Degree Requirements for the
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.)

Students first entering college in Fall 1999 or after should see section on “New Core Curriculum” under “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”

Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after.  See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”  (It may be necessary for students in this program to obtain additional English, history, or government courses from community colleges in order to meet UH-Victoria’s requirement.)

General Requirements:  

1.  Lower Division - 24-44 vocational/technical courses; 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy computer literacy/proficiency requirement.  Transfer note: Only vocational/technical courses taken at regionally accredited institutions will be accepted.  
2.  Upper Division - 16 semester hours; ENG 3430 Professional  Writing;  COM 3325 Advanced Professional Speaking;  COM 4314 Intercultural Communication;  HUM 4322 Ethics; NPL 4340 Principles of Nonprofit Leadership and Management.
3.  Concentration/Specialization – 15-21 semester hours chosen from one of the following alternatives:   
1.  Biology:  17 semester hours of upper division biology courses by advisement, with at least 2 semester hours of laboratory coursework.  Biology concentrators should take General Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology or General Chemistry as their lower division natural science courses in the core curriculum.
2.  Biotechnology:  17 semester hours of upper division biology.  Six of these hours are to include at least two upper level biology core courses.  The first course is to be chosen from BIO 4337 Cell & Molecular Biology, BIO 3320 Human Genetics, and BIO 4313 Genetics.  The second course is to be chosen from BIO 4300 Biotechnology & Bioinformatics and BIO 4325 Introduction to Forensic.  In addition, students are to take at least two 2-hour lab courses.  At least one of these lab courses is to be taken in a face-to-face format and is to be chosen from BIO 4247 Cell & Molecular Genetics Lab, BIO 4210 Laboratory for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, or a similar course by advisement
3.  Communication: 18 semester hours of upper division communication courses by advisement.
4.  Computer Information Systems. See separate listing below.
5.  Digital Gaming and Simulation.  See separate listing of requirements below.
6.  General Business: 15 semester hours of business courses from at least 2 of the following areas:  International Business (IBS), Management (MGT), Marketing (MKT).  No more than 9 hours may be taken in any one area.  All 15 semester hours must be designated as upper division courses.  At least 9 hours must be taken from the University of Houston-Victoria.
7.  Leadership and Enterprise Studies: 15 semester hours of upper division leadership and enterprise studies courses by advisement.
8.  Legal Assistance and Administration: CJS 3316 Ethics of Social Control, or MGT 3312 Legal Environment of Business, and 15 semester hours from one of the following groups of courses.  Students must take at least 3 semester hours from each group.
•  Group 1- Management Courses - MGT 4311 Human Resources Management;

       MGT 4312 Staffing; MGT 4313 Compensation; MGT 4315 Contemporary Issues in

       Management; MGT 4300 Selected Topics in Management (by advisement).

•  Group 2 - Criminal Justice - CJS 3321 American Court Systems; CJS 4312 Alternatives to Incarceration; CJS 4313 Juvenile Justice System; CJS 4318 Victimology; CJS 4321 Policing in a Democratic Society.
9.  Marketing:  MKT 3311 Principles of Marketing, 12 semester hours of upper division marketing courses by advisement.    At least 9 hours must be taken from the University of Houston-Victoria.
10.  Network and Security.  See separate listing of requirements below.
11.  Psychology: PSY 4311 Abnormal Psychology;  PSY 4320 Principles of Learning; PSY 4314 History and Systems; and 9 semester hours of upper division courses by advisement.
12.  Web and Media. See separate listing of requirements below.
4.  Additional electives to complete minimum degree requirements of 122 semester hours and 40 upper division semester hours.

Note:  The total of lower and upper division coursework in accounting, economics, finance, international business, management, marketing, quantitative management science or any other business discipline (e.g., business law) credited on the degree plan may not exceed 24 semester hours (i.e., 20% of the minimum BAAS degree requirements of 122 semester hours).  In addition, a student may not take more than 15 upper division hours in all business disciplines. Students with more than 9 hours of lower division business or business technology courses may not choose General Business or Marketing as their concentration.

These requirements are summarized in the following table:

Applied Arts and Sciences Plan (Except for Computer Information Systems, Digital Gaming and Simulation, Network and Security, and Web and Media concentrations.)
I.  CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required).
II.  PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
A.  General
ENG 3430 Professional Writing			4	4
COM 3325 Advanced Professional Speaking			3	3
COM 4314 Intercultural Communication			3	3
HUM 4322 Ethics			3	3
NPL 4340 Principles of  NPL and  Management			3	3
Speech	3			3
Computer Literacy/Proficiency	3			3
B.  AAS LD Specialization/Concentration
Specialization (Vocational-Technical)	24-44			24-44
Concentration			15-21	15-21
III.  ELECTIVES		0-6		0-6
*TOTAL				122

*Total must be minimum of 122 semester hours with minimum of 40 s.h. at upper division levels.