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Business administration (AAS) & retail management (certificate)

As a result of completing the associate of applied science (AAS) in business administration or the retail management certificate, you should be able to:

  1. Apply fundamental accounting and finance principles.
  2. Examine the legal ramifications affecting the business world.
  3. Apply human resource consideration to business strategies.
  4. Examine ethical ramifications affecting the business world.
  5. Apply technology commonly used in the workplace.
  6. Apply business structures.

As a result of completing the AAS in business administration, you should also be able to:

  1. Describe economic forces affecting the business environment.

Associate in business (DTA/MRP) transfer degree

WCC's Associate in Business (DTA/MRP) transfer degree is referred to as a DTA degree (named after the statewide "direct transfer agreement"). The structure of DTA degrees was established collaboratively by the community colleges and universities in Washington state.

A DTA degree is similar to the slate of general education courses that universities require their own first- and second-year students to take. It is designed to introduce you to a wide variety of subject areas and methods, to help you integrate knowledge drawn from different areas, and to offer a general framework for understanding.

At the same time, the Associate in Business is a major-related program (MRP) designed to prepare you for transfer as a junior into a bachelor's degree program that requires a large number of major-related courses in the first and second year.

A DTA/MRP degree prompts you to develop your academic abilities. After you complete an Associate in Business (DTA/MRP) degree, you should be able to...

  • Communicate: be able to share information in various mediums and contexts (e.g., printed text, videos, artwork, interpersonally, graphically, public speaking).
  • Be information-literate: be able to discover information, identify how it is produced and valued, and use it ethically when creating new knowledge.
  • Reason quantitatively: be able to use data and the mathematical analysis of data to make connections and draw conclusions.
  • Practice social justice: be able to reflect on your intersecting identities and roles in society, identify patterns of individual and institutional injustice and their historical roots, and explain strategies for change.
  • Think: be able to generate and evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas, seek possibilities, consider alternatives, and solve problems creatively and critically.