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 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 = 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.
Applied Science (APS)
U 396 Independent Study 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered
intermittently.