- Community of interest
- Business, Cosmetology, Arts & Design
- Award
- AS Degree
- Program code
- 01307.01AS
- Department
- Business Admin/Mgmt
- CIP code
- 52.0201: Business Administration and Management, General.
- TOP code
- 0505.00 - Business Administration*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- BCAD Business, Cosmetology, Arts & Design
- Award
- AS Degree
- Program code
- 01307.01AS
- Department
- Business Admin/Mgmt
- CIP code
- 52.0201: Business Administration and Management, General.
- TOP code
- 0505.00 - Business Administration*
Next Steps
AS Degree — expand to learn about this award
The Associate of Science is typically awarded for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs. Like every Butte College associate degree, it has two parts: a general-education curriculum that gives you a broad base of knowledge, and an academic program where you specialize.
About General Education. GE is an integrated program of learning designed to foster intellectual curiosity, cultural understanding, critical thinking, creative reasoning, oral and written communication, and the capacity for ethical reasoning. By graduation, you'll have developed the ability to think critically, communicate clearly, apply quantitative reasoning, understand how the major academic disciplines ask their questions, comprehend diverse cultures and historical periods, and assess ethical problems — alongside the depth you build in your major.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
course details
This course is survey of business providing a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization's policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. Students will learn about how this business context (including issues such as ethics and sustainability) influences the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership, human resource management, organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore affect a business' ability to achieve its organizational goals. (C-ID BUS 110).
Select one: Meets Area 2
General Education: Area 1A
about Area 1A
English Composition
Baccalaureate-level academic writing — expository and argumentative. The foundation for every other course you'll write in.
General Education: Area 3
about Area 3
Arts and Humanities
How people and cultures, across time, respond to themselves and the world through artistic and cultural creative production. Visual and performing arts, art history, foreign languages, literature, philosophy, religion.
Term 2
Class Schedules
course details
This is the study of accounting as an information system, examining why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors, and others to make decisions. The course covers the accounting information system, including recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, the application of generally accepted accounting principles, the financial statements, and statement analysis. Includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. (C-ID ACCT 110).
Meets Area 4.
course details
This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure. (C-ID ECON 201).
Prerequisite: Elementary Algebra or equivalent
Select one: Meets Area 2
Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options. Department recommends BUS 8.
Term 3
Class Schedules
course details
This course provides students an in depth study of how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations and controlling. It focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure and cost-volume-profit analysis. Includes issues relating to cost systems, cost control, profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments. (C-ID ACCT 120).
Prerequisite: ACCT 2
Meets Area 4.
course details
An introductory course focusing on aggregate economic analysis. Topics include: market systems, aggregate measures of economic activity, macroeconomic equilibrium, money and financial institutions, monetary and fiscal policy, international economics, and economic growth. (C-ID ECON 202).
Prerequisite: Elementary Algebra or equivalent
General Education: Area 1B
about Area 1B
Oral Communication and Critical Thinking
Baccalaureate-level oral communication and/or critical thinking — speaking with structure to a live audience, analyzing arguments, identifying assumptions.
General Education: Area 6
about Area 6
Ethnic Studies
The histories, experiences, and contributions of the four autonomous disciplines: Black / African American / Africana studies, Native American studies, Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x studies, and Asian American studies.
Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.
Term 4
15–17 unitsGeneral Education: Area 5
about Area 5
Physical and Biological Sciences
The physical universe, its life forms, and its natural phenomena — astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, oceanography, physics — taught alongside the scientific method that makes them work.
Graduation Requirement Choice (See GE Guide)
Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)
Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
Example roles: 6
- Project Management Specialists
- Management Analysts
- Human Resources Specialists
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
Project Management SpecialistsSOC 13-108240 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Enloe Health 3
- CRBR 2
- Maximus 2
- Aerotek 1
- Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC. 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 13
- Oregon, Butte County 3
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Nelson, Butte County 1
- Oroville, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Management AnalystsSOC 13-11112 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Amain.com 1
- Maximus 1
Where the postings are
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Chico, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Human Resources SpecialistsSOC 13-1071898 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Enloe Medical Center 4
- KPG Healthcare 2
- Rideout 2
- Staff Today 2
- Travel Nurses, Inc. 2
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 10
- Linda, Yuba County 4
- Oregon, Butte County 2
- Manzanita, Butte County 1
- Oroville, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
General and Operations ManagersSOC 11-102158 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Maximus 5
- Idea Transport LLC 3
- The Finish Line 2
- Ampla Health 1
- Archon Business Group 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 11
- Thermalito, Butte County 2
- Challenge, Yuba County 1
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Gridley, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Business Operations Specialists, All OtherSOC 13-11992 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- O'Reilly Auto Parts 1
- Odeko 1
Where the postings are
- Butte Creek, Butte County 1
- Chico, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Accountants and AuditorsSOC 13-20114 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Adecco US, Inc. 1
- Amain.com 1
- Golden State Farm Credit 1
- USHA 1
Where the postings are
- Butte Creek, Butte County 1
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Chico, Butte County 1
- Paradise, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last 30 days within 25 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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