Applied Science, BAS

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The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree program is designed to allow graduates with an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree to earn a bachelor’s degree with minimal loss of the time spent and credits earned in obtaining the AAS degree. Students may take/apply for one of the AAS degrees at UMW to meet the associate degree portion of the BAS. In most cases, students will need to earn an additional 60 credits beyond the AAS degree. Students will be encouraged to take as many 300- and 400-level courses as are appropriate to the student’s program.

Credit Requirements

Associate of Applied Science: 60 Credits

Earned Associate of Applied Science (AAS) from a regionally accredited institution.

General Education: 16-32 Credits

General Education

Complete any general education not fulfilled through the AAS degree. Completion of UMW’s General Education Program or completion of the MUS General Education Program or an approved General Education curriculum at another Montana University System campus. General Education courses will transfer on a course-by-course basis if an entire General Education curriculum has not been completed at another MUS campus.

Option Area: 20-28 Credits

Completion of an Option area of 20-28 credits individually designed by the student in consultation with an advisor and approved by the Provost in one of the following areas:

Choose One of the Following Option Area

Fine Arts & Humanities (art, drama, English, foreign language, humanities, music, philosophy)
Business (business, computer science, economics, tourism & recreation)
Early Childhood Education
Health & Human Performance
History
Industrial Technology
Mathematics
Natural Science (biology, chemistry, geology, physics)
Social & Behavioral Science (anthropology, geography, political science, psychology, sociology)
Interdisciplinary Core (Approved by student’s advisor)

Electives: 0-24 Credits