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The Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies (BTAS), offered on all five regional campuses and through the Division of Lifelong Learning, is primarily intended for students who have already completed a two-year degree program from an accredited community college, regional campus, or technical college, and who wish to pursue a baccalaureate degree. The program provides students with knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for advancement in their chosen careers, and integrates the technical skills developed within applied associate degree programs with the professional skills inculcated in a bachelor’s degree program. A completion degree, the BTAS utilizes 96 hours of associate degree credit, of which 36-45 hours must be in a technical field. Another 96 hours are needed to meet the minimum for a baccalaureate degree. In addition to the 49-56 hours of major requirements listed below, the student may expect to spend 24-36 hours meeting general education requirements and prerequisites. The remaining 4-23 hours are elective. A course may not count for two requirements within the major. (See also, “Graduation Requirements—University Wide.”) Consultation with an academic advisor is highly recommended.

Professional Skills

Choose one course in addition to TAS 301 and TAS 321:
TAS 301	Intro to Technical and Applied Studies	4
TAS 321	Research for Technical & Applied Studies	4
COMS 205	Techniques of Group Discussion	4
or COMS 206	Comm. in Interpersonal Relationships	4
or COMS 304	Principles and Techniques of Interviewing	4
or JOUR 270	Introduction to Public Relations	3
or PSY 221	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	5

Choose five courses, at least one from each group
BUSL 255	Business Law	4
or COMS 410	Cross-Cultural Communication	4
or ECON 340	International Trade	4
or ECON 350	Economic Development	4
or GEOG 320	American Ethnic Geography	4
or PHIL 330	Ethics	5
or PSY 378	Psychology of Gender	4
or SOC 329	Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States	4
ECON 320	Labor Economics	4
or GEOG 325	Political Geography	4
or PBIO 311	Biology and Human Affairs	4
or POLS 306	Politics of Appalachia	5
or POLS 488	Public Dispute Resolution	4
or SOC 331	Class and Social Inequality	4
ECON 304	Macroeconomics	4
or GEOG 201	Environmental Geography	4
or GEOL 215	Environmental Geology	4
or HIST 315D	African Americans in American History, 1940–Present	4
or HRM 324	Managing the Employment Relationship	4
or PHIL235	Business Ethics	4
or PSY 337	Social Psychology of Justice	4
or SOC 309	Sociology of Appalachia	4

Behavioral Sciences Choose one course from each group:
AAS 254	History of Injustice in the United States	5
or COMS 304	Principles and Techniques of Interviewing	4
or COMS 306	Interpersonal Conflict Management	4
or COMS 342	Communication and Persuasion	4
or EDCE 410	Human Relations	3
or PSY 233	Psychology of Personality	4
or PSY 261	Survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology	4
or SOC 340	Population and Society	4
AAS 341	African American Personality	4
or COMS 406	Advanced Interpersonal Communication or COMS 411 Communicating with People	4
or COMS 420	Gender and Communication	4
or EDCE 440	Foundations in Group Dynamics	4
or PSY 336	Social Psychology	4
or PSY 374	Psychology of Adulthood and Aging	4

Leadership and Organization Choose two courses in addition to TAS 451:
TAS 451	Technical and Applied Studies Capstone Seminar	4
COMS 405	Meeting and Conference Planning	4
or FIN 301	Introduction to Finance	4
or MGT 240	Introduction to Management and Organizations	4
or MKT 202	Marketing Principles	4
or OPN 300	Fundamentals of Operations	4
or POLS 210	Principles of Public Administration	4
or POLS 489	Nonprofit Management	4