Overview
An AST-Business degree helps community college students transfer to public universities in the state of Oregon seeking a Bachelor's degree in business.
Major Transfer Maps (or MTMs) represent a streamlined path for students transferring from an Oregon community college to an Oregon university who know which major or Bachelor’s degree they want to pursue. In contrast to other statewide transfer tools that prioritize university general education requirements (like the AAOT and ASOT), MTMs specify clear course-taking paths necessary for on-track progress towards a specific major or Bachelor’s degree, with a guarantee of transfer from any Oregon community college to any Oregon public university.
MTMs may specify particular relevant/required General Education courses as part of the 30-credit Core Transfer Requirement of the MTM. Students must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and meet the residency requirements at the community college awarding the MTM.
Students are highly encouraged to speak with an academic advisor to plan their required business courses.
Program Learning Outcomes:
Explain basic business functions and their integration into the business environment.
Integrate diverse cultural perspectives and ethical reasoning and actions into business decisions.
Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
Apply critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills to business decisions.
Program Requirements
The Associate of Science Transfer degree in Business (AST-Bus) offers two Pathways for students seeking a Bachelor's degree from a public Oregon university, Pathway A: Statistics or Pathway B: Calculus. Each university has specific requirements and these pathways include courses that will best serve students in their transfer process. Under this degree, it is vital that students work with their advisor to plan the courses needed at the university they wish to attend.
- Mathematics: Complete one of the following pathways:
- Pathway A, Statistics:
MTH 111 - College Algebra*
STAT 243 - Intro to Probability & Statistics I**
STAT 244 - Intro to Probability & Statistics II***
- Pathway B, Calculus:
MTH 111 - College Algebra*
MTH 243 - Intro to Probability & Statistics I**
MTH 244 - Intro to Probability & Statistics II***
MTH 251 - Calculus I****
- Arts & Letters: Complete two courses from the Arts & Letters discipline course list.
Courses in Art History, Intercultural Communication, Philosophy, Music Literacy, Literature, and Writing are strongly encouraged.
- Science: Complete two lab courses from the Science discipline course list.
Courses in Ecology are strongly encouraged. [1]
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Major Transfer Map Courses:
WR 227Z - Technical Writing
COM 111Z - Public Speaking
CS 131 - Intro to Computer Information Systems
BA 101 - Intro to Business
BA 211 - Principals of Accounting I
BA 213 - Principals of Accounting III
BA 226 - Intro to Business Law I
- Students must complete additional courses to reach 90 credits.
Depending on which Pathway a student chooses, one or more Business electives may be appropriate.
Please be aware while selecting courses that only 12 credits of Career Technical Training, and only 3 credits of PE can be applied to the MTM.
Pathway A, Statistics:
* required at OIT
** required at EOU, PSU, SOU, OIT
*** required at OIT, SOU
[1] Pathway A students transferring to EOU, PSU, or SOU require additional General Education Science courses.
Pathway B, Calculus:
* required at OSU, WOU, UO
** required at OSU, WOU, UO
*** required at OSU, UO
**** required at OSU, WOU, UO