Business Administration 2.0
Associate in Science Degree for Transfer Business Administration · Golden West College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Business Administration 2.0 Associate in Science Degree for Transfer (AS-T) is designed to provide students with the common core of lower division courses required to transfer and pursue a baccalaureate degree in Business Administration. This includes business degrees with options in accounting, finance, human resources management, international business, management, operations management, and marketing. The AS-T Business Administration aligns with the CSU Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Describe fundamental aspects of business and economic principles, including macroeconomics and microeconomics.
- Identify laws affecting sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.
- Describe accounting information and statements used in business and organizational management.
- Practice use of mathematical and statistical analyses used in business.
Potential careers students may enter upon completion are as follows:
- Accounting
- Data analytics
- Finance
- Marketing
- Human resource management
- Supply chain management
- Operations management
- Global trade
Requirements
Associate Degree for Transfer Graduation Requirements
Associate Degrees for Transfer require students to meet the following requirements:
- Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
- Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
- Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
- Completion of Cal-GETC.
Students should consult a GWC counselor to select the best pathway to meet their educational goals. For students who intend to transfer, the choice of general education will be specific to both their major and transfer institution.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT G101 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT G102 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MATH G140 | Business Calculus | 4-6 |
| orMATH G140S | Business Calculus with Support | |
| orMATH G180 | Calculus I: Early Transcendentals | |
| BUS G108 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUS G100 | Introduction To Business | 3 |
| orBUS G139 | Business Communication | |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3-6 |
| orSTAT C1000E | Introduction to Statistics | |
| orECON G160 | Statistics for Business and Economics | |
| orSOC G125 | Introduction to Statistics in Sociology | |
| orPSYC G140 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | |
| Major Total | 27-32 | |
| GE Pattern (Cal-GETC) | 34 | |
| Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 units) | ||
| Total Units | 60 | |