BAS Core Requirements

The following information pertains only to students enrolled in The University of Iowa's Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) external degree program.

The courses listed below have been approved to fulfill one or more Core Requirement area for the Bachelor of Applied Studies degree.
If not completed prior to admission, the following minimum Core Requirements must be completed by graduation.
Those courses which may also be counted toward fulfillment of upper-level course requirements are designated by (UL).
While most of the courses listed below are available by Guided Independent Study, some of them are offered as semester-based online courses through Distance Education. Blended format courses, on-campus course work, regular daytime or Saturday & Evening classes, also may be used to satisfy these Core Requirements. For additional course options see ISIS at http://isis.uiowa.edu/courses.

Courses are 3 semester hours (s.h.) unless indicated.

Select By Core Requirement Area:
Cultural Diversity	Rhetoric
Social Sciences	Business/Management
Quantitative or Formal Reasoning

See also BLS/BAS Distribution Areas: http://continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/gis/BLSdist.htm

Cultural Diversity - 3 s.h. of credit are required in this area.

Sociology - CLAS
- 034:066 Social Inequality

Quantitative or Formal Reasoning - 3 s.h. of credit are required in this area.

Mathematics - CLAS
- 22M:009 Elementary Functions (4 s.h.)
- 22M:010 Finite Mathematics ( 4.s h.)
- 22M:012 Theory of Arithmetic
- 22M:025 Calculus I (4 s.h.)

Psychological and Quantitative Foundations - CLAS
- 07P:025 Elementary Statistics and Inference

Statistics and Actuarial Science - CLAS

22S:025 Elementary Statistics and Inference

Rhetoric - 4-8 s.h. of credit are required in this area-includes equivalent of 2 composition courses and 1 speech course.

Rhetoric - CLAS
- 010:003 Accelerated Rhetoric (4 s.h.)
- 010:006 Speaking and Reading

Social Sciences - 3 s.h. of credit are required in this area.

Aging Studies -CLAS
- 153:108 Basic Aspects of Aging (UL)
Economics -CLAS and TCOB
- 06E:001 Principles of Microeconomics (4 s.h.)
- 06E:002 Principles of Macroeconomics (4 s.h.)
Leisure Studies - CLAS
- 169:108 Basic Aspects of Aging (UL)
Linguistics - CLAS

103:011 Language and Society

Nursing - CON

096:108 Basic Aspects of Aging (UL)

Political Science - CLAS
- 030:001 Introduction to American Politics
- 030:061 Introduction to American Foreign Policy
Psychology - CLAS

031:001 Elementary Psychology

Social Work - CLAS
- 042:108 Basic Aspects of Aging (UL)
Sociology - CLAS
- 034:001 Introduction to Sociology: Principles
- 034:002 Social Problems

Business/Management - 6 s.h. of credit are required in this area.

Entrepreneurship - TCOB

06T:050 Foundations in Entrepreneurship (2 s.h.)

06T:120 Entrepreneurship & Innovation (UL)

06T:133 Entrepreneurial Finance (UL)

06T:134 Entrepreneurial Marketing (UL)

06T:150 Managing the Growth Business (UL)
Management and Organizations - TCOB

Collegiate Abbreviations

CLAS = College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
COE = College of Education
COENG = College of Engineering
CON = College of Nursing
COP = College of Pharmacy

CPH = College of Public Health

TCOB = Henry B. Tippie College of Business

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