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Open Course Option for ASBA

The Open Course Option is a new degree pathway that allows students to complete the majority of an Associate in Science in Business Administration degree by taking free, open, online courses from the Saylor Academy that are aligned with the University's prior learning assessment program.

The Option enables students to take open courses at no cost and then apply what they learned in those open courses by successfully completing a portfolio assessment or the University's credit-by-exam program, TECEP®. Some credits can also be earned by passing a College-Level Exam Program (CLEP) exam.  Still others can be earned through Saylor's National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS) and American Council on Education (ACE) Credit exams, which have been evaluated and recommended for college credit. Students using the Open Course option will also complete the University's new online prior learning assessment courses, PLA-100 and PLA-200, as well as some General Education requirements through traditional courses.

The Open Course Option is primarily self-paced, so students can complete courses and assessments on their own schedule, independent from monthly semesters and deadlines.

ASBA Open Course Option Degree Chart

General Education Requirements
(30 credits)
Saylor Open Course Assessment for Credit
Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 credits)
Written Communication
  • ENC-101 English Composition I
  • ENC-102 English Composition II
   
Oral Communication (3 Credits)
  • COM-209 Public Speaking
 
  • No Saylor Equivalent
 
Quantitative Literacy (3 Credits)
  • MAT-121 College Algebra
   
Information Literacy (3 Credits)
  • SOS-110 Critical Information Literacy
 
  • No Saylor Equivalent
 

         None

Understanding the Physical and Natural World
  • CHE-111 General Chemistry I
  • BIO-101 Introductory Biology
  • CHEM101 – General Chemistry I
  • BIO101B Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
Knowledge of Human Cultures (9 Credits)
  • ECO-111 Macroeconomics
  • ECO-112 Microeconomics
     
  • POS-101 Intro. to Political Science
Civic and Global Learning (9 credits)
Ethics course (pick one):
  • PHI-286 Contemporary Ethics
  • ETH-210 Environmental Ethics

Diversity course:
  • HIS-126 World History from 1600-present

Civic Engagement:
  • POS-282 Intro to Comparative Politics
           
Mathematics (3 credits)
  • STA-201 Introduction to Statistics
Management Core (18 credits)
  • ACC-101 Principles of Financial Accounting
  • ACC-102 Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • LAW-201 Business Law
  • MAN-301 Principles of Management
  • MAR-301 Principles of Marketing
  • COS-101 Introduction to Computers/CIS
Electives (3 credits)
Pick one:
  • CMP-354 Network Technology
  • OPM-351 Business Statistics
  • MAN-432 Small Business Management
  • MAN-435 Project Management
  • MAN-373 Managerial Communications
  • NEG-401 Negotiations and Conflict Management
  • ENG-201 Technical Writing
   
Total: 60 credits

Toni M. Terry, BA

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