Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Marketing (A1010B)

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.

• One course must be a literature course: ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262
• Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: music, art, drama, dance, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, literature, philosophy, and religion. 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)  Four courses from three discipline areas are required.

• One course must be a history (HIS) course (3 SHC): HIS 121, 122, 131, 132
• The following course is required: ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics (3 SHC)
• Two additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. The following courses are recommended:
  • POL 120: American Government (3 SHC)
  • PSY 150: General Psychology (3 SHC)
  • SOC 210: Introduction to Sociology (3 SHC)
• Other discipline areas:
  • Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 240)
  • Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
  • Geography (GEO 111, 112)
  • History (HIS 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):  Two courses from the biological and physical science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required.
  • 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 SHC):  The following courses are required:
  Choose one:
  • MAT 171: Precalculus Algebra (3 SHC) or
  • MAT 175: Precalculus (3 SHC)
  Choose one:
  • MAT 263: Brief Calculus (3 SHC) or
  • MAT 271: Calculus I (3 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 (17 SHC):
  • ACC 120: Principles of Accounting I (4 SHC)
  • ACC 121: Principles of Accounting II (4 SHC)
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers (3 SHC)
  • ECO 252: Principles of Macroeconomics (3 SHC)
• One of the following is required:
  • BUS 228: Business Statistics (3 SHC)
  • MAT 151: Statistics I (3 SHC)

Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.

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