Associate Degrees
The associate degree option is open only to Continuing Education students. The degrees available are the Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration and the Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts. Both degrees require 61 credit hours of course work. Credits for courses numbered below 100 do not count toward the minimum credits required for the degree. All courses taken for the associate degrees may be applied to a bachelor degree at the College. At least 15 of the last
18 credit hours for either of the degrees must be completed at Marietta College.
The course requirements for the associate degrees are:
Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration
General Requirements (25 Hours)
| WRIT 102 | College Composition | 3 |
| COMM 203 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| Fine Arts | |
| Diversity and Global Perspectives | |
| Historical Perspectives | |
| Scientific Inquiry with lab | 4 |
| Literary Analysis | |
| Leadership and Ethics | |
Required concentration courses (9 Hours)
| ECON 211 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 212 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT 201 | Introduction to Management Accounting | 3 |
Electives in Business and Economics (18 Hours)
| Course 1 | |
| Course 2 | |
| Course 3 | |
| Course 4 | |
| Course 5 | |
| Course 6 | |
General Electives: Any department (9 Hours)
| Course 1 | |
| Course 2 | |
| Course 3 | |
Total Credit Hours: 61
Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts
General Requirements (25-26 Hours)
| WRIT 102 | College Composition | 3 |
| COMM 203 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| Artistic Expression | 3 |
| Civilization & Culture | 3 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 3-4 |
| Social Analysis | 3 |
| Scientific Inquiry with lab | 4 |
| PIO 201 | Integrated Learning | 3 |
PIO 201 Integrated Learning should be taken in the final semester of the program.
Areas of concentration* (27 Hours)
First area (15 Hours)
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| Course 2 | |
| Course 3 | |
| Course 4 | |
| Course 5 | |
Second area (6 Hours)
Third area (6 Hours)
General Electives: Any department(s) (8-9 Hours)
| Course 1 | |
| Course 2 | |
| Course 3 | |
* Areas of concentration refer to areas of study within a department, e.g. psychology, business & economics, or history. The student will select three separate areas of study.
Total Credit Hours: 61