COLBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Transfer Program to Kansas State University
College of Business Administration
B.S. in Marketing
Contact: Alice Niedfeldt
Phone: (785) 532-6180
Email: alicen@ksu.edu
Home Page: cba.k-state.edu
The Associate of Arts degree (A.A.) at Colby CC is a general transfer degree and partners well with the first two
years of most bachelor degree programs. Students pursuing the A.A. may select courses that satisfy both the A.A.
degree requirements and lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree at four-year institutions. The 33
hours of electives within the A.A. allows students to complete additional general education and lower division
courses required for specific majors. The A.A. degree requires completion of 64 credit hours, the maximum
number of hours from a community college that will be applied toward a bachelor’s degree at most four-year
schools. Meeting with a Colby CC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses.
 The College of Business Administration offers majors in accounting, finance (options in financial
management, financial controllership, or financial services), entrepreneurship, management information
systems, management (emphasis in human resources, operations and general/entrepreneurship) and
marketing. Total hours to earn a B.S. degree in Business Administration is 126 credit hours.
 Students entering college for the first time and eligible for admission to K-State must enroll in the
business administration pre-professions program (BAPP). Students must achieve a 2.5 K-State GPA by the
time they complete 30 credit hours to remain in good standing. Students with previous academic work
(either at K-State or elsewhere) requesting transfer to the College of Business Administration must have a
2.5 or higher grade point average and enroll in the BAPP curriculum. Transfer students, entering with 45
or more credit hours, must achieve a K-State GPA of 2.5 or higher on the first 15 or more hours of K-State
course work to be able to continue in the College of Business Administration.
 Admission to a degree plan (major) in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, management, management
information systems, or marketing is necessary for graduation. Applicants for admission to one of the
degree plans, other than accounting will be accepted upon completion of a minimum of 45 credit hours
with a K-State grade point average of 2.5 or above. For accounting the grade point average for admission
to the degree plan is 3.0 K-State GPA.
 Transfer students must meet the above requirements and complete at least 12 graded hours at K-State
before they can be admitted into a degree plan.
 All transfer coursework approved by the K-State Admissions Office, with a grade of C or better, will be
reviewed by the CBA Office of Student Services for equivalency within the business curriculum and is
subject to final approval. (Transfer coursework carrying a grade of D will not be accepted toward a
student’s business degree requirements.)
Each student must successfully complete credit-bearing courses/experiences to cover all of the K-State 8 areas. A
minimum of four different course prefixes (e.g. AGEC, MATH, FSHS) must be represented in the fulfillment of the KState 8 requirements. Students who began at K-State before Summer 2011, may choose to move to the K-State 8
program or complete their degrees with University General Education (UGE) requirements. For more information:
General Education: K-State 8
Aesthetic Experiences and
Interpretive Understanding
Empirical and Quantitative
Reasoning
Ethical Reasoning and
Responsibility
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the U.S.
Natural and Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
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Kansas State CBA Requirements
Colby CC Equivalents
Communication Core Courses (11 credit hours)
COMM 105 Public Speaking IA (2) or COMM 106 Public
Speaking (3)
ENGL 100 Expository Writing I (3)
ENGL 200 Expository Writing II (3)
ENGL 417 Written Communication for the Workplace (3)
SP101 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3) OR
SP176 Public Speaking (3)
EN176 English Composition I (3)
EN177 English Composition II (3)
No Equivalent
Quantitative Core Courses (18 credit hours)
MATH 100 College Algebra (3)
MATH 205 General Calculus and Linear Algebra (3)
STAT 350 Business and Economic Statistics I (3)
STAT 351 Business and Economic Statistics II (3)
ECON 110 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
ECON 120 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
MA178 College Algebra (3)
MA210 Calculus: For Business & Liberal Arts (3)
MA205 Elements of Statistics (3)
No Equivalent
EC276 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
EC277 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Non-business (K-State 8) Courses (16 credit hours)
Aesthetic Experience and Interpretive Understanding (3)
AR176 Art History I (3)
AR177 Art History II (3)
DR120 Theatre Appreciation (3)
EN107 Creative Writing (3)
EN202 American Literature I (3)
EN203 American Literature II (3)
FL176 Elementary Spanish I (5)
MU108 Fundamentals of Music (3)
MU176 Introduction to Music (3)
Global Issues and Perspectives (3)
FL176 Elementary Spanish I (5)
GE176 World Regional Geography (3)
HI104 world Civilization to 1160
Historical Perspectives (3)
AR176 Art History I (3)
AR177 Art History II (3)
DR120 Theatre Appreciation (3)
HI104 World Civilization to 1660 (3)
HI176 American History to 1865
HI177 American History 1865 to Present (3)
PO105 State & Local Government (3)
Human Diversity within the U.S. (3)
HI176 American History to 1865 (3)
HI177 American History 1865 to Present (3)
SO176 Introduction to Sociology (3)
SP106 Interpersonal Communications (3)
Natural and Physical Sciences with lab (4)
AG107 Crop Science w/Lab (4)
AG117 Soils w/Lab (4)
BI100 General Biology w/Lab (4)
BI177 Principles of Biology w/Lab (5)
CH176 Fund. Of Chemistry w/Lab (5)
CH177 Chemistry I w/Lab (5)
PH101 Our Physical World w/Lab (5)
PH177 Introduction to Geology w/Lab (5)
PH207 College Physics I w/Lab (5)
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Business Core Courses (30 credit hours)
GENBA 101 Business Orientation (0)
GENBA 110 Business Foundations (3)
GENBA 166 IT Skills Proficiency Exam (0)
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
ACCTG 231 Accounting for Business Operations (3) AND
ACCTG 241 Accounting for Investing and Financing (3)
AC177 Accounting I (3) AND
AC178 Accounting II (3) AND
AC257 Managerial Accounting (3)
FINAN 450 Principles of Finance (3)
MKTG 400 Intro to Marketing (3)
MANGT 366 Information Technology for Business (3)
MANGT 420 Management Concepts (3)
MANGT 421 Intro to Operations Management (3)
MANGT 595 Business Strategy (3)
MANGT 596 Business Ethics & Corporate Citizenship (3)
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
No Equivalent
Marketing major (42 hours)
Major Field Requirements (15 hours)
MKTG450 Consumer Behavior
MKTG542 Fundamentals of Professional Selling
MKTG544 International Marketing
MKTG642 Marketing Research
MKTG690 Marketing Management
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
Colby CC Equivalency
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Major Field Electives (9 hours)
MKTG496 Special Topics in Marketing
MKTG497 Topics in Fin. Serv Marketing
MKTG541 Retailing
MKTG543 Integrated Marketing Comm
MKTG545 Marketing Channels
MKTG546 Services Marketing
MKTG550 Business Marketing
MKTG 560 Sales Force Leadership
MKTG 570 Advanced Selling
MKTG 580 Business Intelligence
MKTG630 Sports Marketing
MKTG635 Electronic Marketing
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Economics Electives (6 hours) (500 level or higher)
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2._________________________________
3
3
N/A
N/A
Unrestricted Electives (12 hours)
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2._________________________________
3
3
N/A
N/A
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