Associate of Arts – General Studies
Concentration: Business
Patten University offers an Associate of Arts in General Studies online degree program to provide students with a solid liberal arts foundation for future educational and career opportunities. The program’s liberal arts focus encourages the expansion of perspectives to create awareness of the key forces of societal change: social, cultural, historical, economic, political, and technological. Students entering the program will take a broad range of General Education courses ultimately leading to the A.A. in General Studies, as well as a concentration of business courses to prepare them for a wide variety of career opportunities in business.
General Education Requirements
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PSS100 | Academic Strategies | 3 |
| COM146 | Communication | 3 |
| ENG101A | Reading and Composition | 3 |
| ENG101B | Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing | 3 |
| MTH115 | College Algebra | 3 |
| PSY221 | Psychology | 3 |
| SOC230 | Sociology | 3 |
| POL241 | American Government | 3 |
| CIS101 | Computer Literacy | 3 |
| PSC152 | Physical Science | 3 |
| PHL263 | Social Ethics | 3 |
| PHL271 | Philosophy | 3 |
| HIS101 | American History | 3 |
| PHY155 | Physics | 3 |
| SSC304 | World Religions | 3 |
Business Concentration (15 Credits)
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| BUS201 | Intro to Business | 3 |
| BUS220 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| BUS209 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ENG204 | Interdisciplinary Reading, Writing, and Research | 3 |
| MGT301 | Leadership in Organizations and Business Management | 3 |