Bachelor of Applied Science Degree Requirements

Students must meet the criteria of either (A) or (B):

(A) Student must possess an earned Associate in Applied Science degree in one of the following areas of concentration: Business, Information Technology, Homeland Security, or Criminal Justice, from a regionally accredited college or regionally accredited technical school. The degree must include a minimum of 10 semester hours in the major area. A maximum of 21 semester hours qualifying applied science credit will be accepted towards the completion of the degree. Students will be permitted to transfer in a limited number of additional credits from other community college-level course work.

(B) Student must have completed a military service school that has a minimum of 10 semester hours of qualifying applied science credits as recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE), and/or been awarded the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS for Army and Marine Corps, Air Force Specialty Code [AFSC] for Air Force, Naval Enlisted Code [NEC] for Navy) that is comparable to (A) above. A maximum of 21 semester hours of qualifying applied science credit will be accepted towards the completion of the degree.

Further, students must complete General College Curriculum for the B.A.S. Degree , if not already accepted as transfer credits within the associate degree program of study:

Major Requirements

Students who wish to acquire a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a Concentration in Information Technology and Security-Management must, in addition to the General Core Curriculum  and Qualifying Applied Science electives, complete the following courses:

• ITS 150 - Fundamentals of Information Technology (3)
• ITS 200 - Internet Applications (3)
• ITS 235 - Windows Operating Environment (3)
• ITS 345 - Database Management (3)
• ITS 351 - Systems Analysis, Design and Development (3)
• 6 hours of ITS elective credit at the 300 level or above
• 3 hours of ITS elective credit at the 200 level or above
• 12 semester hours in ACCT/ECON and/or
• BADM elective credit at the 200 level or above