Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science Requirements
You can earn your bachelor’s degree in applied arts and sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville by successfully completing a minimum of 120 credits. All courses listed are three credits unless otherwise stated.
Requirements listed below are from the 2020-21 academic year. Your requirements are subject to the catalog that was in effect at the time you were admitted. As of 3/2021, the university has suspended admission to the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science program and we are no longer accepting applications.
Your academic advisor can help guide you in determining which courses from UW-Platteville and other institutions will meet your general education requirements.
General education requirements (45-49+ credits) can be completed by:
- Taking approved on-campus or online courses from UW-Platteville or other institutions
- Transferring approved credits from other institutions
Please view general education requirements to find a listing of the general education requirements for a bachelor degree.
Major Requirements
Essential Area (42+ credits)
Courses marked with an asterisk* are not currently available through UW-Platteville's Office of Professional Program Support. View all courses in the undergraduate course offerings.
Diversity (3 credits)
Choose 1 course:
BUSADMIN 3340: Management, Gender & Race
WOMGENDR 1130: Introduction to Women & Gender Studies
ETHNSTDY 1030: Race, Gender and Class
Communication/Leadership (9 credits)
Required:
BUSADMIN 2330: Leadership & Management
BUSADMIN 2010: Business Communication
Choose 1 Course:
BUSADMIN 3530 Organizational Behavior
SPEECH 2250: Communication & Leadership in Small Groups*
SPEECH 3250: Interpersonal Communication*
Critical & Creative Thinking (9 credits)
Required:
BAAS 3900: Creativity & Problem-Solving
Choose 2 courses:
BUSDAMIN 3400: Personal Financial Planning
BUSADMIN 3540 Quality Management
ENTRP 2010 Social Context of Creativity*
Applied Experience (3-4 credits)
Choose 1 option:
BAAS 4830 Capstone Seminar (1 credit)
and
BAAS 4930 Capstone Project
or
BAAS 3940 Internship*
Focus Area or Minor (15-24 credits)
Choose one of the following options below to satisfy this requirement. A focus area is 15 credits in a disciplinary area, with a minimum of 12 credits of upper division course work.
Management Focus (15 credits)
Choose 5 courses:
BUSADMIN 2630 Introduction to Marketing
BUSADMIN 3030 Human Resource Management
BUSADMIN 3130 Legal Environment of Business
BUSADMIN 3230 Small Business Management
BUSADMIN 3500 Employee Training & Develop
BUSADMIN 3530 Organizational Behavior
BUSADMIN 3540 Quality Management
BUSADMIN 4140 International Management
INDUSTDY 4940 Production Management & Control*
MEDIA 3800: Meeting & Events
Individualized Focus Area (15 credits)
A student may wish to develop their own individualized focus area. The focus area will be developed in BAAS 3000 and must be approved by the BAAS Steering Committee.
Minor (24 credits)
A student may complete their focus area by earning a UW Platteville minor. At least 50% of the coursework for a minor must be completed at UW-Platteville. UW-Platteville offers two online minors: business administration and criminal justice.
Business Administration Minor (24 credits)
Required Courses (12 credits):
ACCTING 2010: Financial Accounting
BUSADMIN 1300: Global Business
BUSADMIN 2330: Leadership & Management
BUSADMIN 2630: Introduction to Marketing
Business Administration Elective (12 credits):
BUSADMIN 2100: Supply Chain Management
BUSADMIN 2340: Business Analytics
BUSADMIN 3030: Human Resource Management
BUSADMIN 3100: Compensation Management
BUSADMIN 3110: Strategic Promotions Management
BUSADMIN 3130: Legal Environment of Business
BUSADMIN 3240: E-Commerce and E-Marketing in Today's World
BUSADMIN 3340: Management, Gender, and Race
BUSADMIN 3400: Personal Financial Planning
BUSADMIN 3500: Employee Training and Development
BUSADMIN 3530: Organizational Behavior
BUSADMIN 3540: Quality Management
BUSADMIN 3550: Team Dynamics
BUSADMIN 3620: Corporate Finance
BUSADMIN 3640: Financial Markets and Institutions
BUSADMIN 3650: International Finance
BUSADMIN 3700: Marketing Research
BUSADMIN 3710: Bank Management
BUSADMIN 3720: International Marketing
BUSADMIN 3740: Consumer Behavior
BUSADMIN 4120: Operations Management
BUSADMIN 4140: International Management
BUSADMIN 4160: Purchasing Management
BUSADMIN 4200: Employee Recruitment and Selection
BUSADMIN 4330: Labor-Management Relations
BUSADMIN 4630: Marketing Management
Criminal Justice Minor
All criminal justice minors must earn a “C-” or better in each required and elective course.
Required Courses (12 credits):
CRIMLJUS 1130: Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRIMLJUS 2130: Foundations of Policing
CRIMLJUS 2230: Foundations of Corrections
CRIMLJUS 4030: Criminal Law
Electives (12 credits):
CRIMLJUS 2630: Private Security Operations
CRIMLJUS 3040: Police Ethics
CRIMLJUS 3130: Criminal Investigation
CRIMLJUS 3330: Police Administration
CRIMLJUS 3430: Criminology
CRIMLJUS 3630: Juvenile Justice
CRIMLJUS 3900: Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRIMLJUS 4130: Police-Community Relations
CRIMLJUS 4230: Community-Based Corrections
CRIMLJUS 4330: Criminal Procedure and Evidence
CRIMLJUS 4630: Current Topics in Criminal Justice
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Graduation Requirements
- Earn a minimum of 120 credits.
- A minimum of 42 of the 120 credits must be upper division credits (3000 and 4000 level).
- A minimum of 32 of the 120 credits must be taken under the direction of UW-Platteville faculty.
- Of the last 32 credits, 23 of them must be taken under the direction of the UW-Platteville faculty.
- No more than 72 credits may be transferred from any two-year lower-division college.
- Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 overall.
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Degree Progress
Upon admission, students enrolled in programs through the Office of Professional Program Support have one year to complete at least one course successfully. If a student does not successfully complete a course within a year, the student will be discontinued from their program. After successful completion of one course, a student has two years to successfully complete another course in order to maintain academic progress. Students who do not maintain academic progress will be discontinued from their program.
*Requirements may be subject to change without notice.