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 extension courses through Distance Education. 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.

• 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
  • 22M:010 Finite Mathematics
  • 22M:012 Theory of Arithmetic
  • 22M:025 Calculus I

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
    Accelerated Rhetoric fulfills the Core Requirement in Rhetoric for University of Iowa Bachelor of Applied Studies students; in addition, Bachelor of Liberal Studies students, Oral Health Sciences students, and RN-BSN students may also enroll to meet program requirements. If you are a degree candidate in any other undergraduate program at The University of Iowa, you are not allowed to enroll in this independent study course. If you are not admitted to a degree program at The University of Iowa, you may enroll. However, if you are subsequently admitted to an undergraduate degree program at The University of Iowa, this independent study course will not satisfy the General Education Program requirement in Rhetoric for other degree programs than those mentioned above.

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

• Economics -CLAS and TCOB
  • 06E:001 Principles of Microeconomics
  • 06E:002 Principles of Macroeconomics
• Linguistics - CLAS
  • 103:011 Language and Society
    Students pursuing a resident degree program at The University of Iowa and who are in or within driving distance of Iowa City must have permission to enroll from course instructor.
• Psychology - CLAS
  • 031:001 Elementary Psychology
• Sociology - CLAS
  • 034:001 Introduction to Sociology: Principles
  • 034:002 Social Problems

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

The following courses are all semester-based extension courses; courses may or may not be available in a given semester. Links below are to information about the most recent offering of the course.

• Management and Organizations - TCOB
  • 06J:147 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I (UL)
  • 06J:148 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (UL)
• Nondepartmental Business - TCOB
  • 06T:113 Basics of Small Business Accounting (UL)
  • 06T:120 Entrepreneurship & Innovation (UL)
  • 06T:133 Capital Acquisition & Cash Flow Mgmt (UL)

CLAS = College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
TCOB = Henry B. Tippie College of Business
COE = College of Education
COENG = College of Engineering
CON = College of Nursing
CPH = College of Public Health
COP = College of Pharmacy

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