Business Administration • Associate in Arts
Transfer Program
Total Credit Hours: 60-62
Colleague Code: AA.BUSAD
Curriculum Code: ADD 100
Program Information:
- Students planning to transfer are recommended to verify senior-institution requirements, which vary.
- Please refer to the appropriate university catalog for requirements.
- Students who are planning on teaching business in a secondary school are required to take and pass the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP) prior to transferring to an upper-division institution. Please contact the Education program at 217-786-9101 or 217-786-2391 for further information.
- This program has been articulated with Benedictine University, Kaplan University, Lincoln College and University of Illinois Springfield as a 2 + 2 program if taken in its entirety.
For Program Information Contact:
Business and Technologies Department at 217-786-2286 or 217-786-2406 or see an academic advisor.
Recommended Course Sequence:
First Semester:
Second Semester:
| ACC 104 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 101 | Business Law I | 3 |
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| MAT 130 | Calculus for Business and Social Science | 4 |
| OR | |
| MAT 140 | Finite Mathematics | 4 |
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| EGL 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| Social Science Selection | 3 |
Third Semester:
| ECO 131 | Principles of Economics I (Microeconomics) | 3 |
| MAT 141 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
| Humanities Selection | 3 |
| Fine Arts Selection | 3 |
| Physical Science Selection | 3-4 |
Fourth Semester:
| ECO 132 | Principles of Economics II (Macroeconomics) | 3 |
| CAS 121 | Computer Applications and Concepts | 3 |
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| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| OR | |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
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| Humanities or Fine Arts Selection | 3 |
| Life Science Selection | 3-4 |
Course Requirements:
Required General Education Courses (9 credits)
Recommended General Education Courses (28-30 credits)
Please see your advisor for course planning.
| ECO 131 | Principles of Economics I (Microeconomics) | 3 |
| ECO 132 | Principles of Economics II (Macroeconomics) | 3 |
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| MAT 130 | Calculus for Business and Social Science | 4 |
| OR | |
| MAT 140 | Finite Mathematics | 4 |
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| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| OR | |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
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| Fine Arts Selection | 3 |
| Humanities Selection | 3 |
| Humanities or Fine Arts Selection | 3 |
| Life Science Selection* | 3-4 |
| Physical Science Selection | 3-4 |
Recommended Program Courses (13 credits)
Recommended Program Support Courses (10 credits)
| CAS 121 | Computer Applications and Concepts | 3 |
| MAT 141 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
| Elective Business Selection | 3 |
Suggested electives: BUS 202 and BUS 204. Some colleges prefer these courses to be taken at the senior institution. It is recommended that students determine the preference of the college to which they are planning to transfer before enrolling in any of these courses.
These math courses may be taken in any sequence and should be selected according to the requirements of the senior institution to which students intend to transfer.*
*Credit must be earned in both the life and physical science areas; must be selected from the list of General Education Core Curriculum Courses and must include one laboratory course