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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Applied Leadership, B.A.A.S.

About the Applied Leadership Bachelor’s Program

Students seeking the 120-hour Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree in Applied Leadership must first obtain an applied associate’s degree from an approved institution. 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 Leadership. 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. Major Requirements
    • Occupational Specialization, up to 45 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, 24 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 24 hours in two separate concentrations of 12 hours each.
      • Concentration I: 12 semester hours from University Studies
      • Concentration II: 12 semester hours from University Studies
  2. 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.
  3. Multicultural Requirement, 3 Hours. 3-hour multicultural course (Multicultural Requirement ).
  4. Communication Literacy Requirement. The Communication Literacy course for the Applied Leadership major is INTS 4351 , which may be included in one of the concentration areas.

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall
  • 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours *
  • Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours *
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours *
  • Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Total: 15
Spring
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15

Second Year

Fall
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15
Spring
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Occupational Specialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15

Third Year

Fall
Total: 16
Spring
Total: 16

Fourth Year

Fall
  • Multicultural  3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
Total: 15
Spring
  • 3 Semester Credit Hours (Applies to concentration area)
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Concentration Area 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Elective 1 Semester Credit Hour
Total: 13

Total Hours: 120

Additional credits may be required to meet Texas Tech University Graduation requirements, as applicable. 

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

Notes:

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 a pre-transfer advisor or online student advocate in TTU Online 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 12-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.