Business Transfer Pathway Associate of Science

Program Overview:

The Business Transfer Pathway AS offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer to one of the seven Minnesota State universities* enter the university with junior-year status.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of the Business Management program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes:

• Understand how business leaders apply economic principles that allocate resources efficiently, maximize profits, and anticipate responses to strategic planning.
• Analyze and interpret financial data from a managerial perspective.
• Apply marketing concepts, pricing, product development, consumer behavior, and distribution channels in designing an effective marketing plan.
• Interpret the American legal system through case law, business law decisions, and processes; describe impact on business environment.
• Calculate and interpret business applications of statistics.

Business Department Core Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking: Recognize accounting, economic, marketing and business opportunities/challenges and develop strategies to address them.
• Data Informed Decision Making: Apply critical thinking skills and technology to formulate viable solutions to organizational issues.
• Global Perspective: Identify domestic, international, cultural, political, and economic issues present in today’s work environment.
• Ethical & Social Responsibility: Translate ethical and social responsibility concepts into responsible decision-making in a business environment.
• Organizational Dynamics: Identify and analyze factors that influence organizational dynamics including teamwork, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Career Opportunities:

Fortunately, business is one field that offers both a rich diversity of career opportunities and a favorable job market. RCTC business graduates are employed in careers in management, finance, banking, marketing, hospitality, social media and sales management.

Additional Information:

All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field.

*Universities within the Minnesota State system include:

• Bemidji State University – Business Administration, BS
• Metropolitan State University – Management, BS; Business Administration, BS; Entrepreneurship and Innovation, BS; Human Resource Management, BS; Finance, BS; Marketing, BS; Supply Chain and Operations, BS; International Business, BS
• Minnesota State University, Mankato - Management, BS; Business Management Emphasis, Human Resource Management Emphasis; Finance, BS; Marketing, BS; International Business, BS
• Minnesota State University Moorhead - Business Administration, BS
• Southwest Minnesota State University - Management, BS
• St. Cloud State University - Business Management, BS; Management, BS
• Winona State University – Business Administration, BS

BUSINESS TRANSFER PATHWAY AS

MINNESOTA TRANSFER CURRICULUM (MnTC)/GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (30 CREDITS)

GOAL 1: COMMUNICATION (11 CREDITS)

• COMM 1114 – Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 cr) OR COMM 1130 – Interpersonal Communication (3 cr)
• ENGL 1117 – Reading and Writing Critically I (4 cr)
• ENGL 1118 – Reading and Writing Critically II (4 cr)

GOAL 3: NATURAL SCIENCES (3 CREDITS)

MnTC Goal 3 course with laboratory

GOAL 4: MATHEMATICS/LOGICAL REASONING

MATH 1115 – College Algebra (3 cr) OR Any course for with MATH 1115 is a prerequisite.

GOAL 5: HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (8 CREDITS)

• ECON 2214 – Principles of Microeconomics (4 cr)
• ECON 2215 – Principles of Macroeconomics (4 cr)

GOAL 6: HUMANITIES AND THE FINE ARTS (3 CREDITS)

Credits from MnTC Goal 6

MnTC ELECTIVES (2 CREDITS)

Select 2 additional MnTC credits from Goal 3, 5, 6, or 9

PROGRAM CORE REQUIREMENTS (26 CREDITS)

• ACCT 2217 – Financial Accounting (4 cr)
• ACCT 2218 – Managerial Accounting (4 cr)
• ACCT 2234 – Computerized Accounting and Business Applications (3 cr)
• BUS 2201 – Principles of Marketing (3 cr)
• BUS 2210 – Legal Environment of Business (3 cr)
• BUS 2212 – Business and Economic Statistics (4 cr)
• BUS 2232 – Principles of Management (3 cr)

BUSINESS ELECTIVES (6 CREDITS)

Select two of the following courses:

• BUS 1101 – Introduction to Business (3 cr)
• BUS 2101 – Personal Finance (3 cr)
• BUS 2144 – E-Business Management (3 cr)
• BUS 2150 – Global Business (3 cr)

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCES

FULL-TIME

• Semester 1 (14 CREDITS): ACCT 2217, COMM 1114 OR COMM 1130, ENGL 1117, MATH 1115
• Semester 2 (16 CREDITS): ACCT 2218, BUS 1101 OR BUS 2101 OR BUS 2144 OR BUS 2150, MnTC Goal 3 with lab, MnTC Goal 6
• Semester 3 (14 CREDITS): ACCT 2234, BUS 2201, BUS 2212, ECON 2214
• Semester 4 (16 CREDITS): BUS 1101 OR BUS 2101 OR BUS 2144 OR BUS 2150, BUS 2210, ECON 2215, ENGL 1118, MnTC Goal 3, 5, 6, or 9

PART-TIME

• Semester 1 (7 CREDITS): COMM 1114 OR COMM 1130, ENGL 1117
• Semester 2 (7 CREDITS): ACCT 2217, MnTC Goal 3 with lab
• Semester 3 (7 CREDITS): ACCT 2218, BUS 1101 OR BUS 2101 OR BUS 2144 OR BUS 2150
• Semester 4 (6 CREDITS): ACCT 2234, MATH 1115
• Semester 5 (6 CREDITS): BUS 1101 OR BUS 2101 OR BUS 2144 OR BUS 2150, BUS 2210
• Semester 6 (6 CREDITS): BUS 2212, MnTC Goal 3, 5, 6, or 9
• Semester 7 (6 CREDITS): BUS 2201, BUS 2232
• Semester 8 (7 CREDITS): ECON 2214, MnTC Goal 6
• Semester 9 (8 CREDITS): ECON 2215, ENGL 1118

Course descriptions can be found at: RCTC course descriptions