2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Sep 20, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Graduation Map: Business - Insurance 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 Insurance option is designed to provide students with foundational skills in insurance and risk management. This program teaches critical thinking, communication and teamwork skills in addition to being introduced to tops within the insurance industry. Those topics include risk management, personal and commercial property, life, health and liability. In addition to the course work students will complete an internship their last semester within the local insurance industry as well as complete the CISR industry certification exam.

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 completion of 60 credit hours.

-  A minimum 2.00 cumulative grade point average 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. 

Semester One


Recommended Sequence

Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  BUSI 11583 Keyboarding I OR BUSI 12583  Keyboarding II 3    
  BUSI 14083  Microcomputer Applications 3    
  BUSI 15483  Principles of Insurance I 3    
  BUSI 10103  Introduction to Business 3    
  ENGL 10103  English Composition I 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 18483  Principles of Insurance II 3    
  BUSI 19183  Spreadsheet Applications with EXCEL 3    
  BUSI 20103  Business Communication 3    
  MATH 11103  Mathematical Reasoning (or higher) 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR

Semester Three


Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  BUSI 19083  Word Processing with Microsoft Word 3    
  BLAW 20003  Legal Environment of Business 3    
  BUSI 27483  Risk and Insurance 3    
  Social Science (select one): ECON 21003  Principles of Macroeconomics OR HIST 21203  U.S. History since 1877 3    
  SPCH 10003  Speech Communication 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR

Semester Four


Complete all 15 Hours

Course/Requirement Credits Semester Taken Grade
  ACCT 20103  Principles of Accounting II 3    
  BUSI 15283  Office Management 3    
  BUSI 26883  Business Ethics 3    
  BUSI 26983  Business Internship 3    
  ENGL 10203  English Composition II 3    

PROGRESS CHECK WITH ADVISOR - APPLY FOR GRADUATION

Total 60 Credit Hours


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