APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE
Administered by the Department of Behavioral
Science within the College of Arts and Sciences.
The purpose of the Bachelor of Applied
Arts and Science (B.A.A.S.) program is to offer career
advancement opportunities to students who have previously
earned the Associate of Applied Sciences (A.A.S.) degree.
The BAAS degree will enhance students' technical education
and will prepare them with leadership skills relevant in
their respective working environments. The BAAS program
allows students to choose one of the four tracks that best
suits their needs for professional development: Health
Professions, Graphic Arts, Human & Legal Studies, and
Industrial Technology.
Degree Requirements
The minimum total credits required for a
degree is 120.
Sample Degree Plan
| General Education |
44 credits |
Complete the requirements shown in the General
Education Requirements section of this catalog, pages 51-52.
Computer Use
All majors must demonstrate a basic use of
computing through completion of COSC 1335, or through
examination, or through a similar computer science course
that requires the actual use of computers.
Applied Arts and Science Requirements
The B.A.A.S. is available only to students
transferring to the University with an A.A.S. degree or its
equivalent. A block of 30 semester credit hours (sch) from
the technical field of the A.A.S. degree will be applied to
the B.A.A.S. degree. Fifteen additional sch from the General
Education Requirements category taken as part of the A.A.S.
degree can also be applied to satisfy the University's General
Education Requirement section of the B.A.A.S. degree. Students
must complete at least 27 sch in courses related to their A.A.S.
specialty. In addition, all B.A.A.S. students must complete BAAS
4393 (Senior Project) and all B.A.A.S. students will be required
to have a supervised internship.
B.A.A.S. students must complete a minor.
No more than 6 sch from the major may be used towards
the minor.
Electives
Students may need to take electives to reach the
University's semester credit hour requirements of
120 total, of which 54 must be upper level.
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