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Business — Associate of Applied Science Degree for Direct Employment
learn basic business principles and specialize in marketing, management or tourism. students planning to transfer to a
four-year university should pursue the associate of Business administration. Complete the management and marketing
concentration by taking classes in a combination of weekdays and evenings/weekends. Complete the tourism
concentration by taking classes exclusively online.
What can I do with this degree?
Career Options: Carry out basic business functions, especially in marketing, management or tourism, for an employer
or to open a small business.
Academic Options: While this program was not designed to transfer to a 4-year university, it may apply toward
Bachelor of applied science (Bas) or other programs. see Pima’s transfer Partnerships page
(www.pima.edu/transfer/partnerships).
Locations: management concentration at the East and West Campuses; marketing concentration at the West Campus;
tourism concentration at the East Campus
Department/Contact Information:
Dean: 206-7694
lead faculty: 206-7691
Program/major/Concentration Codes: AASBUSINESS/BUS/**** (see concentration codes below)
General Education Requirements - A grade of C or better is required for graduation.
reading requirement - Please refer to the reading requirement in the general Education section before enrolling in a general
education course.
Course lists for each General Education category listed below can be found starting on page 55.
Communication requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Wrt 101 or 154 fulfills 3 credits of this requirement. Complete an appropriate course from the pairs listed in the
Communication category.
analysis and Critical thinking requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Bus 151 (only if taken after spring 2008) fulfills 3 credits in the mathematics category. Complete a course from the
science or Critical thinking category.
Humanities and social science requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECn 201 or 202 fulfills 3 credits of the social science category. Complete a course from the Humanities/fine arts or
leadership/Ethics category.
Computer and information literacy requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . †
Csa 101 fulfills this requirement.
special requirements
the C or g requirement should be fulfilled by completing an appropriate course in the above categories.
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12¥
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
Required Core Courses - A grade of C or better is required for graduation.
Bus 100 introduction to Business (F-Sp-Su). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bus 151* mathematics of Business (F-Sp-Su) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bus 220 legal Environment of Business (F-Sp-Su) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
mgt 110 Human relations in Business and industry (F-Sp-Su) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Required Support Courses
aCC 101 financial accounting (F-Sp-Su) sun# aCC 2201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
aCC 102* managerial accounting (F-Sp-Su) sun# aCC 2202. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Csa 101* Computer fundamentals (F-Sp-Su). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECn 201* microeconomic Principles (F-Sp-Su) sun# ECn 2202
or ECn 202* macroeconomic Principles (F-Sp-Su) sun# ECn 2201. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
mgt 280* Business organization and management (F-Sp-Su) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
mKt 111 Principles of marketing (F-Sp-Su) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
f= fall | sp= spring | su= summer | n/o= may not be offered this year, check class schedule
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