Associate in Arts - Liberal Arts Transfer - Economics and Pre-Business

The Economics and Pre-business Pre-major provides students with the educational foundation necessary to be successful in business and economics programs at four-year institutions. The program helps students meet most entry-level requirements and even some program requirements for bachelor's degrees in the field. For example, the Pre-major offers a guided focus in the math and statistics content vital to the success of any future business or economics graduate. Specific transfer agreements are available for transferring into four-year colleges, including the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater's College of Business and Economics.

After completing this associate of arts degree at Madison College, students will be able to:

• Use identified critical thinking skills to pose questions, process information and make decisions.
• Engage in collaborative activities in ways that contribute to the achievement of shared goals.
• Exhibit self-awareness and self-management skills necessary to succeed in increasingly challenging academic environments.
• Recognize the contributions of diverse cultures, historical periods and art forms to the improvement of the human condition in a global society.
• Compute and analyze quantitative data using mathematical, statistical and logical methods to solve problems.
• Explore physical and social environments using scientific tools and methods.
• Communicate with varied audiences by:
• Listening actively in personal and professional relationships.
• Reading and comprehending written materials in the content areas at grade 14 level.
• Synthesizing and organizing information for diverse audiences.
• Research a question by planning and implementing an appropriate investigative strategy and synthesizing the results in an academic document.