The AST-Business degree helps students transfer to a business program at one of Oregon's public universities. Students who earn the AST-Business will also complete the statewide Major Transfer Map (MTM) for Business, and the Oregon Core Transfer Map (CTM.) Topics of study may include:

• Accounting
• Advertising
• Business Technology
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Management / Leadership
• Marketing
• Supply Chain / Logistics

Business Core

Five (5) courses:

Written Communication

Two (2) courses:

Mathematics

One (1) course, based on transfer plans:

Arts & Letters

Two (2) courses:

Cultural Literacy

One (1) course from Arts & Letters, Social Science, or elective that is designated as fulfilling cultural literacy:

Please note: Cultural Literacy is the only degree requirement that can be "double-dipped."

For example:

• MUS268 will fulfill the Cultural Literacy requirement, and count toward either Arts & Letters or Social Science.  
• COMM115 will fulfill the Cultural Literacy requirement, and count toward either Oral Communication or Arts & Letters.

Always check your official degree audit on MyMHCC to see how courses are counting toward your chosen degree's requirements. 

Lab Science

Two (2) courses:

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Students may receive credit toward credential completion for one of the GS105 course options.

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BI103 used to be taught as BI103A, 103B, 103C, etc. BI103B became BI132; BI103D became BI133. Students may receive credit toward credential completion for only one of the following: BI103, BI103A, BI103B, BI103C, BI103D, BI132, or BI133.

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Students may receive credit toward credential completion for one of the G148 options, either lab or non-lab but not both.

Electives may include:

• Any college-level (100 level or above) transferable course.
• Up to 12 credits of career-technical courses.
• Up to 6 credits of PE185, 15 credits of IECC (200-level), and 12 credits of Lower Division Collegiate Cooperative Education Internship may be applied as elective credits to the AST. See the Course Information section for elective credit/course eligibility.  
• Recommended electives based on transfer plans include:
  • STAT243Z Elementary Statistics I  (Course offered online) if transferring to UO or WOU
  • STAT244 Elementary Statistics II if transferring to SOU or OIT
  • OSU's BA275 requirement can be fulfilled by taking STAT243Z Elementary Statistics I  (Course offered online) + STAT244 Elementary Statistics II
  • Additional Lab Science if transferring to PSU, EOU, or UO
  • Additional Arts & Letters if transferring to OSU or UO
  • Additional Social Science if transferring to UO

When students complete courses at more than one Oregon community college, the AST-granting institution will apply courses that students transfer in from other Oregon community colleges to meet Core Transfer Map and Major requirements as intended and as identified by the approved course lists at the community college where and when they were taken.

To be awarded the AST-Business degree, students must: 

• Complete all requirements to total 90 applicable degree credits.
• Pass all courses with a grade of “C” or better.  
• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 at the time the AST is awarded. 
• Satisfactorily earn 12 credit hours at MHCC. Non-traditional credit (College Level Examination Program, Experience-Based Credit, Challenge, etc.) does not satisfy this requirement.

If a course is taken as S/U or P/NP and the student receives a "Satisfactory" ("S") or "Pass" ("P"), it is considered equivalent to a C or better at all Oregon community colleges. However, it is recommended that students take courses for a letter grade and not S/U or P/NP; some individual AAT majors may limit S/U or P/NP options for specific requirements, and such limits will be noted in the major specific requirements in the MTM MOU. 

Please note: Courses may not be repeated for credit unless specified in the course description.

To check your official progress toward graduation, log on to MyMHCC and click “View My Degree Audit.”

Transfer Institutions

• Portland State University (PSU)
• Oregon State University (OSU)
• Eastern Oregon University (EOU)
• University of Oregon (UO)
• Southern Oregon University (SOU)
• Western Oregon University (WOU)

Online option regularly offered

Cultural Literacy course