Business Administration 

Associate in Arts or Science to
Bachelor in Arts in Business Administration
The following is presented as an articulation agreement between Oakton Community College (OCC) and
Governors State University (GSU) for Business Administration degree program based on the current
catalogs of both schools. The student would receive an Associate of Arts or Science (AA or AS) degree from
OCC and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) degree in Business Administration from GSU.
I.
TRANSFERABLE GENERAL EDUCATION CORE CURRICULUM (44 Hours)
Communications (9 hours)
EGL 101
- Composition I (3)
EGL 101
- Composition II (3)
SPE 103
- Effective Speech (3)
Humanities and Fine Arts (9 hours)
One Humanities course (3)*
One Fine Arts or Interdisciplinary category course (3)*
One Humanities, Fine Arts or Interdisciplinary course (3)*
Mathematics (9 hours)
MAT 131
MAT 250
- Elementary Statistics (4) (meets STAT 2700)
- Calculus I (5) (Req’d by GSU)
Physical and Life Sciences (8 hours)
Select one life science course and one physical science course. One course must have a lab.
Life Science Course (4)*
Physical Science Course (4)*
Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)
ECO 201
- Principles of Macroeconomics (3) (meets ECON 2302)
ECO 202
- Principles of Microeconomics (3) (meets ECON 2301)
Social and Behavioral Science courses other than Economics (3)*
II. ADDITIONAL COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS (0)
Global Studies Requirement (0) (This requirement can be fulfilled within the
humanities or social behavioral sciences category by selecting a course with an IAI
code ending in N or D.)
III. AREA OF CONCENTRATION/MAJOR FIELD (16 Hours)
BUS 221
- Business Law (3) (meets BLAW 2100)
MGT 121
- Principles of Management (3) (meets MGMT 2100)
CIS 101
- Intro to Computer Information Systems (3) (meets MIS 2101)
MAT 140/143
- College Algebra (3) OR Finite Math (4) (Req’d by GSU)
MKT 131
- Principles of Marketing (3) (meets MKTG 2100)
Free Electives (0-1)
REQUIRED A.A./A.S. DEGREE PROGRAM TOTAL 60 Hours
* Refer to the OCC’s IAI General Education List for course choices.
Note: Students can complete up to 80 hours at OCC by taking additional electives reducing the GSU
Electives.
IV. TO BE COMPLETD AT OCC OR GSU (6-8 Hours)
Financial Accounting (3-4) (OCC ACC 153 or GSU ACCT 2110)
Managerial Accounting (3-4) (OCC ACC 154 or GSU ACCT 2111)
V.
TO BE TAKEN AT GSU (52-54 Hours)
Business Required Courses (30 hours)
ECON 3404
- Managerial Economics (3)
FIN 3110
- Principles of Financial Management (3)
MGMT 3099
- Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (3)
MGMT 3200
- Business Communications (3)
MGMT 3400
- Production and Operations Management (3)
MGMT 3500
- Organizational Behavior (3)
MGMT 4600
- Globalization of Business (3)
MGMT 4900
- Strategic Management (3)
MIS 3101
- Mgmt. Information Systems (3)
STAT 3700
- Statistics for Management II (3)
Concentration (15-18 hours)
Select courses from one of the following areas:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resource Management
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Electives (4-9 hours)
Minimum Required for BA in Business Administration: 120 Hours
For Additional Information:
Governors State University
Office of Admissions
(708) 534-4490
[email protected]
www.govst.edu/cbpa
Oakton Community College
Advising Services
(847) 635-1700
www.oakton.edu
GSU Transfer Guide 10.14.2015