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What is a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree?

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences program provides you more direct path to a four-year bachelor's degree after earning a technical or applied degree from a community college or technical, applied or military credits from approved institutions.

By accepting many of these unique credit types, the BAAS minimizes the number of transfer credit hours you can lose in other types of degree programs. The BAAS program combines these credits with multidisciplinary or professional development course work for a degree that is individually oriented.

With flexible evening, weekend and web-based courses, the BAAS program allows you to complete a bachelor's degree while balancing full-time work and your personal life.

Who benefits from a BAAS degree?

• Transfer students wanting credit for workforce or technical courses taken at a community college or technical institution
• Active-duty military or veterans seeking college credit for courses taken in the military
• Students interested in developing multiple areas of expertise
• Students who have accrued a significant number of credit hours

Individuals seeking admission into the BAAS program are typically students who are currently employed or who already have real-world work experience.

What career opportunities are available?

As a graduate of the BAAS program, you can use your degrees to break through promotional barriers in existing jobs or to change careers altogether. Alumni have pursued careers in business, industry and public service. One graduate combined paramedic training with business, criminal justice, and emergency administration and planning courses to prepare for a career in law enforcement. Other graduates have become high school teachers, utilizing their training in marketing or business. BAAS alumni include development officers, sales professionals, deputy police chiefs, elected officials, recreation managers and technical consultants.

Many BAAS alumni use their degrees as a springboard to pursue graduate degrees in law, counseling, applied economics, sociology and other fields.

UNT's Career Center can help you prepare to pursue your career. The center has information about jobs and employers, and the staff can assist you with resume and letter writing, job search strategies, and interview preparation. UNT's Cooperative Education and Internships office can also be a valuable resource for students seeking internship and co-op opportunities.

What types of BAAS programs does UNT offer?

UNT offers two distinctive BAAS programs. One is administered by the Department of Learning Technologies in the College of Information. The other is offered through the College of Public Affairs and Community Service. Each program is targeted to meet your unique needs and career goals and has different requirements.

BAAS from the College of Information

The College of Information offers a BAAS in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement. All Applied Technology and Performance Improvement courses for this program are available online, saving you time and money. These concentrations can combine almost any technical area of study with career development courses to cultivate a professional career path. You will take professional development courses to learn skills in communication, human relations, leadership and management.

With this BAAS program, you may choose a concentration directed in one of two broad career tracks:

• Corporate career (noncertification)
• Teaching career in technical education (health science, marketing, or trade and industrial certifications)

These specializations will build on your educational background. For example, if you have an associate's degree in a computer technology field, you might select the corporate career track to become a supervisor, manager or team leader with an information technology company.

The specific degree requirements for the BAAS program from the College of Information can be found on the college website.

BAAS from the College of Public Affairs and Community Service

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service offers a flexible BAAS degree that enhances your previous education and experience while targeting your new career goals. This BAAS program provides:

• a flexible degree plan that allows you and an advisor to individually tailor a program to meet your specific (nonteaching oriented) career objectives
• a large variety of course offerings, including anthropology, applied economics, applied gerontology, behavior analysis, community service, criminal justice, emergency administration and planning, nonprofit management, public administration, rehabilitation studies, sociology, social work, and more

With this BAAS program, you form academic themes based on courses from multiple disciplines, choosing areas that will enhance your professional development. You may build on occupationally specific courses taken at a community college or in the military or take other related courses to form a unique specialization.

You are best served by selecting professional development concentrations that work together to satisfy your future career needs or objectives. For example, if you have an associate's degree in management, you might choose concentrations in nonprofit management and applied gerontology to pursue a career with a nonprofit agency that addresses the needs of the elderly. Or if you want to work in youth services, you might select concentrations in addictions, health promotions and sociology. Experienced advisors work with you to help select concentrations that meet your career goals.

The specific degree requirements can be found on the college website.

Where do I begin?

If you are interested in pursuing a BAAS degree, schedule an appointment with a program advisor or visit www.unt.edu/baas. The contact information for each BAAS program at UNT is below.

College of Information
Web: baas.unt.edu
PHONE: 940-565-2445 or 877-275-7547
EMAIL: CI-Advising@unt.edu

College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Web: www.pacs.unt.edu/baas
Phone: 940-565-4664
Email: baas@unt.edu