BUSINESS EDUCATION AND MARKETING EDUCATION (A1010C)

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
Forty-four semester hours of credit in General Education Core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers.

English Composition (6 SHC)  Two English composition courses are required.

• ENG 111, Expository Writing, is required as the first composition course.
• The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 112: Argument-based Research
  ENG 114: Professional Research and Reporting

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a literature course. One 3 SHC speech communication course may be substituted for one 3 SHC humanities/fine arts course except literature.

• Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
• Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
• Literature (ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262)
• Music (MUS 110, 113)
• Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
• Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)
• Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas.

• One course must be a history course: HIS 111, 121, 122, 131, 132.
• The following course is required: ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics (3 SHC).
• Two courses from the following discipline areas are required, to include at least one additional discipline: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. The following two are recommended:
  PSY 150: General Psychology (3 SHC)
  SOC 210: Introduction to Sociology (3 SHC)
• If the recommendations are not followed, choose the other two courses from the following:
  • Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 240)
  • Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
  • Geography (GEO 111, 112)
  • History (HIS 111, 121, 122, 131, 132)
  • Political Science (POL 120, 220)
  • Psychology (PSY 150, 237, 239, 241, 281)
  • Sociology (SOC 210, 213, 220, 225)

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14 SHC)

• Natural Sciences (8 SHC): Select two courses, including accompanying laboratory work, from among the following biological and physical science disciplines:
  • Astronomy (AST 111 [class] and 111A [lab])
  • Biology (BIO 110, 111, 112, 120, 130, 140 [class] and 140A [lab])
  • Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
  • Physics (PHY 110 [class] and 110A [lab], 151, 152, 251, 252)

• Mathematics (6-7 SHC): Select at least one course in introductory mathematics (college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc.); the other unit may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science and statistics.
  • The following course is required: CIS 110: Introduction to Computers (3 SHC).
  • One of the following courses is required:
    MAT 171: Precalculus Algebra (3 SHC)
    MAT 175: Precalculus (4 SHC)

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 Semester Hours Credit)

• Academic Related (1 SHC): ACA 115  [Note: Beginning with the fall semester 2005, this course is required for new students to Sandhills.]
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• The following courses are required (7 SHC):
  • ACC 120: Principles of Accounting I (4 SHC)
  • ECO 252: Principles of Macroeconomics (3 SHC)
• One of the following courses is required (3 SHC):
  • CIS 115: Introduction to Programming & Logic
  • CSC 134: C++ Programming
  • CSC 151 JAVA Programming (3 SHC) or other programming language
• 9-10 additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required to total 64 SHC of transferable courses. Three of the following courses are recommended (select three):
  • ACC 121: Principles of Accounting II (4 SHC)
  • BUS 110: Introduction to Business (3 SHC)
  • BUS 115: Business Law I (3 SHC)
  • BUS 228: Bus Statistics (3 SHC) or
    MAT 151: Statistics I (3 SHC) or
    MAT 155*: Statistical Analysis

• Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.
• Application to a University : Admission application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university to which they plan to transfer. Upon successful completion of the associate in arts degree, students who meet the requirements outlined in this pre-major articulation agreement will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the baccalaureate degree:
  • Business Education: ASU, ECU, ECSU, FSU, NCA&T, NCSU, UNC-G, WCU.
  • Marketing Education: ASU, ECU, FSU, NCA&T, NCCU, NCSU, UNC-A, UNC-C, UNC-G, UNC-W, WCU.
• Admission to the Major: Grade point average requirements vary and admission is competitive across the several programs in Business Education. Admission to teacher licensure programs requires satisfactory scores on PRAXIS I and II.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64-65