The Bachelor of Applied Science degree program provides opportunities
for individuals who have completed approved Associate of Applied Science
degree programs. The degree provides additional educational preparation
to strengthen students' planned or previous training and improve career
advancement opportunities.
See the College of Technology section of
this catalog for descriptions of Associate of Applied Science degree
programs offered at The University of Montana-Missoula.
Special Degree Requirements
Refer to graduation requirements listed previously in the catalog.
See index.
Requirements come under two categories: (1) completion of an A.A.S.
degree approved by the Montana Board of Regents with a 2.50 grade
average, and (2) completion of a planned program of academic course
work that is officially approved by the student's assigned Degree
Program Committee and the University Bachelor of Applied Science Committee.
The student Degree Program Committee will include at least two faculty
members, one from an appropriate baccalaureate program academic discipline
and the other in the student's technical or closely related specialization.
For all approved A.A.S. programs students are allowed 50 lower-division
credits to apply toward the B.A.S. degree.
After completing 15 credits of general education requirements, students
develop a proposed degree plan of academic course work for review
and approval by the Student Degree Program Committee and the B.A.S.
Committee. Students are admitted to the B.A.S. program after the plan
of academic course work has been approved by the assigned Degree Program
and B.A.S. Committees.
General Requirements:
A. Successful completion of a Bachelor of Applied Science-approved
Associate of Applied Science program.
B. Successful completion of 77 credits as identified under
specific requirements of which 39 credits must be in courses numbered
300 and above.
Specific Requirements
A. Competency -General Education
1. English Writing Skills
a. Complete successfully ENEX 101 or be exempt by receiving
an acceptable score on the writing placement exam.
b. Complete successfully six credits in courses designated
as writing, including at least three credits at the 300 or above
level.
c. Complete successfully the Upper-Division Writing Proficiency
Assessment.
2. Mathematical Literacy
Complete successfully one mathematics course numbered greater than
100, with a grade of C or P or better, or demonstrate equivalent skill
by competency testing.
3. Foreign Language/Symbolic Systems
a. Complete successfully the second semester of a foreign
language at The University of Montana-Missoula or demonstrate equivalent
skill in a foreign language;
OR
b. Complete successfully one of the approved sequences in
a symbolic system.
B. Perspectives - General Education
Complete successfully 27 credits in the six identified perspectives.
A minimum of two credits is required from each perspective, except
perspective 6 in which six credits are required. A maximum of six
credits from each perspective will count toward the general education
distribution requirement:
1. Perspective 1 - Expressive Arts
2. Perspective 2 - Literary and Artistic Studies
3. Perspective 3 - Historical and Cultural Studies
4. Perspective 4 - Social Science
5. Perspective 5 - Ethical and Human Values
6. Perspective 6 - Natural Science
C. Supportive
Complete successfully 30 credits in a field or fields related to
or supportive of special and individual needs of the student and the
student's Associate of Applied Science degree program, 21 of which
must be numbered 300 and above.
Courses
U = undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or graduate
credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the
course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the
R.
U 396 Independent Study 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.