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Overview

College of Eastern Idaho's Associate of Arts in Business is the first milestone to a 4-year business degree. The program offers transferable business credits, affordable education, and a state-of-the-art education.

CEI uses a traditional business core model to provide students with a solid foundation to prepare them for transferring to a university business program.

Requirements/Note

Some courses may require prerequisites or placement. See the current CEI catalog or advisor for more information.

The Business Associate of Arts is designed as a two-year transfer degree. Please speak to your advisor and the transfer advisor from the university you are planning to transfer to for more guidance. If you have plans for a future in BA, these are the suggested classes. Some classes may need to be petitioned for credit when transferring to a four-year university.

Pass Classes: Once accepted into the Business transfer program, students must pass their courses with a minimum grade of C- (70%) or higher.

Laptop Requirement: CEI is a Microsoft-based campus. As such, we strongly recommend that all hardware used for CEI classes (such as laptops) have the capability to run Microsoft software. All students have access to download Microsoft 365 software for free, including Word and Excel, which are used extensively in Business and Industry. Chromebooks and iOS-based devices are not recommended for the Business program.

Placement Scores: CEI uses standardized testing scores to place students into the appropriate level math and English classes for a student’s selected program (if applicable). Students may submit current SAT/ACT scores or take the ALEKS (math placement exam) and/or Accuplacer (English placement exam). Placement exam testing may be scheduled through the CEI Testing Center. Placement scores for basic college-level math and English courses are as follows:

	ACT	SAT	ACCUPLACER	ALEKS
ENGL 101 PLUS	< 19	< 500	0 - 249	-
ENGL 101	19-24	500 - 620	250+	-
GEM Stamped MATH	17+	430+	-	46+

Faculty

Business

Jernberg, Leslie | Faculty, Marketing & Management | Ed.D Idaho State University

TEL: (208) 535-5353 | EMAIL: leslie.jernberg@cei.edu

Robertson Building 2, Room 248A

Business, General Education

Kisner, Kenneth | Department Chair, Business | MA Utah State University

TEL: (208) 535-5469 | EMAIL: kenneth.kisner@cei.edu

Robertson Building 2, Room 246D

Business

Godfrey, Christian | Faculty, Business | PH.D. University of Idaho

TEL: (208) 535-5478 | EMAIL: christian.godfrey@cei.edu

Robertson Building 2, Room 246B

Business

Stauffer, Abbigail | Faculty, Accounting | MS Montana State University

TEL: (208) 535-5346 | EMAIL: abbi.stauffer@cei.edu

Robertson Building 2, Room 244A

GEM Explain

General Education Core Complete

The General Education Core Complete formalizes the programmatic completion of the general education framework established in SBOE Policy III.N. The Core Complete in General Education is completed as part of an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree. Students may not select Core Complete as a declared major, but will receive a notation on their transcript to show they have completed the general education core requirements. It marks a significant milestone in a student’s pursuit of the AA or AS degree. This automatic notation is intended for degree-seeking students who plan to complete their AA or AS degree at College of Eastern Idaho or who intend to transfer into a baccalaureate program after completing the required 36 credits.

Listed classes are subject to change in accordance with the Idaho State Board of Education.

The six GEM competency areas are:

Written Communication (GEM 1)
Oral Communication (GEM 2)
Mathematical Ways of Knowing (GEM 3)
Scientific Ways of Knowing (GEM 4)
Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing (GEM 5)
Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing (GEM 6)

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