The Associate in Science Degree in Business Administration for Transfer (AS-T Business Administration) is designed to provide students with the common core of lower division courses required to transfer and pursue a baccalaureate degree in Business Administration. This includes business degrees with options in accounting, finance, human resources management, international business, management, operations management, and marketing. The AS-T Business Administration aligns with the CSU Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Describe fundamental aspects of business and economic principles, including macroeconomics and microeconomics.
2. Identify laws affecting sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.
3. Describe accounting information and statements used in business and organizational management.
4. Practice use of mathematical and statistical analyses used in business.

Potential careers students may enter upon completion are as follows:

• Accounting
• Data analytics
• Finance
• Marketing
• Human resource management
• Supply chain management
• Operations management
• Global trade

Associate Degree for Transfer Graduation Requirements

Associate Degrees for Transfer require students to meet the following requirements:

• Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
• Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
• Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
• Completion of Cal-GETC.

Students should consult a GWC counselor in order to select the best pathway to meet their educational goals. For students who intend to transfer, the choice of general education will be specific to both their major and transfer institution.

Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses
ACCT G101	Financial Accounting	4
ACCT G102	Managerial Accounting	4
ECON G170	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON G175	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
MATH G140	Business Calculus	4-6
or MATH G140S	Business Calculus with Support
or MATH G180	Calculus 1
BUS G108	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUS G100	Introduction To Business	3
or BUS G139	Business Communication
STAT G160	Introduction to Statistics	3-6
or STAT G160S	Introduction to Statistics
or ECON G160	Statistics for Business and Economics
or SOC G125	Introduction to Statistics in Sociology
or PSYC G140	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Major Total		27-32
GE Pattern (Cal-GETC)		34
Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 units)
Total Units		60