Parkland College Online

Business Education

Associate in Science (A.S.)
Program Code: BBED AS

Minimum graduation requirement — 61 semester hours

The following framework is designed for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business education. To transfer into a baccalaureate degree program in business education as a junior, students need to complete a minimum of 60 semester credits. Students are strongly encouraged to complete an A.S. degree prior to transfer. Since admission is competitive, completion of the recommended courses does not guarantee admission.

Students should plan their transfer programs with a Parkland academic advisor or counselor and the catalog of the four-year college or university they plan to attend.

Program Note*
MAT 124 is a prerequisite for MAT 141, MAT 143, and MAT 160.

Suggested Full-time Sequence (Your schedule may differ.)
FALL 1st Semester ENG 101 PSY 101 SPE 101 Humanities/Fine Arts elective	SPRING 2nd Semester ACC 101 ENG 102 ECO 101 MAT 141 or MAT 143 General elective

FALL 3rd Semester ACC 102 BUS 245 ECO 102 MAT 160 Physical/Life Sciences elective	SPRING 4th Semester CIS 200 PSY 220 Humanities/Fine Arts elective Physical/Life Sciences elective

Requirements	Credit Hours
Required General Education Core Courses (40 hours)
Communications (9) ENG 101Composition I ENG 102 Composition II SPE 101 Introductory Speech Communication	3 3 3
Social/Behavioral Sciences electives (10) ECO 101 Principles of Economics I ECO 102 Principles of Economics II PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology	3 3 4
Humanities elective	3
Humanities or Fine Arts elective One course from Hum or FA must fulfill the Third World or non-Western culture requirement.	3
Mathematics* elective (4) MAT 141 Finite Mathematics or MAT 143 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences	4
Physical Sciences elective	4
Life Sciences elective	4

Required Business Core Courses (14 hours)
ACC 101 Financial Accounting	4
ACC 102 Managerial Accounting	3
CIS 200 Business Computer Systems	3
MAT 160* Statistics	4

Other Required Transferable Business Courses (6 hours)
BUS 245 Business Communications	3
PSY 220 Educational Psychology	3

General Elective (1-3 hours)
General elective	1-3
Total Semester Credit Hours Required	61-63

How to get started

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Distance Learning: Admissions: Financial Aid: Advising: Bachelor's Degree:	Lori Wendt Reo Wilhour Dawn Good Advising Center Billie Mitchell	217-353-2012 217-353-2638 217-353-2242 217-351-2555 217-353-2666	lwendt@parkland.edu rwilhour@parkland.edu dgood@parkland.edu getadvised@parkland.edu finishyourdegree@parkland.edu

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