Business, AAS

Associate of Applied Science Business Guided Pathway to Success
The Associate of Applied Science Business Pathway will introduce you to the many skills required to get noticed by today’s business leaders. Critical thinking, communication skills, and the strong understanding in business ethics is a great foundation for which to start your future. The business pathway offers professional courses in management, marketing, economics, accounting, finance, communications, business law and computer science. These are combined with a core of general education courses to ensure that students receive a well-rounded curriculum. This pathway is designed for the student to graduate and directly enter the job market with potential opportunities in entry-level management and supervisory positions in a variety of businesses.

Extra-Curricular/Co-curricular Opportunities at ECC
Business Pathway students in addition to other clubs on campus look forward to participating in DECA. ECC-DECA has competed regionally and nationally enjoying trips to Washington D. C., Orlando, and New York.

Campus Offered	Credits Required
ECC Union	61

Fall Semester (16 hours)

COL 100 - Campus Orientation Hours: 0
COL 101 - Foundation of Student Success Hours: 1 ^{CA, AC}
PSC CIVICS - Civics Achievement Exam Hours: 0
ENG 101 - English Comp I Hours: 3
MTH 102 - Business Mathematics Hours: 3
MTH 140 - Contemporary Mathematics ^{CA, AC}
ACC 101 - Financial Accounting I Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
Core 42 Civics Hours: 3

Spring Semester (15 hours)

ENG 104 - Technical Writing Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
BUS 111 - Principles of Marketing Hours: 3 ^CA
BUS 181 - Business Communications Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
ACC 115 - Accounting Tech/Quickbooks Hours: 3 ^AC
Core 42 Natural Sciences Hours: 3

Fall Semester (15 Hours)

BUS 234 - Legal Environment of Business Hours: 3
BUS 151 - Fundamentals of Management Hours: 3
BUS 141 - Principles of Finance Hours: 3 ^CA
Program Elective Hours: 4-5^*

Spring Semester (15 hours)

BUS 171 - Human Resource Management Hours: 3
BUS 290 - Program Capstone-Business Hours: 3
PSY 101 - General Psychology Hours: 3 or
PHL 203 - Ethics Hours: 3
Program Elective^* Hours: 6

* Program Electives

Operations Management

ACC 102 - Financial Accounting II Hours: 3 ^AC
BUS 222 - Small Business Management Hours: 3
ACC 116 - Payroll Accounting Hours: 2 ^AC
BUS 165 - Business/Industrial Management Internship Hours: 3 ^CA
CIS 126 - Computer Operations and Maintenance Hours: 3
CIS 203 - Database Structure Hours: 3
Any ACC, BUS, or CIS course

AAS program (61 credit hours)

^CA- Course that is also a part of the Business-Certificate of Achievement program

^AC- Course that is also part of the Accounting-Certificate of Achievement program