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Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
The BAS is a Bachelor's degree completion program for students who have graduated with Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees. AAS degrees have traditionally been considered to be non-transferable to B.S. or B.A. degrees, and individuals wishing to attain a baccalaureate degree often lost most of their credits. The BAS degree provides a pathway for these individuals to attain a bachelor's degree in two years (56-60 credit hours).
This degree aligns well with the missions of the regional campuses of Indiana University: to promote educational attainment and economic development in our regions. By providing a pathway to a high-quality bachelor's degree for an underserved population-AAS degree holders who wish to earn a bachelor's degree to advance their careers-this degree promotes educational attainment and economic development in our regions. The degree is designed to articulate seamlessly, in a 2+2 model, with a variety of AAS degrees from Ivy Tech Community College, Jefferson Community and Technical Colleges, and Vincennes University.
The BAS degree is proposed as a joint degree program by all five IU-managed regional campuses. By design, this joint program provides efficiencies of scale while maintaining the unique characteristics of the regional campuses.
The BAS is a nationally-recognized degree which is available in many states. Some public institutions which offer this degree include the University of Minnesota, Arizona State University, Missouri State University, and the University of Texas- San Antonio.
The BAS degree can be oriented toward several specific career fields, such as hospital administration, general supervision or entry-level management, and some human resources functions. Because of this degree's flexibility, it tracks into approximately 34 occupations that can be grouped into three occupational clusters-a specialty business cluster, a supervisory cluster, and a management cluster.
This degree is not intended to prepare students for graduate study. The purpose of this degree is to enable AAS degree-holders to earn a bachelor's degree, in a reasonable amount of time that builds on their technical background and provides the knowledge and skills needed to advance in their careers.
This BAS degree has three tracks:
Students in the Health Care track might be employed, for example, as a Medical and Health Services Manager. Students in the Individualized Track are expected to pursue advancement with their current employers, or to seek employment in the specialty business, supervisory, or management occupations. Students in the Sustainability Track are interested in a career in areas such as environmental planning and coordination, environmental education and communications, sustainability coordination or consulting in the private or public sector, green design, environmental law or public affairs, or graduate study.
The BAS degree is a 2 + 2 degree, articulating with AAS degrees granted by Ivy Tech and other two year institutions. Students may apply 60-64 credits from their Ivy Tech AAS degrees to the BAS degree. Students will take 60 credit hours in the BAS at Indiana University: 30 credit hours of general education, 18 hours in the BAS Core, and 12 hours in a specialty track (Health Management or Individualized).
This is a joint degree to be offered by all five regional campuses of IU. A faculty team, with representation from each campus, developed the shared curricular framework for this degree. 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.
Credit Hours Required/Time to Complete
This is a 120 credit hour program. Students entering the program will transfer in 60-64 credit hours from their AAS degrees. Therefore, full-time students are expected to complete the degree in two academic years (four semesters).
BAS Core (required) - 18 hours
| Dept. | Course Number | Title | Credit Hours | Minimum Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student must take one of the following: | ||||
| BUS-A | 200 | Foundations of Accounting | 3 | C |
| BUS-A | 201 | Intro to Financial Accounting | 3 | C |
| BUS-A | 202 | Intro to Managerial Accounting | 3 | C |
| Student must take one of the following: | ||||
| ECON-E | 101 | Survey of Economics Issues & Problems (or other approved course) | 3 | C |
| ECON-E | 103 | Intro to Microeconomics | 3 | C |
| ECON-E | 104 | Intro to Macroeconomics | 3 | C |
| BUS-G | 300 | Intro to Managerial Economics and Strat. | 3 | C |
| POLS-Y | 359 | Economics and Public Management | 3 | C |
| Students must take one of the following: | ||||
| BUS-J | 404 | Business and Society | 3 | C |
| BUS-D | 301 | The International Business Environment | 3 | C |
| POLS-Y | 379 | Ethics and Public Policy | 3 | C |
| POLS-Y | 403 | Legal Issues in Public Bureaucracy | 3 | C |
| PHIL-P | 306 | Business Ethics | 3 | C |
| PHIL-P | 393 | Biomedical Ethics | 3 | C |
| HIST-B | 391 | Themes in World History | 3 | C |
| HIST-G | 369 | Modern Japan | 3 | C |
| HIST-G | 385 | Modern China | 3 | C |
| HIST-G | 387 | Contemporary China | 3 | C |
| HIST-G | 410 | China, Japan, & US in the 20th and 21st Century | 3 | C |
| Students must take one of the following: | ||||
| BUS-Z | 300 | Organizational Behavior & Leadership | 3 | C |
| BUS-Z | 301 | Organizational Behavior & Leadership | 3 | C |
| BUS-Z | 302 | Managing and Behavior in Organizations | 3 | C |
| BUS-Z | 440 | Personnel-Human Management | 3 | C |
| BUS-W | 301 | Management & Organization Theory | 3 | C |
| POLS-Y | 358 | Human Behavior & Public Organizations | 3 | C |
| POLS-Y | 387 | Public Personnel Management | 3 | C |
| Students must take one of the following: | ||||
| BUS-M | 300 | Introduction to Marketing (or any other 300/400 level approved course) | 3 | C |
| BUS-M | 301 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 3 | C |
| Students must take one of the following: | ||||
| SPCH-C | 427 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 | C |
| SPCH-S | 427 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 | C |
| SPCH-C | 380 | Organizational Communication | 3 | C |
| SPCH-S | 440 | Organizational Communication | 3 | C |
| CMCL-C | 440 | Organizational Communication | 3 | C |
BAS Track (one required) - 12 hours
Students must select one of the following tracks:
Electives
Courses counted toward the concentration must be taken for a letter grade. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher. As per IU campus policy, at least 30 hours must be at the 300 level or higher.
Please contact the School of Arts and Letters Academic Advising Office or Advisors for more information and/or a personal one-on-one visit!