College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Applied Science
The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) is an interdisciplinary degree designed for students who have completed an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree and who would benefit from a Bachelor’s degree for career or personal advancement. The BAS gives students the unique opportunity to apply sixty of their technical AAS credits to an Indiana University bachelor’s degree. Since the credits accumulated in these types of programs do not readily transfer to traditional baccalaureate programs, the BAS degree was designed to provide students with an opportunity to advance their professional skills. The BAS is a very flexible degree. Every student could design his or her own program of study. Students will work closely with an academic advisor to select a set of classes that best fits his or her individual needs. Not only can students build a unique curriculum that aligns with his or her educational and career goals, but students can complete the degree while taking only classes on campus, taking only classes offered online, or any combination of the above. The BAS degree is a joint degree program by all five IU-managed regional campuses. The joint degree format permits the campuses to share faculty resources and thereby provide educational opportunities to students in their regions that those students might not otherwise have. Students may take BAS courses from any of the five campuses and have those courses apply to their BAS degree at their home campus.
BAS Degree Requirements- The curriculum consists of 120 credit hours. 60 of those are transferred in from an accredited community college.
- 18 credits from required core competencies
- At least 12 credits in one of four tracks: Health Care Management, Informatics, Sustainability, or an Individualized Tract
- 30 credit hours of additional electives and/or general education
- Further, students may complete on-line courses from other Indiana University campuses as part of the program.
To graduate with the BAS, you must complete a total of 120 credit hours. You may apply 60 to 64 credit hours from your AAS to Indiana University. You then complete 56-60 credit hours of courses from IU, with at least 30 credit hours at the 300- and 400-level.
Students must take one course for each learning outcome (6 courses/18 credit hours total). Students may use any listed course to satisfy this requirement.
I. Core Competencies (18 cr)
Core Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in accounting and bookkeeping (3 cr)
Complete one of the following classes:
- BUS A200 Foundations of Accounting
- BUS A201 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- BUS A202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Core Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in economics
Complete one of the following classes:
- ECON E200 Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview*
- ECON E103 or ECON E201 Introduction to Microeconomics*
- ECON E104 or ECON E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics*
- *ECON-E201 & E202 have a pre-req of MATH-M117 or MATH-M105.
- ECON-E103 and E104 do not have any pre-reqs
- BUS G300 Intro to Managerial Economics and Strategy**
- **(P: MATH-M 118, ECON-E270, E103, E104, BUS-P301)
- POLS Y359 Economics and Public Management
Core Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in legal, ethical, social, and/or international topics
(must be at 300 or 400 level)
Complete one of the following classes:
- BUS B399 or BUS J404 Business and Society
- BUS D300 International Business Administration
- BUS D301 The International Business Environment(P: ECON-E300 or E201 & E202)
- POLS Y379 Ethics and Public Policy
- POLS Y380 Ethics for Public Organizations
- POLS Y403 Legal Issues in Public Bureaucracy
- PHIL P306 Business Ethics
- PHIL P393 Biomedical Ethics(P: ECON-E300 or E201 & E202)
- HIST B391 Themes in World History
- HIST G369 Modern Japan
- HIST G385 Modern China
- HIST G387 Contemporary China
- HIST G410 China Japan US , 20th & 21st Century
Core Learning Outcome 4: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in supervision (must be at 300 or 400 level)
Complete one of the following classes:
- BUS Z300 or BUS Z301 Organizational Behavior & Leadership
- BUS Z302 (P: PSY-P103 & SOC-S100) Managing and Behavior in Organizations
- BUS W301 Management & Organization Theory
- POLS Y358 Human Behavior and Public Organizations
- POLS Y357 Public Personnel Management
- BUS Z440 Personnel - Human Resource Management
Core Learning Outcome 5: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in marketing (must be at 300 or 400 level)
Complete one of the following classes:
- BUS M300 Introduction to Marketing
- BUS M301 Introduction to Marketing Management (P: BUS-A 202, ECON-E 201 & E 202)
Core Learning Outcome 6: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in communication (must be at 300 or 400 level)
Complete one of the following classes:
- SPCH S427 or CMCL C427 Cross Cultural Communication
- SPCH C380 or SPCH S440 or CMCL C440 Organizational Communication
II. BAS Tracks (12 cr)
As a BAS student, you must choose from one of four tracks: healthcare management, sustainability studies, informatics and individualized.
You take courses related to the track you choose. These include a capstone course that helps you integrate what you have learned.
A. Health Management Track
Learning Outcome 1: Compare and contrast the U.S. health-care system, including reimbursement, with other systems around the world.
Complete one of the following classes:
- PAHM H320 or SPEA H320 Health Systems Administration
- SPEA V450 Medical Ethics
- HSCI H415 Global Child and Adolescent Health
- PAHM B311 Systems of Health Care Delivery
- PAHM B320 Global Systems of Health Care Delivery
- BUS H320 Systems of Health Care Delivery
Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical, legal, financial, and political factors that influence the provision of health services in the U.S.
Complete one of the following courses:
- SPEA H452 Health Disparities
- PAHM H441 or SPEA H441 Legal Aspects of Health Care
- PAHM W314 Ethics for Health Professionals
- PAHM H474 Health Administration and Policy
- BUS H411 Management of Long-Term Care Facilities
- BUS H402 Hospital Organization and Management
- BUS H352 Health Care Financial Management
Learning Outcome 3: Evaluate access to and cost of US health care, including reimbursement practices, for different types of care.
Complete one of the following classes:
- PAHM-H315 Consume Health
- PAHM H354 or AHSC-H350 or BUS H354 Economics of Health Care
- PAHM H352 Health Finance and Budgeting
Learning Outcome 4: Effectively assess and implement improvements in clinical care, customer service, and human resource planning in a health care setting.
Complete one of the following:
- SPEA H322 Principles of Epidemiology
- PAHM H371 or SPEA H371 or HR Management in Health Care Facilities
- SPEA H402 Hospital Administration
- AHLT M366 Leadership for Health Professionals
- PAHM H401 Strategic Planning for Health Care Organizations
Capstone Outcome: Integrate knowledge and skills and apply to health management issues or challenges.
Complete one of the following:
- PAHM-B499 Health Management Capstone
- SPEA H474 Health Capstone
B. Sustainability Track
Track 1: Required
- SUST-C301 Foundations of Sustainability
Track 2: Choose Two
- GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation (online)
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems (online)
- GEOL-G 476 Climate Change Science (online)
- GEOL-G 478 Global Change, Food, & Farming Systems
- SUST-S 400 Energy: Sources and Needs (online)
- POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics (online)
- POLS-Y 346 Politics of the Developing World (online)
- SOC-S 308 Global Society (online)
- SOC-S419 Social Movements and Collective Action
- SUST-C340 Sustainability in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- SUST-C350 Sustainability in the Arts and Humanities
Track 3: Required, Capstone
- SUST-C490 Capstone in Sustainability
C. Individualized Track
The student, in close consultation with an advisor, selects 12 hours of 300- and 400-level courses to complete this track.
- COAS-S4OO Workshop in Special Topics
- BAS Individualized Capstone is also required.
D. Informatics Track
The Informatics track may appeal if you hold an Associate of Applied Science in Computing or an Associate of Applied Science in Information Technology. INFO-C100
- INFO-C112
- INFO-C210
- INFO-C211
- INFO-C300
- INFO-C413