Applied Management
Fall 2018
Program Description
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 degree includes elective courses designed for students pursuing careers such as Healthcare, Manufacturing, or Entrepreneurship. See your advisor for assistance selecting elective courses to suit your career goals.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.
Program 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.
BAS - SFCC
Offered at Locations: Spokane Falls Community College |
| AA or AAS Degree | 90 |
| 90 |
First Quarter |
CMST 227 | Intercultural Communication | 5 |
ENGL 335 | Technical and Professional Writing | 5 |
PSYC 333 | Motivation | 5 |
| 15 |
Second Quarter |
BMGT 341 | Applied Principles of Management | 5 |
BMGT 342 | Project Management | 5 |
CMST 320 | Professional Communication | 5 |
| 15 |
Third Quarter |
CMST 430 | Organizational Communication | 5 |
MATH 300 | Mathematical Modeling for Applied Science | 5 |
| Non-Lab Science 1 | 5 |
| 15 |
Fourth Quarter |
BMGT 344 | Business Information Systems | 5 |
PHIL 330 | Professional Ethics | 5 |
| Lab Science 1 | 5 |
| 15 |
Fifth Quarter |
ACCT 320 | Accounting and Finance for Managers | 5 |
BMGT 428 | Human Resource Management | 5 |
| 5th Quarter Elective 2 | 5 |
| 15 |
Sixth Quarter |
BMGT 491 | Capstone Project 3 | 5 |
| 6th Quarter Electives 4 | 10 |
| 15 |
180 credits are required for the BAS |
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5th Quarter Elective |
BMGT 343 | Logistics and Inventory Control | 5 |
BMGT 350 | Marketing for Managers | 5 |
BMGT 435 | Operations Management | 5 |
6th Quarter Electives |
BMGT 325 | Legal Issues for Managers | 5 |
BMGT 430 | Manufacturing Management | 5 |
BMGT 440 | Healthcare Management | 5 |
BMGT 441 | Health Care Operations | 5 |
BMGT 445 | Applied Professional Sales | 5 |
BMGT 450 | Entrepreneurship | 5 |
Lab Science |
ASTR&101 | Intro to Astronomy | 5 |
BIOL 100 | Environmental Biology | 5 |
PHYS 100 | Introductory Physics | 5 |
Non-Lab Science |
ASTR&100 | Survey of Astronomy | 5 |
GEOL&100 | Survey of Earth Science | 5 |
GEOL 116 | Environmental Geology | 5 |
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1 | Other options may be taken from the AA Science distribution list. Please see advisor for questions regarding Lab Science options. |
2 | 5th Quarter Elective Choices (5 credits) - MANUFACTURING: Take BMGT 343 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take BMGT 350 or 435 | HEALTHCARE: Take BMGT 343 or 350 or 435 |
3 | BMGT 492 (Internship) may be substituted for BMGT 491 (Capstone) |
4 | 6th Quarter Elective Choices (10 credits) - MANUFACTURING: Take BMGT 325 and 430 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Take BMGT 445 and 450 | HEALTHCARE: Take BMGT 440 and 441 |
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Disclaimer: The college cannot guarantee courses will be offered in the quarters indicated. During the period this guide is in circulation, there may be curriculum revisions and program changes. Students are responsible for consulting the appropriate academic unit or adviser for more current and specific information. the information in this guide is subject to change and does not constitute an agreement between the college and the student.