Business Transfer Major

Location(s): Calmar, Peosta

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Campus Location: Calmar, Peosta

Program Entry: Enrollment may occur during any term

Award: Associate of Arts degree

Enrollment Process: See Enrollment Process

The Associate of Arts Business Transfer Major provides a course of study which will transfer to specific four-year colleges and universities within Iowa. You will take courses in science, communication, math, humanities, social science and required business subject areas in preparation to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program.

If you plan to transfer to a four-year college, you should select courses to satisfy requirements of the specific institution to which you intend to transfer. Consult your advisor at the transferring four-year institution anytime you have questions about course selection.

General Degree Requirements

The Associate of Arts degree will include a minimum of 60 semester hours of courses designed and acceptable for transfer, and may include up to 16 semester hours of career-technical courses. Note: Students not ready to begin college/transfer level writing and math courses may need additional prerequisite coursework that requires them to exceed the 60 credit hours minimum.
Students transferring an Associate of Arts degree to a public university must have maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 on all graded arts and sciences courses acceptable for transfer.
A 2.0 cumulative GPA and a passing grade in all required courses.
Earn a minimum of 15 credit hours at NICC that meet degree requirements.
Completion of SDV 179 - The College Experience course.

General Education Core Requirements

Communication: 9 Credits

Humanities: 12 Credits

Credits must be transfer level courses from ART, ASL, CLS, DRA, FLS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, REL

One of the following Literature courses is required: LIT 101 , LIT 110 , LIT 111

One of the following History courses is required: ART 203 , ART 204 , HIS 131 , HIS 132 , HIS 151 , HIS 152 , HIS 214

One of the following diversity courses is required: ASL 131 , ASL 161 , ASL 271 , COM 148 , FLS 141 , FLS 142 , FLS 241 , FLS 242 , HIS 214 , HUM 108 , HUM 170 , LIT 134 , SOC 208

Math and Science: 10 Credits

MAT 140 - Finite Math
MAT 156 - Statistics
Remaining credits must be transfer level courses from MAT, BIO, CHM, ENV, PHS or PHY

Social Science: 9 Credits

ECN 120 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ECN 130 - Principles of Microeconomics
Remaining credits must be transfer level courses from GEO, POL, PSY or SOC

Elective(s): 20 Credits

ACC 152 - Financial Accounting
ACC 156 - Managerial Accounting
BUS 185 - Business Law I
CSC 116 - Information Computing
SDV 179 - The College Experience
The remaining credits will be accepted from arts and sciences electives designed and acceptable for transfer. (See the Course Classification and Description System )