2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Sep 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Graduation Map: Business - Entrepreneurship Option, AAS


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The Associate of Applied Science in Business is a two-year degree designed to prepare students for entry-level to supervisory positions within business, governmental relations, and other industries. The Entrepreneurship option is designed to inspire critical thinking in students, develop positive approaches to problem solving, build attribures of creativity, and foster and enhance entrepreneurial traits in individuals. The Entrepreneurship objectives assist people looking to start a new venture or those currently in school by providing them with knowledge, skills and abilities to make their business successful.

ACTS Course Numbers

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and equitable treatment in the application of credits for admissions and degree requirements. Go to https://adhe.edu/students-parents/transfer-info-for-students for more information.

Degree Requirements

-This degree requires successful comlpletion of 60 credit hours.

-A minimum 2.00 cumulative grade-point average is required for graduation.

-Satisfaction of all financial obligations due to the college is required for graduation.

-Please note: additional prerequisite courses may be required if minimum placement test scores are not met. 

Career Opportunities

Small Business Owner, Small Business Manager

Semester One


Recommended Sequence

Complete all 15 Hours 

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  BUSI 10103  Introduction to Business 3    
  BUSI 25483  Business Organization and Management 3    
  ENGL 10103  English Composition I 3    
  BUSI 10093  Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3    
  BUSI 11083  Markets and Consumers 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR

Semester Two


Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  ACCT 20003  Principles of Accounting I 3    
  BUSI 11583  Keyboarding I OR BUSI 12583  Keyboarding II 3    
  BLAW 20003  Legal Environment of Business 3    
  BUSI 26883  Business Ethics 3    
  BUSI 20083  Professional Selling/Advertising 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR

Semester Three


Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  ACCT 20103  Principles of Accounting II OR BUSI 11483  Computer Applications for Accounting/QuickBooks 3    
  BUSI 20103  Business Communication 3    
  BUSI 20383  Feasibility and Funding 3    
  BUSI 26183  Small Business Management 3    
  Social Science (select one): ECON 21003  Principles of Macoreconomics OR HIST 21203  U.S. History since 1877 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR

Semester Four


Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  BUSI 14083  Microcomputer Applications 3    
  ECON 22003  Principles of Microeconomics 3    
  ENGL 10203  English Composition II 3    
  MATH 11103   Mathematical Reasoning (or higher) 3    
  SPCH 10003  Speech Communication 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR - APPLY FOR GRADUATION

Total 60 Credit Hours


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