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Colorado Plateau Studies: AAS Degree (Business Emphasis)

The Associate of Applied Science in Colorado Plateau Studies degree is designed to be a pre-professional program. This is an inter-disciplinary degree that includes courses from the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences in its core. The degree is not only inter-disciplinary in its curriculum but may also be adapted to give students an emphasis in one of three academic areas: Arts and Culture, Science, and Business. Students interested in meeting the requirements for one of the emphasis areas should see their advisor for details.

The outcomes identified below define the knowledge and skill sets
that graduates will possess at the end of their program of study.

  • Describe and evaluate contemporary issues pertaining to the Colorado Plateau region with an historical perspective.
  • Demonstrate and explain the need for stewardship for the natural resources and human populace of the region.
  • Analyze and discuss historical, geographical, and cultural aspects of the Colorado Plateau.
  • Analyze and discuss the art and art history of the Colorado Plateau.
  • Discuss and analyze literature of the Colorado Plateau and the influences on the writers.
  • Describe the unique geology of the Colorado Plateau utilizing theories and concepts of historical and structural geology.
  • Describe, discuss and summarize contemporary issues affecting the Colorado Plateau.
  • Document their observations and responses to the land, cultures and future concerns of the Colorado Plateau region

Minimum credit hours required: 62

General Education Requirements: 25 credit hours

Composition (6)
ENG 101¹ College Composition I (3)
ENG 102¹ College Composition II (3)

Mathematics (3–5)
MAT 151 College Algebra (3) or a higher course selected from the approved AGEC courses in the Mathematics category.

Arts/Humanities (6)
ART 103 Native American Art of the Southwest (3)
ENG 238 Literature of the Southwest (3)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3)
SOC 142 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
or
ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

Physical/Biological Sciences (4)
BIO 109 Natural History of the Southwest (4)

Options (3)
Any three credit hour course from the approved General Education course list

Emphasis Area Core Requirements
Required: 37 credit hours
ACC 255¹ Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACC 256¹ Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
BUS 204¹ Business Communications (3)
BUS 214¹ Legal, Ethical & Regulatory
Issues in Business (3)
ECN 204¹ Macroeconomic Principles (3)
ECN 205 Microeconomic Principles (3)

ANT 230 Peoples of the Southwest (3)
ART 221 Art History of the Southwest (3)
CPS 100 Overview of the Colorado Plateau (3)
CPS 290¹ Capstone Seminar (3)
ENG 220 Writers on the Colorado Plateau (3)
GLG 232 Geology of the Colorado Plateau (4)

¹ Placement test and/or prerequisite
required.
² 0-6 hours may be taken in the
Options category as needed to
complete the minimum 35 hours
required for the AGEC.

 

This catalog was prepared on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication. All information is subject to change without notice, obligation, or liability.