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Associate of Science in Business Administration

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS  The student must complete a total of 60 credit hours as follows:

General Education (42 Credits)
Students must complete the following General Education requirements:

  • 6 credit hours in academic and interpersonal skills. The following courses must be taken in the first semester and no transfer of credit is accepted for either course.

PSY180 Interpersonal Effectiveness

This course examines the theories and skills essential to interpersonal effectiveness across a variety of relationships. Students will learn to apply these theories and skills to everyday interaction, explore how interpersonal effectiveness can help them achieve personal and professional goals, and design a plan for further development of interpersonal effectiveness skills during their academic program. Topics include effective communication, identity and impression formation, perception, cultural influences on interpersonal interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening and feedback, relationship development, social influence, communication technologies, conflict, group interaction, and ethical conduct.

Credit(s): 3

ASP100 Skills for Success

This course is designed to prepare learners for success in their undergraduate programs at Argosy University. Students develop strategies to help them achieve their educational goals, and to apply what they have already learned in other school, work and personal settings. Self- assessments are used to help students determine their learning styles and to develop successful strategies for learning. Course content emphasizes the following: oral and written communication, personal and interpersonal development, critical thinking skills, study skills, goal setting, time and stress management, information literacy, financial management skills, career search skills, and student responsibility.

Credit(s): 3

  • 6 credit hours in Communications including ENG101
    • COM104, COM105, COM450 cannot be taken to satisfy the Communication requirement
  • 6 credit hours in Humanities
    • ENG401, HUM401, HUM440 cannot be taken to satisfy the Humanities requirement
  • 6 credit hours in Social Sciences
    • SOC416 cannot be taken to satisfy the Social Sciences requirement
  • 6 credit hours in Natural Science
  • 6 credit hours in Mathematics
  • 6 credit hours in elective courses (in any general education distribution area)

Core Requirements (18 Credits)
Students are required to complete the six core courses listed below:

BUS201 Introduction to Business in a Technology World

This course introduces students to business principles, concepts, and theories while emphasizing the synergy and integration of business functions and applications. Topics covered include: Management, leadership, global competition, entrepreneurship, human resource management, marketing, accounting, finance, business technology, and economics.

Credit(s): 3

FIN201Foundations of Building Wealth

This course provides an introduction to personal financial management. Emphasis will be on personal financial decision making, interpreting financial data, budget planning, risk management, retirement and estate planning. The basic financial concepts of time value of money, asset valuation and risk and return will be presented. Students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts, techniques and theories for making effective financial decisions.

Credit(s): 3

ACC201 Principles of Accounting

This course provides an introduction to financial accounting principles. Topics include basic accounting procedures, measurement of income and expense, working capital, and investments.

Credit(s): 3

BUS212 Business Law and Corporate Ethics

The course provides an introduction to basic business law topics in employment law, contract law, and various business regulations, as well as ethical issues underlying the law and business’ responsibility to society more generally. The application of law and ethics across cultures and countries is introduced.

Credit(s): 3

MKT230 Principles of Marketing

The courses provides the fundamentals of marketing management in a dynamic organizational environment, including an analysis of such functions as product development, promotion, channels of distribution, and logistics. An introduction to the basic tools of marketing research is also provided.

Credit(s): 3

MGT240 Motivating and Managing People

This course will emphasize the core concepts of organizational behavior to help students gain knowledge and understanding of individual, group and organization behavior in modern businesses. The course covers individual behavior, team processes, knowledge management, diversity, cross cultural conflict, leadership and motivation from both the management and employees perspectives.

Credit(s): 3

Placement Policy

Math Requirement

Students who are transferring in sufficient college level General Education Math courses with a grade of B or higher will not be required to take a placement test.

Students with no college credit in General Education Math or with grades of B- or below, will be placed in a developmental course per the Registration Policy for Developmental Coursework. However, they can choose to place out of developmental coursework by passing a placement test.

Writing Requirement

Students who are transferring in sufficient college level General Education English courses with a grade of B or higher will not be required to take a placement test.

Students with no college credit in General Education English or with grades of B- or below, will be placed in a developmental course per the Registration Policy for Developmental Coursework. However, they can choose to place out of developmental coursework by passing a placement test.

 

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Developmental Coursework

Students who do not have transfer of credit in General Education Math and/or English, or do not successfully complete a placement test in either Math or English, may only enroll in developmental coursework after the first session until at least one of the developmental courses is successfully completed.

If developmental coursework for both Math and English is successfully completed, students proceed into their given program of study.

If developmental coursework is successfully completed in only one area (Math or English), students proceed according to the policies that govern enrollment in Mathematics Review or English Review. Students whose placement test scores are below the established cutoff in only one area (Math or English) may register for other coursework per the following policies:

Mathematics Review Policies

Prior to successful completion of a developmental course Mathematics Review I, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.

Mathematics Review I may be retaken a second time, but students may not register for other courses until the developmental coursework has been completed with a grade of C- or higher . Students who fail their second attempt of a developmental course will be referred to the Student Professional Development Committee to address barriers to academic readiness.

English Review Policies

English Review I: Students not taking the placement test, or having placement scores below a certain threshold will be placed in English Review I. After the successful completion of English Review I they will bep laced in English Review II. Prior to successful completion of English Review I, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, ECO201 Macroeconomics, ECO202 Microeconomics, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.

English Review II Students with placement test scores above the threshold for English Review I but with scores below the cutoff for passing will be placed in English Review II. Prior to successful completion of English Review II, students are limited to registration in the following General Education electives: PSY101 General Psychology, SCI110 The Rise of Modern Science, SCI115 The Ecological Perspective, POL110 American Experience, ECO201Macroeconomics, ECO202 Microeconomics, BIO120 Human Anatomy and Physiology.

English Review I and English Review II may be retaken a second time, but students may not register for other courses until the developmental coursework has been completed with a grade of C- or higher. Students who fail their second attempt of a developmental course will be referred to the Student Professional Development Committee to address barriers to academic readiness.

 

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
  • Satisfactory completion of all required courses within the program major with a grade of “C-“ or better
  • Completion of 60 credit hours as follows:
    • 42 credit hours General Education Curriculum Requirements
    • 18 credit hours Program Core Requirements
  • An Argosy University grade point average of 2.0 or higher
  • A completed and submitted Petition to Graduate submitted to campus administration