Business, A.A

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Program Contact: Lauri Arnold-Calder
Office: Technology Arts Building 4, Room 103C
Address: 855 E. Lavaca St., Beaumont, TX 77705
Phone: (409) 839- 2050

The 60 SCH Associate of Arts in Business curriculum is designed for those students who wish to take courses for academic transfer in business. This degree provides a Core Curriculum that will transfer to four year institutions and coincides with the first two years of most baccalaureate business degree plans.

Students seeking an Associate of Arts in Business must complete 60 SCH of coursework, including the 42 SCH Core Curriculum and 18 SCH of Business electives.

Recommended Degree Plan Core Curriculum

Students seeking an Associate Degree must complete the Core Curriculum. The Core Curriculum is required by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Students are required to complete 42 SCH from nine different component areas. Once complete, a student is considered 'Core Complete'.

The courses listed below may be used to satisfy the requirements of the Core Curriculum +.

Communication (6 SCH)

Mathematics (3 SCH)

Life and Physical Sciences (6 SCH)

Language, Philosophy, and Culture (3 SCH)

Creative Arts (3 SCH)

History (6 SCH)

Government (6 SCH)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 SCH)

Component Area Option (6 SCH)

To fulfill Core Curriculum requirements, students must take:

MATH 1314 to satisfy the Mathematics component

ECON 2301 to satisfy the Social/Behavioral Science component

Two courses (with labs) from the choices provided above (BIOL, CHEM) to satisfy the Life and Physical Sciences component

Business Requirements

The following five courses must be taken to meet the full requirements of the Associate of Arts degree in Business: