Associate's Degree and University Transfer - Associate in Business (DTA)
This transfer degree ensures that a student who completes this Associate in Business – DTA/MRP degree will have satisfied the lower division general education (or core) requirements and lower division business requirements at the baccalaureate institutions.
This articulated degree for the business major is specific to public institutions; however, since the degree follows the statewide articulated DTA agreement and DTA is designated in the title on the transcript, it will be accepted for admission to private institutions in the same manner as any other DTA-based degree.
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Basic Degree Requirements
- Minimum of 90 earned credits in courses numbered 100 or above.
- ENGL& 101 (English Composition I).
- Minimum of 25 of last 45 credits must be earned at Pierce College.
- Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better.
- Minimum grade for business major-related courses is a 2.0. These courses are denoted on this degree sheet by an asterisk (*).
- 1.5 grade (C-) or better for all other Core Requirements unless prerequisites state otherwise.
- "Pass" (P) grades may be used only for General Elective credits.
- Independent Study may be used only for General Elective credits.
- Cooperative work experience/work-based learning credits may be applied to the General Elective area only.
- Once a course has been successfully completed, credits obtained may be used only once, even if course is listed in more than one category.
Course Requirements (90 credits required) |
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| Communication Skills (10 credits) | ||
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ENGL& 101 English Composition I (required) ( 5 credits) |
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| Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (10 credits) | ||
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Students must meet stated Math prerequisites before enrolling in courses. MATH& 148 Business Calculus (5 credits ) MATH& 156 Finite Mathematics (5 credits ) |
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| Humanities (15 credits) | ||
Must include at least two disciplines, with no more than 5 credits from performance/skills courses. No more than 5 credits are allowed in world/foreign language to satisfy the Humanities requirement. |
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| Business Specific Courses (35 credits) | ||
*ACCT& 201 Principles of Accounting I |
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| Natural Sciences - Biological/Physical/Earth Science Options
(15-18 credits) Must include at least two different disciplines in the biological, physical or earth science areas to include at least one laboratory course indicated by (lab). |
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ASTR 100 Survey of Astronomy |
ENVS& 100 Essentials of Environmental Science |
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| General Courses (5 credits) | ||
Maximum of 5 credits of courses numbered 100 and above may be applied to this area. See notes below or check four-year information for appropriate elective course needed — e.g., world/foreign language, computer course requirements. |
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Core Requirements
Courses should be selected from the lists prescribed on this degree sheet only.
- Communication Skills (CM) (10 credit minimum): Must include ENGL& 101 AND ENGL 107 or 103.
- Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (QS) (10 credit minimum): MATH& 148 and MATH 156.
- Humanities (HM) (15 credit minimum): Must include at least three disciplines, with no more than five credits from performance/skills courses. No more than 10 credits are allowed in world (foreign) language to satisfy the Humanities requirement, restricted to a maximum of 5 credits in a 100 level
- Social Sciences (SS) (15 credit minimum): ECON& 201, ECON& 202, and BUS& 201 or POLS& 200.
- Natural Sciences (NS) (15 credit minimum): Must include at least three different disciplines in the biological or physical science areas to include at least one laboratory course. See appropriate courses listed below only. MATH& 146 is required.
- Business Specific Courses: Must include ACCT& 201-203.
- General Courses (5 credits)
For a list of course requirements for each section, see the catalog, Programs of Study, Business - University Transfer section.
Notes and Clarifications
Business School Admission
Admission to Washington public baccalaureate Schools of Business is not guaranteed to students holding an Associate in Business - DTA degree. It is strongly recommended that students contact the baccalaureate-granting Business School early in their Associate in Business - DTA program to be advised about additional requirements (e.g., GPA) and procedures for admission.
Please note that admission for many business schools is competitive, and higher grade-point-averages and course grades are often required. Please check with your destination school and college. In addition, the minimum grade for business courses is a 2.0. These courses are denoted by an asterisk (*). UW Bothell requires a minimum of 2.0 in all prerequisite courses.
Specific University Information
For program planning purposes, students are advised that the lower-division requirements for individual Washington public university business schools may vary.
Notes:
- For admission to UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma, two years of high school foreign language or two quarters of college-level foreign language are required. Students not admitted to the Business School at UW Seattle and selecting an alternate major from the College of Arts and Sciences will be required to demonstrate foreign language proficiency (grade of 2.0 in third quarter of foreign language).
- WSU's business school requires a political science course for admission to the program and encourages prospective transfers to take five credits in psychology or sociology; UW Tacoma's business school encourages prospective transfers to take five credits in psychology, sociology or Anthropology.
- WSU's business school requires CIS 121 (Intro to Computer Information Systems).
- WWU's Manufacturing Management requires CHEM& 121 (Intro to Chemistry) and PHYS& 100 (Intro to Physics).
- POLS& 200 or BUS& 201. University of Washington requires POLS& 200; EWU requires BUS& 201; either course will satisfy the requirements at CWU, UW Bothell, UW Tacoma, WWU and WSU.
Associate in Business Outcomes
Program Outcomes
Students will:
- Exercise and role model positive ethical behavior.
- Communicate and resolve conflict respectfully and effectively while demonstrating the skill to offer and receive feedback.
- Identify and utilize multiple points of view with a global perspective to reach, connect and expand diversity.
- Display proactive behavior in project development and completion.
- Develop and critically assess technical and/or creative business documents.
- Use appropriate technological tools to create, compile and report business information.
- Be aware of academic options upon graduation from Pierce College.
Core Abilites Outcomes
- Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action. - Responsibility:
Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation. - Information Competency:
Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. - Effective Communication:
Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods and tools. - Multiculturalism:
Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.
Related Instruction Outcomes
- Communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one's own and other's writing in order to communicate effectively.
- Computation: Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.
- Human Relations: Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.
- Social Sciences: Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.
