Business Management BAS

Applied Science Degree/ B.A.S.

The Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) degree provides students who have completed an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree program with an opportunity to continue their education to the baccalaureate level, acquiring additional skills and furthering their professional advancement. This state-wide degree program requires 41 credit-hours of upper division course work and 29 credit-hours in the Business Management area of emphasis.

Articulation Agreements: graduates of the following degree programs will be admitted to the B.A.S. Business Management degree without loss of credit.

Allegany College of Maryland: A.A.S. in Business Management

Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College: A.A.S. in Business Management

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree with an emphasis in Business Management, a student must complete a minimum of 62 credit-hours of course work in addition to having completed an A.A.S. degree in Business Management, Business Technology, or Office Technology with a minimum of 62 credit-hours.

AAS Degree hours

61

General Education: 46 hours total (31included in AAS, plus 15 additional hours)

15

Area of Emphasis: Business Management (all upper division hours)

29

Electives: 18 hours (at least 12 must be upper division)

18

Total Hours Required

123

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

ENGL

102

Composition and Rhetoric

3

SOCA

01

Introduction to Sociology

3

BUSA

320

Survey of Business Management

3

BUSA

330

Survey of Marketing

3

Upper or Lower Division Elective

3

Total

 

 

15

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

STAT

111

Understanding Statistics

3

BUSA

310

Survey of Business Law

3

BUSA

340

Survey of Finance

3

Fine Arts Requirement

3

Upper or Lower Division Elective

3

Total

 

 

15

 

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

BTEC

350

Advanced Computer Applications

4

BTEC

360

Leadership and Human Behavior

3

BTEC

370

Intermediate Accounting

3

Upper Division Electives

6

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

BTEC

380

Business Ethics

3

BTEC

485

Senior Seminar

4

Fine Arts Requirement

3

Upper Division Electives

6

Total

 

 

16

Total Hours: 62