Associate of Science Oregon Transfer Degree- Business (ASOTB)
The Associate of Science Oregon Transfer – Business (ASOTB) degree is designed for students planning to transfer credits to any Oregon University system (OUS) school and seek entry into that institution's business school program. Students completing the ASOTB degree requirements, will have met the lower-division general education requirements of the OUS institution's baccalaureate degree programs. Additional courses will need to be met for the individual business schools. Students transferring will have junior status for registration purposes.
Admission to the business school program of an OUS institution is not guaranteed upon completion of the ASOTB degree. It is strongly recommended that students contact the specific OUS campus business school program early in the first term of their ASOTB program to be advised of additional requirements.
All candidates must complete the following:
COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENTS
WRITING
All candidates must complete a minimum of eight (8) hours in writing with a grade of "C" or better. The courses that must be completed are: WR 121 & 122 or WR 227.
MATH
All candidates must complete a minimum of 12 credits in MTH 111B or above, four (4) of which must be statistics.
1. MTH 243, Statistics I, 4 cr.
2. MTH 111B or above, 4 cr.
3. Any additional four credit math course above MTH 111B
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software as
demonstrated by the successful completion of:
1. BA 131, 4 cr. or CAS 133, 3 cr.
2. CAS 170 or CAS 171, 3 cr.
Distribution Requirements
Courses must be at least three credits each.
ARTS AND LETTERS
Must complete a minimum of 12 credits chosen from two of the following disciplines:
Art, Dance, Humanities, Journalism, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Speech, Theatre Arts, Women’s Studies, World Languages (second year of a world languages, including ASL may be included, but not first year), and Writing (excluding WR 115, 185, 121, 122, and 227).
One of the courses completed must be SP111, completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
See catalog for a complete list.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Must complete a minimum of 12 credits with a minimum of eight credits in:
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics with a grade of “C” or better.
Additional credits may include courses from: Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology,Sociology, and Women’s Studies.
See catalog for a complete list.
SCIENCE
Must complete a minimum or 12 credits of laboratory courses from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, General Science, or Physics
See catalog for a complete list.
BUSINESS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Each course must be completed with a grade of “C” or better: BA 101, BA 211, BA 212, BA 213, BA 226. BA 226 may be replaced by any other faculty-approved 200 level BA course.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTIVES
Must complete additional elective or university specific prerequisite courses for a minimum of 90 credits. The ASOTB may include up to a maximum of 12 credits of professional/technical courses.
See catalog for a complete list.
UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
BA 226 – Business Law
WR 227- Technical & Professional Writing
OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BA 226 – Business Law
BA 206 – Management Fundamentals
PSY 201 or 201A– General Psychology
WR 227- Technical & Professional Writing
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
BA 226 – Business Law
BA 250- Small Business Management
MTH 241 – Calculus
MTH 243- Statistics I
MTH 244 – Statistics II
WR 227-Technical & Professional Writing
Additional 200-level courses will be taken at OSU
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
BA 205 – Solving Communications Problems with Technology
CIS 122 – Software Design
MTH 244 – Statistics II
GPA of 2.75 for all core courses
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
Additional 200-level math course will be taken at SOU
GPA of 2.0 with GPA of 2.75 I pre-business core courses
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
MTH 241- Math for Management Life and Social Science
Additional 200-level math course and 100-level computer course will be taken at U of O.
WESTERN OREGON
BA 226- Business Law
Comprehensive Credit and GPA Requirements
- All candidates for a degree must earn a minimum of 90 credits which count towards an associate degree. (Many programs require more than 90 credits. See descriptions in specific programs for number of credits required.)
- All candidates must earn a minimum of 30 credits transcripted by PCC to establish residency. Non-traditional credit, credit transferred from another institution or credit earned through the course challenge process may not be used to establish the 30 credit residency requirement and the student petition process may not be used to waive the residency requirement.
- Twenty-four (24) of the credits earned at PCC must apply to the degree.
- The final 16 credits that apply to the degree must include at least eight credits earned at PCC.
- All candidates for a degree must earn a 2.0 overall grade point average (C
average) or higher for:
- All courses applied to the degree
- All PCC courses applied to the degree
The following limitations apply:
- No more than 12 credits of Cooperative Education courses
- No more than nine credits of special topics courses (course number 199-199Z and 299-299Z)
- No more than 24 credits of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
- Developmental education courses may not be applied to the degree
- PE 10, Physical Education Activity Program, may not be applied to the degree
- Course numbers beginning with a zero may not be applied to the degree
Students with A.A., A.A.S., A.G.S., A.S., B.A., B.S., degrees or higher from a U.S. accredited institution will have the basic competency in writing (WR 121) waived. Other writing requirements specified by the program remain in effect. For such students, the basic competency in mathematics can be met by submitting a transcript showing successful completion of a 100-level college math course. All other mathematics requirements for the program remain in effect.