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Business Communication, A.A.


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For more information contact:

Beth Deinert, Program Co-Chair - Lincoln
402-437-2415, 800-642-4075 ext. 2415
bdeinert@southeast.edu

Linda Hartman, Program Co-Chair - Lincoln
402-437-2433, 800-642-4075 ext. 2433
lhartman@southeast.edu

Jonah Jordening, Program Chair - Beatrice
402-228-8281, 800-233-5027 ext. 1281
jjordening@southeast.edu

Tammie Lang, Program Chair - Milford
402-761-8465, 800-933-7223 ext. 8465
tlang@southeast.edu

College Admissions Office
Beatrice 402-228-8214, 800-233-5027 ext. 1214
Lincoln 402-437-2600, 800-642-4075 ext. 2600
Milford 402-761-8243, 800-933-7223 ext. 8243

Business Communication Associate of Arts Degree Requirements


The Associate of Arts degree is for students who plan to complete their first two years of a bachelor’s degree before transferring to a four-year institution. For more specific information based on the institution to which you want to transfer, please visit: https://www.southeast.edu/transfer-information/

Not all courses will be available every term or at all campuses. A course may only meet one graduation requirement. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.

Business Communication Core Credits: 10 (4 classes, including ACFS 1015 )

Business Electives Credits: 12 (4 classes)

Social/Behavioral Sciences Credits: 9 (3 classes)

Written Communication Credits: 6 (2 classes)

Speech Communication Credits: 3 (1 class)

Mathematics/Logic Credits: 3 (1 class)

Natural Science (At least one course must have a lab) Credits: 7 (2 classes)

Culture and Gender Studies Credits: 3 (1 class)

Humanities Credits: 9 (3 classes)

Total minimum number of credits required: 62

Business Communication & Electives


NOTE: The following courses are standard requirements for business majors at many, but not all, four-year schools.

Must take a minimum of 18 credit hours of business courses.

Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.

All Business Communication Associate of Arts students are required to take ACFS 1015  Success@SCC in their first semester of the program.

Social/Behavioral Sciences


Total: 6 hours


Total: 3 hours


Total: 3 hours


Natural Science with Lab


NOTE: Science requirements vary depending on transfer institutions and major. Some colleges/majors require that you take science courses from two different subjects. For the AA degree, only one science course must include a lab. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.

*Students may only receive credit for either CHEM 1050  or CHEM 1090 .

**Students may receive credit for only one of the following: PHYS 1150 , PHYS 1410  or PHYS 2110 .

Take two of the following, (either 2 lab classes, or 1 lab & 1 non-lab):

Total: 3 hours


Humanities


Humanities requirements vary depending on your intended transfer institution and major. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor at your receiving institution, to help you select your Humanities courses. 

For the AA degree, choose 1 course from each group.

Group 3: All Humanities/Languages


Total: 9 hours


Total: 62 hours


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