College of the Great Smoky Mountains - Southwestern Community College, serving Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties and Cherokee/ Qually Boundary

 

 




Barb Putman, Dean
Barb Putman, Dean

B.A., Davidson College
M.A., Ph.D., Univ of Connecticut
828.586.4091, ext. 496
800.447.4091, ext. 496
Oaks Hall, 1st floor
bputman@southwesterncc.edu

 
 
 
Pre-Major in Arts
Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance & Marketing - A1010B

 

The Pre-Major Associate in Arts programs at SCC are cooperatively designed with four-year state institutions to achieve a seamless junior-level transfer into one of several majors. Only those students who complete one of these pre-major packages at SCC may be guaranteed transfer with full junior status into a baccalaureate major. These programs of study are strongly recommended for SCC transfer students who feel sure of their eventual majors.

Course and Hour Requirements
 
English Composition
6
  
Humanities / Fine Arts
12
  
Social / Behavioral Sciences
12
  
Natural Sciences

8

  
Mathematics
6-8
  
Other Required
19
  
TOTAL
65
  
— Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.
— 3 SHC in Speech/Communication may be substituted for 3 SHC in Humanities/Fine Arts. Speech/Communication may not substitute for the literature requirement.


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 transfer agreement for Business Administration will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the baccalaureate degree.

Admission to the Major
Grade point average requirements vary, and admission is competitive across the several programs in Business Administration.
ENGLISH / COMMUNICATION (6 SHC)
Two English composition courses are required.		        
  Prefix Number Title
Class
Lab
Clin
Credit
— Required course:        
click on title for course description
  ENG 111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
— The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 113 Literature-Based Research 3 0 0 3
  ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3 0 0 3
               
HUMANITIES / FINE ARTS (12 SHC)        
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.
— One course must be a literature course.        
— Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: music, art, drama, dance, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, literature, philosophy, and religion.
           
SOCIAL / BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (12 SHC)        
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.
   ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics 3 0 0 3
— One course must be a history course.        
— 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 0 0 3
  PSY 150 General Psychology 3 0 0 3
  SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology 3 0 0 3
               
NATURAL SCIENCE / MATHEMATICS (16 SHC)        
Natural Sciences (8 SHC):        
 — Two courses from the biological and physical science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required.
Mathematics (6-8 SHC):        
— The following courses are required:        
  Choose one of the following:        
  MAT 161 College Algebra 3 0 0 3
  MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra 3 0 0 3
  MAT 175 Precalculus 4 0 0 4
  Choose one of the following:        
  MAT 263 Brief Calculus 3 0 0 3
  MAT 271 Calculus I 3 2 0 4
OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (19 SHC):        
— The following courses are required:        
  ACC 120 Principles of Financial Accounting 3 2 0 4
  ACC 121 Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 2 0 4
  CIS 110 Introduction to Computers 2 2 0 3
  ECO 252 Prin of Macroeconomics 3 0 0 3
  MAT 151 Statistics I 3 0 0 3
  MAT 151A Statistics I Lab 0 2 0 1
               
  Two additional hours of approved college transfer courses may be required, depending on math courses competencies.
               
Total Semester Hour Credits: 65  
   

 

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