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The BASAM builds on technical skills that entering students bring from their associate degrees (90 credits), adding theoretical knowledge, general education, and business management skills. The BASAM is designed to meet current and anticipated demand for qualified managers across a wide array of industries.

Within the four years of an applied baccalaureate degree, general education credits must include a minimum of:

Ten (10) credits of communication skills, including one English composition course, e.g. ENGL& 101

Five (5) credits of quantitative/symbolic reasoning skills

Ten (10) credits of humanities

Ten (10) credits of social sciences

Ten (10) credits of natural science, including at least five (5) credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences, including at least one course with a lab

15 credits of remaining general education courses to achieve the required 60 credits

Typically, at least 15 general education credits are satisfied at the associate degree level as confirmed by entrance pre-requisites, and the remaining 45 credits are satisfied with courses in quantitative skills, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. General education requirements and courses recommendation are outlined in the following table.

Learning Outcomes

• Adapt effective communication skills across all levels of the organization and to diverse audiences, using language, tools, concepts and managerial principles necessary to achieve desired outcomes within specific professional contexts (e.g., healthcare management or manufacturing).
• Identify and appraise human behavior and psychology in an organizational setting.
• Think critically and creatively when making decisions within a managerial context.
• Integrate sound ethical principles related to managerial behaviors.
• Develop and/or improve management and leadership strategies within the organizational contexts.
• Successfully analyze and synthesize information for effective planning and decision-making.
• Facilitate a group- or team-based approach to problem solving.
• Apply the principles of successful human resource development to design programs which maximize the human potential within the organization.
• Apply ethical and legal principles related to employee relationships to improve organizational outcomes.
• Apply the principles of accounting and financial management to solve problems within the organizational context.
• Demonstrate competence in current and emerging information technologies.