Applied Arts and Sciences in Applied Leadership, B.A.A.S. Online

Applied Arts and Sciences Bachelors Program

Students seeking the 120-hour Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree must first obtain an applied associates degree from an approved institution. Eligibility of a students A.A.S. degree will be determined by a committee within University Studies upon admission. This degree program allows students who have earned an Associate of Applied Arts or Applied Sciences from a two-year institution to complete a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Applied Leadership. The degree is not open to Texas Tech students seeking to change their major. 

Degree Requirements

1. Hours Required and General/College Requirement
   A minimum of 120 semester hours, 40 of which must be at the junior/senior level, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree as specified in theGeneral Requirements in the Academic Requirements  section of this catalog.
2. Major Requirements
   • Occupational Specialization, up to 36 Hours. Comprised of courses related to a specific occupation, field, or subject. The occupational concentration typically consists of field-specific coursework completed for an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree at a community college. Active-duty military or veterans might receive credit for technical or other formal training courses under this component of the degree plan. Students need to provide a DD214 to the B.A.A.S. advisor for consultation regarding academic credit to apply toward the degree. 
   • Professional Development Concentrations, 36 Hours. Consists of two separate concentrations that serve to enhance the skills acquired by the student through an applied associates degree or are complimentary themes of interest. Requires completion of 36 hours in two separate concentrations of 18 hours each.
     • Concentration I: 18 semester hours of Organizational Leadership concentration
     • Concentration II: 18 semester hours of Human Resource Development concentration
3. Core Curriculum Requirements, 44 Hours. Select any approved Texas Tech courses deemed by a B.A.A.S. advisor as appropriate to the degree. Caution must be exercised to ensure the student fulfills the university requirement of 40 hours of junior/senior-level coursework.
4. Capstone and Multicultural Requirement, 6 Hours. 3-hour multicultural course (Multicultural Requirement Effective Fall 2014 ) and the capstone course, INTS 4351 .

Prerequisites for courses selected in the concentration areas must be completed and, depending on the concentration, may not count toward the 18-hour minimum in each concentration.

If an entering student has not completed two years of a single foreign language in high school or has not transferred at least two semesters of a single foreign language from another college, the student must complete at least two semesters (or its equivalent) of a single foreign language at the first-year level as a graduation requirement. Visit Academic Requirements  for more information.

For the Life and Physical Sciences core requirement, 6 hours will fulfill the core curriculum requirements, but Texas Tech also requires for graduation a 2-hour science laboratory that is not part of the core curriculum.

• Attend two consecutive years of high school/secondary school in the United States.

• Attend two consecutive years in a high school/secondary school with U.S. accreditation or attend high school/secondary school within an English proficiency exempt country. (See a list of exempt countries below.)

• Achieve a score of 4 (grade of C) or higher in English on the IB diploma.

• Achieve a grade C or better in English on the A-Level GCE. This cannot be English as a second language (ESL courses), English literature, etc.

• Completion of the equivalent of TTU's ENG 1301 + 1302 English courses with a grade of B or better at an institution with U.S. accreditation or an institution within English proficiency exempt country. This can include a literature, composition, speech, or English class. These cannot be remedial or ESL courses. See a list of exempt countries below.

• Complete 30 transferrable credit hours at an institution with U.S. accreditation or an institution within an English proficiency exempt country. Remedial or ESL courses do not count towards the total credit hours. See a list of exempt countries below.

• Applicant attended four (4) consecutive long semesters of credit-bearing/non-development/non-ESL courses at an accredited post-secondary school in the U.S.
• Attended two (2) consecutive years of high school in the United States.
• Attended two (2) consecutive years of high school with U.S. accreditation or within an English proficiency exempt country
• Applicants from the below English Proficiency exempt countries (must provide proof with passport)