Business (with options)
A.A. Degree Business · Gavilan College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Associate Degree in Business provides students with the opportunity to choose an option based on their business need - Accounting, Management, Medical Office, Technical Publishing, or Office Applications. Earning an associate degree provides more opportunities for advancement, especially for those who pursue additional training, experience and education. By completing the General Education requirements, the core course requirement, the courses in their chosen option, and their business electives the student will earn an A.A. Degree in Business.
Learning Outcome(s):
- Demonstrate appropriate use of business terms and concepts across a standard breadth of business functions.
- Create and produce documentable solutions to business problems and challenges.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CSIS 1 | Computer Literacy | 2 |
| orCSIS 2 | Computers in Business | 4 |
| ACCT 103 | General Office Accounting | 3 |
| orACCT 20 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| orCSIS 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| MGMT 101 | Introduction to Management | 3 |
| MKTG 100 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MGMT 104 | Leadership/Human Relations in Business | 3 |
| MGMT 120 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BOT 180 | Medical Terminology for the Office | 3 |
| BOT 281 | Medical Billing | 3 |
| BOT 182 | Medical Office Procedures | 3 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| orBOT 283 | Medical Coding | 3 |
| ACCT 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| orCSIS 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| CSIS 122 | Computer Keyboarding | 0.5-2 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| CSIS 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| orCMUN 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| CSIS 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| orDM 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| CSIS 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| orDM 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| CSIS 74 | Advanced Photoshop | 3 |
| orDM 74 | Advanced Photoshop | 3 |
| CSIS 76 | Digital Illustration | 3 |
| orDM 76 | Digital Illustration | 3 |
| CSIS 80 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| orDM 80 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| CSIS 85 | Web Development and Design | 3 |
| orDM 85 | Web Development and Design | 3 |
| ACCT 20 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 21 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 105 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| orCSIS 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| ACCT 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| orCSIS 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| BOT 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| orBUS 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| BOT 212 | Business Computations with Machines | 0.5 |
| BOT 291A | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| orBOT 291B | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| orBOT 291C | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| BUS 1 | Fundamentals of Business | 3 |
| BUS 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| orECON 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| orSTAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| BUS 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| orECON 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| BUS 80 | Business Law | 3 |
| CSIS 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| orDM 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| CSIS 8 | Introduction to the Internet | 1 |
| CSIS 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| orDM 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| CSIS 122 | Computer Keyboarding | 0.5-2 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| CSIS 128 | Database - MS Access | 2 |
| CSIS 212 | Keyboard Speed Building | 0.5-1 |
| CSIS 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| orCMUN 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| CSIS 212 | Keyboard Speed Building | 0.5-1 |
| CMUN 12 | Business Communication | 3 |
| ECON 1 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total | ||