Applied Sciences, B.A.S.

Professional Development

The Professional Development component of the B.A.S. consists of 24 semester hours selected to provide depth or breadth to the major and to provide substantive developmental knowledge for the student’s career or personal goals.

The following majors are speciﬁc as to the amount of hours in the professional development component that must be related to the major ﬁeld of study:

Business Administration - a minimum of 12 hours from approved business courses
Human Services - a minimum of 12 hours from approved social science courses unless otherwise speciﬁed.

Experiential Professional Development

The experiential professional development component consists of 12 semester hours designed to provide practical experience as an integral part of the student’s career development. Experiential learning may satisfy a portion of this requirement. Experiential learning must be evaluated and approved by the university. Practicums or internships may be used in this area, up to 12 hours, or used in the major if it relates to the major ﬁeld of study.

Electives

The student may complete the remainder of the required 124 semester hours with courses which complement or extend career preparation or pursue subject ﬁelds that hold special appeal.

Applied Science

Course Requirements

Applied Science is an individualized program designed to enable students who have previous professional or technical education to work toward the baccalaureate degree. The 36-semester hour major includes an 18-semester hour core and an 18-semester hour specialization. Within the 18-semester hour core, students must take courses from each of four separate areas: communication, supervision, computer applications, and ethics. Courses which fulﬁll the requirements for each area include:

Three hours from:

Three hours from the communication area:

ENGL 4314 - Usage and Style 3 hrs
MGMT 3310 - Managerial Communication 3 hrs

Three hours from the supervision area:

Three hours from the computer applications area:

Three hours from the ethics area:

BUAD 4334 - Business Ethics 3 hrs
EDUC 3313 - Educating Students from Diverse Backgrounds 3 hrs
PHIL 4319 - Ethics 3 hrs
PHIL 4323 - Basic Christian Ethics 3 hrs or
RLGN 4323 - Basic Christian Ethics 3 hrs

Plus

Three hours from approved applied science electives.

Notations:

The 18-semester hour specialization must be completed from courses in the student’s approved occupational/technical ﬁeld. Of the 36 semester hours required for the major, 18 must be from upper-level courses.