BAAS Program Mission

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences is a degree completion program designed specifically for nontraditional students seeking to finish their baccalaureate degree in an academic environment that recognizes the importance of obtaining highly desired 21st century workforce skills as well as focusing their studies in a specific content area. This flexible degree plan utilizes credits from community colleges and universities to provide a more efficient route to completing a bachelor’s degree with minimal loss of academic credit. This unique degree program also allows students to the opportunity to present a portfolio of prior learning experiences in consideration for academic credit from a thematic concentration course.