Program: Applied Business (AABA) (A.S.) - Kansas State University

Apr 03, 2025

2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

This two-year associate’s degree enables the graduate to succeed in an entry-level business position or to continue working toward a bachelor’s degree in one of many business fields; including business, accounting, and management.

Associate’s degree requirements (61 credit hours)

Communications (12 credit hours)

COMM 106 - Public Speaking I Credits: 3
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3

including 3 credit hours from:

ENGL 302 - Technical Writing Credits: 3
or
*Communications Elective Credits: 3

Quantitative (9 credit hours)

Computer elective Credits: 3

MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: 3

Economics (6 credit hours)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

Social science electives (6 credit hours)

POLSC - Any course
SOCIO - Any course
PSYCH - Any course
GEOG - Any course except those that count as humanities or natural science electives

Humanities electives (6 credit hours)

ART - any course
PHILO - any course
ENGL - any literature course
HIST - any course

ARCH 301 - Appreciation of Architecture Credits: 3
COT 150 - The Humanities Through the Arts Credits: 3

Natural science electives (7 credit hours)

Choose two natural science elective courses. One course must include a lab component.

Business core courses (15 credit hours)

BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
BUS 251 - Financial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 252 - Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 315 - Supervisory Management Credits: 3

including 3 credit hours from:

MANGT 366 - Information Technology for Business Credits: 3
or
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3

*Note

*Marked electives must be upper-level courses, 300 and above.