Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Applied Arts and Sciences, B.A.A.S. – Online


About the Applied Arts and Sciences Bachelor’s Program


Students seeking the 120-hour Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree must first obtain an applied associate’s degree from an approved institution. A committee within University Studies will determine the applicability of a student’s A.A.S. degree upon admission. This degree program allows students who have earned an Associate of Applied Arts or Applied Sciences from a two-year institution to complete a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Applied Arts and Sciences. The degree is not open to Texas Tech students seeking to change their major. 

The program is administered by the Office of the Provost and interested students should contact the student services center in University Studies, 332 Drane Hall, T 806.742.7100, www.depts.ttu.edu/universitystudies.

Degree Requirements

  1. Hours Required and General/College Requirement
    A minimum of 120 semester hours, 40 of which must be at the junior/senior level, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree as specified in the “General Requirements” in the Academic Requirements  section of this catalog.
  2. Major Requirements
    • Occupational Specialization, up to 36 Hours. Comprised of courses related to a specific occupation, field, or subject. The occupational concentration typically consists of field-specific coursework completed for an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree at a community college. Active-duty military or veterans might receive credit for technical or other formal training courses under this component of the degree plan. Students need to provide a DD214 to the B.A.A.S. advisor for consultation regarding academic credit to apply toward the degree. 
    • Professional Development Concentrations, 36 Hours. Consists of two separate concentrations that serve to enhance the skills acquired by the student through an applied associate’s degree or are complimentary themes of interest. Requires completion of 36 hours in two separate concentrations of 18 hours each.
      • Concentration I: 18 semester hours of Human Resource Development concentration
      • Concentration II: 18 semester hours of Organizational Leadership concentration OR General Business concentration
  3. Core Curriculum Requirements, 44 Hours. Select any approved Texas Tech courses deemed by a B.A.A.S. advisor as appropriate to the degree. Caution must be exercised to ensure the student fulfills the university requirement of 40 hours of junior/senior-level coursework.
  4. Capstone and Multicultural Requirement, 6 Hours. 3-hour multicultural course (Multicultural Requirement ) and the capstone course, INTS 4351 .
  5. Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication Literacy courses for the Applied Arts and Sciences major are HRDV 3308 , HRDV 4301 , and INTS 4351 .

Recommended Upper-Division Curriculum


Third Year


Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Summer

  • Concentration Area 6 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 6

Fourth Year


Fall

  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Multicultural Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Core Elective 6 Semester Credit Hours*
Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Note:


Years three and four represent additional credits to be taken at Texas Tech. The total required number of hours is 120. Students must be advised by the B.A.A.S. advisor before starting the program at Texas Tech.

Prerequisites for courses selected in the concentration areas must be completed and, depending on the concentration, may not count toward the 18-hour minimum in each concentration.

If an entering student has not completed two years of a single foreign language in high school or has not transferred at least two semesters of a single foreign language from another college, the student must complete at least two semesters (or its equivalent) of a single foreign language at the first-year level as a graduation requirement. Visit Academic Requirements  for more information.

For the Life and Physical Sciences core requirement, 6 hours will fulfill the core curriculum requirements, but Texas Tech also requires for graduation a 2-hour science laboratory that is not part of the core curriculum.

* Texas Tech University requires 44 hours of core curriculum  in order to graduate from the institution.