Business, AAS

Associate of Applied Science Business
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	60

Fall Semester (16 hours)

COL 100 - Campus Orientation Hours: 0
COL 101 - Falcon Seminar Hours: 1 ^{CA, AC}
ENG 101 - English Comp I Hours: 3
MTH 102 - Business Mathematics Hours: 3 OR MTH 140 - Contemporary Mathematics ^{CA, AC}
ACC 101 - Fundamentals of Accounting Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
OR Program Elective* Hours:3
BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
Core 42 Civics Hours: 3
PSC CIVICS - Civics Achievement Exam Hours: 0

Spring Semester (15 hours)

ACC 102 - Financial Accounting Hours: 3
ENG 104 - Technical Writing Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
BUS 181 - Business Communications Hours: 3 ^{CA, AC}
BUS 111 - Principles of Marketing Hours: 3 ^CA
BUS 141 - Principles of Finance Hours: 3

Fall Semester (14 Hours)

BUS 234 - Legal Environment of Business Hours: 3
BUS 151 - Fundamentals of Management Hours: 3
ACC 115 - Quickbooks Hours: 3
ECO 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics Hours: 3 OR ECO 102 - Principles of Microeconomics Hours:3
Program Elective* Hours:2-3

Spring Semester (15 hours)

PSY 101 - General Psychology Hours: 3 OR PHL 203 - Ethics Hours:3
ACC 117 - Data Analytics Hours: 3
Core 42 Natural Sciences without Lab Hours:3
BUS 290 - Program Capstone-Business Hours: 3
Program Elective^*Hours: 3

* Program Electives

Take 8-9 credit hours from the electives listed below:

ACC 101 - Fundamentals of Accounting Hours: 3
ACC 110 - Managerial Accounting Hours: 3
ACC 116 - Payroll Accounting Hours: 2
ACC 205 - Tax Accounting Hours: 3
BUS 165 - Business Internship Hours: 3
BUS 171 - Human Resource Management Hours: 3
BUS 222 - Small Business Management Hours: 3
CIS 110 - Technical and Digital Literacy Hours: 3
CIS 126 - Computer Operations and Maintenance Hours: 3
CIS 203 - Database Structure Hours: 3