Degrees & Certificates
Business Administration AA
Effective Fall 2020
This Associate of Arts in Business Administration degree program is designed for students seeking a career in the business field. The objective is to teach the fundamental principles underlying organizations, to emphasize education which will improve students’ thought processes, to provide familiarity with the basic analytical tools of business and to develop in the student the ability to use the techniques involved in analyzing and evaluating business problems and finding reasonable solutions. Attention is focused on systems and quantitative analysis, accounting, business law, economics and mathematics.
Career Opportunities
Students who earn an AA degree in Business Administration are suited to work in a variety of industries and positions including, but not limited, to customer service associate, retail sales worker, assistant store manager, administrative assistant, relationship banker, store manager, sales consultant, sales support specialist, sales supervisor, and executive assistant.
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| BUSN 1A (Financial Accounting) | 4 |
| BUSN 1B (Managerial Accounting) | 4 |
| BUSN 18 (Business Law) | 4 |
| BUSN 40 (Introduction to Business) | 3 |
| CIS 50 (Introduction to Computing Information Technology) | 3 |
| ECON 1 (Principles of Microeconomics) | 3 |
| ECON 2 (Principles of Macroeconomics) | 3 |
| MATH 40 (Statistics and Probability) | 4 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| CIS 71A (Keyboarding (The Alphabet)) | 1 |
| CIS 71B (Keyboard (Numbers and Symbols)) | 1 |
| CIS 71C (Skills Improvement) | 1 |
| LIBR 4 (College Research Techniques) | 0.5 |
| LIBR 5 (College Research and Databases) | 0.5 |
| LIBR 6 (Research in Special Subjects) | 0.5 |
| LIBR 7 (The Open Web and Search Engines) | 0.5 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| MATH 33 (Finite Mathematics) | 4 |
| MATH 34 (Calculus for Business and Social Sciences) | 5 |
| Units Category | Units |
|---|---|
| Total Units in the Major | 33-34 |
| Units Category | Units |
|---|---|
| General Education Pattern | Total Units Required |
| AA | 60 |
| CSU GE-B | 63-64 |
| IGETC (CSU) | 61-62 |
The Associate Degree is conferred upon those students who complete the required 60 or more semester units of the degree pattern with a grade-point average of 2.0 or better, of which 12 units must be earned at Las Positas College. In addition, students must complete a General Education pattern in order to earn a degree: see the Las Positas College General Education Pattern for Associate of Arts (AA) Degree, California State University General Education-Breadth, or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (for CSU) patterns for listing of areas and courses. Double counting courses in GE and the major is permissible. The number of units that may be double counted will depend on the entry point to the degree program, the optional course(s) taken, and the GE pattern selected. Elective units are degree applicable. Consult with an adviser or a counselor to plan the courses necessary to achieve your academic goal.