Business/BUS - IAI Major Course Recommendations

Business programs at community colleges and bachelor's degree schools include courses and majors in general business, accounting, finance, marketing and management. The following recommendations apply to programs in all of these fields. Community and junior college students are strongly encouraged to complete an Associate in Arts (A.A.) or Associate in Science (A.S.) degree prior to transfer. Further, students should consult closely with an advisor early in their programs if they intend to transfer as juniors into a bachelor's degree program.

Be sure to consult the institution you plan on transferring to for course articulations.

Major Directive

Click here to see how courses at Illinois public 4-year institutions accept courses in transfer for this major.

Business IAI Major Recommendations

• Business Core Course
  (12-16 semester credits)
  BUS 901 - Business Statistics (3-4 semester credits)
  BUS 902 - Computer Applications and Business Systems Concepts (3-4 semester credits)
  BUS 903 - Financial Accounting (3-4 semester credits)
  BUS 904 - Managerial Accounting (3-4 semester credits)
  
  Additional recommendations
  Legal and Social Environment of Business - (formerly BUS 913 not IAI articulated at this time) (3 semester credits)
  Recommended at the freshman/sophomore level by some, but not all universities. This is taught as an upper division course for some universities. Check with your intended transfer destination before taking this course.
  
  
• Business IAI GECC Recommendations
  (Minimum 37 semester credits)
  These are the specific courses in the Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum (IAI GECC) that should be taken for this emphasis.
  
  Communication: 3 courses (9 semester credits)
  Select a two-course sequence in writing (6 semester credits) with a grade of "C" or better and,
  Select 1 course in oral communication (3 semester credits).
  
  Mathematics: 1 course (3 semester credits)
  Select from Mathematics - College-level Calculus.
  
  Physical and Life Sciences: 2 courses (7-8 semester credits)
  Select 1 course from Physical Sciences
  Select 1 course from Life Sciences.
  Select at least 1 laboratory course.
  (Students with the appropriate preparation may substitute an initial course designed for science majors for a more general course.)
  
  Humanities and Fine Arts: 3 courses (9 semester credits)
  Select 1 course from Humanities,
  Select 1 course from Fine Arts and
  Select 1 from either Humanities or Fine Arts. - Courses can be taken from the same identifier as long as the course outcomes are different.
  Recommended: H4 904 Ethics
  
  Social and Behavioral Sciences : 3 courses (9 semester credits)
  Select 3 courses from at least 2 different disciplines (e.g., no more than 2 courses from, for example, psychology).
  Select from Social and Behavioral Sciences - Principles of Macroeconomics.
  Select from Social and Behavioral Sciences - Principles of Microeconomics. - Courses can be taken from the same identifier as long as the course outcomes are different.

Check the worksheet to see what courses you can take to fulfill your general education requirements
The worksheet allows you to see what courses to take to fulfill the IAI Gen. Ed. package (Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum) at any participating college or university in the State. You will find it helpful to use the major recommended general education courses shown above. You may want to print or copy a hard copy of this page.

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