	3
	GOVT	2305		United States Government	3
	ACCT	2301		Principles of Financial Accounting	3
	ECON	2301		Principles of Macroeconomics	3
+				Natural Science4	3-4
					------- 15-16

Semester IV

	GOVT	2306		Texas State and Local Government	3
+	ACCT	2302		Principles of Managerial Accounting	3
				Visual and Performing Arts6	3
+				Humanities6	3
				Oral Communication7	3
					------- 15
				TOTALS	------- 60-63

¹ Choose from the following: BUSG 2371 or BUSI 2301. It is recommended that students without a prior business course or business experience enroll in BUSI 1301. Students should consult with their receiving institution as to the transferability of any business elective taken at ACC.
² Computer Information Management and Management Information Systems majors should consult with an academic advisor.
³ Students are required to take MATH 1425 or Math 2413. In addition, students must take one other course from this list: MATH 1314, MATH 1324, or MATH 1476. Students should first consult with an ACC mathematics instructor for placement, which may include taking additional ACC mathematics courses to satisfy prerequisites. Each four-year school has a requirement for two specific mathematics courses and most expect that transfer students will complete both of their required courses before they transfer. You may ask for an exception if the school you want to transfer to has different requirements from these listed.
⁴ Natural Science Restricted electives: Physical and/or biological science must be chosen from the following: BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS. Both science courses must be from the same department. Each four-year school has a requirement for two specific natural science courses and most expect that transfer students will complete both of their required courses before they transfer. Consult a business advisor if you wish to take different courses than those recommended.
⁵ The literature course must be chosen from the following: ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2342, or ENGL 2343.
⁶ Students must take these electives from the core curriculum. This includes a Visual and Performing Arts course and an additional Humanities course. Consult the catalog core curriculum for a list of acceptable courses. Consult a business advisor for additional advising information.
⁷ Please select any Speech course from the Communications section of the Core Curriculum Course list. SPCH 1321 is the preferred course.