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Business Transfer Pathway Associate of Science Degree

Overview and Award Outcomes

Overview

The Business Transfer Pathway AS offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated Business bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities* enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field.

*Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University, and Winona State University.

Award Outcomes

Demonstrate effective business communication skills
Demonstrate interpersonal skills
Demonstrate team building skills
Demonstrate professional business behavior
Solve business problems using critical thinking techniques
Apply marketing concepts and strategies to business decision making
Apply management concepts to business problems
Analyze business problems using financial concepts

Career Opportunities

This occupational area includes the following career titles: Business Manager or Business Specialist to name a few. Business Managers work within banks, insurance companies, healthcare facilities, government agencies, educational institutions, retail industries, and various service and manufacturing businesses.

Program Requirements

Technical Studies Required 29 Credits

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
ACCT1102Principles of Accounting I

4

ACCT2155Financial Accounting

4

ACCT2221Managerial Accounting

4

BUSN1000Principles of Business

3

BUSN1140Business Law

3

BUSN1200Business Communication

3

BUSN2005Principles of Marketing

4

BUSN2055Principles of Management

4

General Education Required 26 Credits

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
COMM1260Small Group Communication

3

COMM1280Public Speaking

3

ECON1200Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON1300Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ENGL1100Writing and Research

4

MATH1250Introduction to Statistics

3

MATH1400College Algebra

4

PHIL1200Ethics

3

General Education Elective 5 Credits

Choose five credits from two of the following Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Areas: 3, 7, 8, or 10

Technical Studies Elective 0 Credits

Total Associate of Science Degree Credits 60

Semester Sequence

Offered at Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie

First Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
ACCT1102Principles of Accounting I

4

BUSN1000Principles of Business

3

COMM1260Small Group Communication

3

ENGL1100Writing and Research

4

Total Credits  14

Second Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
ACCT2155Financial Accounting

4

BUSN1140Business Law

3

ECON1200Principles of Microeconomics

3

PHIL1200Ethics

3

Choose three credits from MnTC Goal Areas 3, 7, 8, or 10

3

Total Credits  16

Third Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
BUSN1200Business Communication

3

BUSN2005Principles of Marketing

4

BUSN2055Principles of Management

4

MATH1400College Algebra

4

Total Credits  15

Fourth Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
ACCT2221Managerial Accounting

4

COMM1280Public Speaking

3

ECON1300Principles of Macroeconomics

3

MATH1250Introduction to Statistics

3

Choose two credits from MnTC Goal Areas 3, 7, 8, or 10

2

Total Credits  15

MnTC Goal Area 3

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
BIOL1000Biology in Society

4

BIOL1300Introduction to Forensic Science

3

BIOL1400Human Biology

4

BIOL2005General Biology I

4

BIOL2125Anatomy and Physiology I

4

BIOL2225Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BIOL2235Microbiology

4

CHEM1000Introduction to Chemistry

4

CHEM1100General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Foundations

4

PHYS1005Introductory Physics I

3

PHYS1010Introductory Physics II

3

PHYS2005College Physics I

4

PHYS2010College Physics II

4

MnTC Goal Area 7

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
Human Diversity

COMM1250Interpersonal Communication

3

PSYC1200Psychology Throughout the Lifespan

3

PSYC1300Abnormal Psychology

3

SOCI1200Marriage and Family

3

 

Race, Power, and Justice

SOCI1400Race in America

3

MnTC Goal Area 8

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
ARTS1050Introduction to Art

3

BIOL1100Nutrition and Health

3

ECON1300Principles of Macroeconomics

3

HIST1400Contemporary World History

3

MUSC1015World Music

3

PHIL1500World Religions

3

MNTC Goal Area 10

Course NumberCourse TitleCourse Credits
BIOL1000Biology in Society

4

BIOL1100Nutrition and Health

3

ENGL1060Food in Literature and Film

3

PHIL1600Environmental Ethics

3

SOCI1600Food and Society

3

Graduation (60 Credits)

Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence.  Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.

 

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