Associate in Business
Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Related
Program
Purpose
The Associate in Business is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a bachelor's degree in business.The Associate in Business represents the broad knowledge generally acquired in the first two years of a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree with a business major. The Associate in Business is a Direct Transfer Agreement degree approved by the Instruction Commission of Washington Community and Technical Colleges. Students who complete this degree "will have satisfied the lower division general education (core requirements and lower division business requirements at the baccalaureate institutions, subject to provisos listed" as stated in Appendix N of the ICRC Handbook, http://www.washingtoncouncil.org/icrc/resources/documents/icrchandbook.pdf. That means, generally, that students completing the Associate in Business can begin work on their specialized, major-area course work as soon as they transfer. However, students should confer with advisors at their baccalaureate institution to determine the most appropriate math courses and other possible prerequisites. Failure to do so may result in extra classes required at the baccalaureate institution.
Recommended Course Schedule
Fall Quarter, First Year
| ECON& 202 | Macroeconomics (SS) | 5 |
| ENGL& 101 | English Composition I (C) | 5 |
| Humanities Distribution (H)^ | 5 | |
| Health & Fitness Distribution (HF) | 1 | |
| Total Credits | 16 |
Winter Quarter, First Year
| ECON& 201 | Microeconomics (SS) | 5 |
| ENGL 102 | English Composition II (C) | 5 |
| Health & Fitness Distribution (HF) | 1 | |
| Science Distribution (S) | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 16 |
Spring Quarter, First Year
| MATH& 146 | Introduction to Statistics (M) | 5 |
| SPEE 110 | Principles of Speech Communications (H) | 5 |
| Health & Fitness Distribution (HF) | 1 | |
| Social Science Distribution (SS)*^ | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 16 |
Fall Quarter, Second Year
| ACCT& 201 | Principles of Accounting I | 5 |
| BUS& 201 | Business Law* | 5 |
| MATH 115 | College Algebra for Business (M)* | |
| or | ||
| MATH& 141 | Pre-Calculus I (M)* | 5 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Winter Quarter, Second Year
| ACCT& 202 | Principles of Accounting II | 5 |
| MATH 150 | Survey of Calculus (M)* | |
| or | ||
| MATH& 142 | Pre-Calculus II (M)* | 5 |
| Humanities Distribution (H)^ | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Spring Quarter, Second Year
| ACCT& 203 | Principles of Accounting III | 5 |
| Elective* | ||
| or | ||
| MATH& 151 | Calculus I (M)* | 5 |
| Science Distribution/Lab (S) | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 15 |
*It is strongly recommended that students confer with an advisor at their baccalaureate institution to determine the most appropriate math courses and other possible prerequisites.
^Students are required to complete 3-5 credits in a Diversity Course (D). A list of courses that satisfy the Diversity Requirement can be found in the college catalog.