Associate of Science in Business and Entrepreneurship (A.S.)

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Business and Entrepreneurship Courses

ACC 221 - Principles of Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
COM 354 - Applied Social Media Credit Hours: 3
ECN 221 - Introduction to Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ENT 311 - Business Start-Ups Credit Hours: 3
MKT 221 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
Choose one of the following
BUS 271 - Business Law I Credit Hours: 3 Δ
BUS 351 - Statistics Credit Hours: 3 πΔ
FIN 268 - Personal Finance Credit Hours: 3 Δ

Business and Entrepreneurship Credit hours 12-15

General Education

Liberal Arts Pathway Courses

Choose one of the following:

Art Pathway - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 2 Credit Hours
History Pathway - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 3 Credit Hours
Literature Pathway - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 3 Credit Hours
Music Pathway - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 2 Credit Hours
Philosophy Pathway - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 3 Credit Hours
Social Science Pathway course - ECN 221 - Introduction to Microeconomics (see Required courses)

Choose one Mathematics Pathway course - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 3 Credit Hours

Choose one Science with Lab Pathway course - See General Education Requirements - Main Campus 4 Credit Hours

General Education Credit Hours 23-27

Elective Credit Hours 18-25

A.S. in Business and Entrepreneurship Total Credit Hours 60

Symbol Key

^ Grade of “C” or better required.
* This course has a prerequisite.
π A course that meets a General Education requirement.
Δ Recommended for students planning to eventually pursue a bachelor’s degree in business or management major at SAU.

Course Substitutions and Transfer Courses

Students may petition the Office of Registration and Records for course equivalencies or substitutions for any courses except for COR 200 or COR 320 . A petition does not guarantee approval. Transfer courses will be evaluated using only official transcripts from the transferring institution.

Associate of Arts Graduation Requirements

Students must complete at least 30 credit hours and at least 10 of the last 20 credit hours at SAU.
Students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA at SAU in order to graduate with an A.S. degree.
Students must complete 60 credit hours and all course requirements specified in the degree program.

Continuing to a Bachelor’s Degree

The A.S. degree may not be earned concurrently with a bachelor’s degree, and the courses taken in the A.S. degree program may or may not apply to a specific SAU bachelor’s degree. Students who eventually plan to continue on to bachelor’s degree program at SAU should pay careful attention to prerequisite and required courses in the bachelor’s degree program they hope to pursue to prevent taking unnecessary courses.

Students who complete an associate’s degree at SAU must reapply to SAU to pursue at bachelor’s degree. Admission to a bachelor’s program at SAU is not automatic.