Business Administration AS-T Program Overview

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Getting an AA-T or an AS-T Degree…makes it easy to transfer from a California community college into the CSU system.

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Business Administration (Associate in Science for Transfer)

Required Courses (Choose 15-17 units) Units
ACCT 1 Principles of Accounting – Financial 4
ACCT 1A Principles of Accounting – Financial Lab 0.5
ACCT 2L Principles of Accounting – Managerial 5
GNBUS 18A Business Law 3
ECON 1A Elementary Economics – Macro 3
ECON 1B Elementary Economics – Micro 3
List A (3-4 units) Courses. Choose 1:
MATH 9 Calculus for Business, Social and Life Sciences 4
OR STAT 1 Introduction to Statistical Methods 4
List B Courses. Choose two (6 units):
GNBUS 30 (substitution for BCA 15) Business Computer Applications – Beg 3
OR GNBUS 10 Introduction to Global Business 3
OR GNBUS 21 Business Communications 3
Total major units required 24-27
General Education must be taken in addition to these requirements

Students earning an AA-T/AS-T degree must complete 60 semester units of coursework eligible for transfer to the CSU including the CSU GE-B or IGETC (CSU version), all courses in the major with “C” or better grades, and achieve
a minimum transferable cumulative GPA of 2.0.

For more information about the transfer process click here!

Business Administration (Associate in Science) 

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE DEGREE WITH A GUARANTEE PROGRAM

Required Courses Units
ACCT 1 & 1A (substitution for ACCT 1L) Principles of Accounting – Financial 4.5
ACCT 2L Principles of Accounting – Managerial 5
ECON 1A Elementary Economics – Macro 3
ECON 1B Elementary Economics – Micro 3
GNBUS 56 Business Mathematics 3
Select one of the following classes: 1
MATH 9 Calculus for Business, Social and Life Sciences (CSU Sacramento) 4
  OR STAT 1 Introduction to Statistical Methods (CSU Sacramento)
  OR MATH 25 Finite Math (CSU Chico)
Plus 3 units from the following:
GNBUS 30 (substitution for BCA 15) Business Computer Applications (CSU Sacramento) 3
OR GNBUS 10 Introduction to Global Business (CSU Chico)
Total Major units required 24.5

Students earning an AA/AS degree must complete a minimum of 18 units of General Education requirements, the multicultural graduation requirement, and the health requirement, in addition to the program units listed here. Students must complete a total of 60 degree applicable units to earn an AA or AS. Please see your counselor for additional information