This program is designed for students who intend to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Information Systems & Operations Management. Students who complete this program will meet freshman and sophomore requirements at most public and private four-year institutions that offer degrees in Business Administration. Individual institutions may have additional requirements for admission into the major department. Grade point average requirements vary and admission is competitive across the several programs in Business Administration. Graduates should expect to have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher to meet admission requirements. Admission application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university to which they plan to transfer.
Upon successful completion of the Associate in Arts degree, students who meet the requirements outlined in this pre-major articulation agreement for Business Administration will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the baccalaureate degree: ASU, ECU, ECSU, FSU, NCA&T, NCSU, UNC-A, UNC-CH, UNC-G, UNC-P, UNC-W, WCU, and WSSU.
This program is not designed to provide entry-level job skills in business occupations. Students interested in obtaining immediate employment upon graduation should pursue one of the A.A.S. degree programs in the Business Technology Department of Randolph Community College. Several colleges and universities provide limited transferability of A.A.S. degrees in Accounting and Business Administration.
COURSE INFORMATION
General Education Core (44 SHC) – Forty-four semester hours of credit in general education core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The general education core includes the following:
English Composition (6 SHC)
- The first composition course must be ENG 111 Expository Writing (3 SHC)
- The second composition course must be selected from the following:
ENG 112 Argument-Based Research (3 SHC)
ENG 113 Literature-Based Research (3 SHC)
ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting (3 SHC)
Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
- One course must be a Literature course.
- Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: Art, Drama, Dance, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Music, Philosophy, and Religion.
Social /Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
- One course must be in History.
- The following economics course is required: ECO 251 Prin. Of Microeconomics (3 SHC)
- Two additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
- The following courses are recommended: POL 120, PSY 150, SOC 210
Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14-16 SHC):
Natural Sciences (8 SHC)
- Two courses from the Biological and Physical Science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required.
Mathematics (6-8 SHC)
- The following courses are required:
Choose one :
MAT 161 College Algebra (3 SHC)
MAT 171 Pre-calculus Algebra (3 SHC)
MAT 175 Pre-calculus (4 SHC)
Choose one :
MAT 263 Brief Calculus (3 SHC)
MAT 271 Calculus 1 (4 SHC)
Other Required Hours (20 SHC)
- The following courses are required (14 SHC):
ACC 120 Principles of Financial Accounting (4 SHC)
ACC 121 Principles of Managerial Accounting (4 SHC)
CIS 110 Introduction to Computers (3 SHC)
ECO 252 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 SHC)
- One of the following is required (3 SHC)
BUS 228 Business Statistics (3 SHC)
MAT 151 Statistics I (3 SHC)
MAT 155 Statistics Analysis (3 SHC)
- Three additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required. (3 SHC)
Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in program: 64-65
November 15, 2006
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