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The Bachelor of Applied Arts and
Sciences degree program has four basic components.
These components are general education, career
specialty, professional development, and electives.
Students must have a minimum of 40 upper-division
credit hours. The four components of the degree
program are discussed below.
- The general education
component consists of 41 credit hours. Students
with an Associate of Applied Science or Associate of
Applied Arts degree from an accredited junior or
community college will normally matriculate with
15-20 hours of general education. Additionally,
students will have to satisfy the university
computer proficiency requirement.
- The career specialty
component is fulfilled with the Associate of
Applied Science or Associate of Applied Arts degree.
- The professional
development component is the key to the program
and is custom designed for each student. Courses are
selected from one or more academic specialties to
provide a focus that will complement the student's
academic background so that the student can
successfully attain specific career goals. This
component will consist of 36 credit hours. The
student cannot exceed 15 hours in any one field.
- The elective component
will consist of the number of credit hours needed
(after completing the other three components) to
complete the 124 hour degree requirement.
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