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 are identified in 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
technical 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 an 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
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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
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U = for 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.