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BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

The University of Texas at San Antonio offers a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree for all students who have graduated from a regionally-accredited, two-year college with an Associate of Applied Sciences (A.A.S.) degree in one of various technical areas. The degree program has a high standard of quality and a structure of courses that will build on the students’ initial two years of higher education to earn a baccalaureate degree. Students seeking a B.A.A.S. degree will be able to pursue professional programs in several different colleges at UTSA at both the 1604 and the Downtown Campus. These programs include:

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Accounting
Construction Management
Finance
Information Systems
Tourism Management

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Bicultural/Mexican American Studies
Family and Community
Language and Literacy

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC POLICY
Criminal Justice

The B.A.A.S. degree is administered through the Office of the Vice Provost–UTSA Downtown. All prospective B.A.A.S. student inquiries should be made to the B.A.A.S. advisor located at the Downtown Campus. The program is designed for students who earned an Associate of Applied Sciences degree from a regionally-accredited, two-year college. If the A.A.S. degree does not cover related background coursework for the B.A.A.S., students will be required to take leveling or prerequisite coursework determined in consultation with the B.A.A.S. advisor. Students may transfer up to 66 semester credit hours from a two-year college to UTSA. However, vocational-technical coursework will only apply to the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree.

The minimum number of hours required for the degree is 128. Requirements include:

  1. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a two-year college
  2. 39 semester credit hours of upper-division coursework to include 24 semester credit hours in a focused program of study and 15 semester credit hours in upper-division coursework
  3. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses
  4. 3 semester credit hours of course, IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry Across the Fields of Study
  5. Sufficient elective courses to reach the minimum of 128 semester credit hours.

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Bicultural/Mexican American Studies, Family and Community, and Language and Literacy is awarded to students transferring into the degree programs with approved A.A.S. degrees as prerequisite. The degrees represent advanced academic education, which augments and advances prior applied and technical training. Although there may be some similarity between these degrees and other academic offerings, they are in actuality different programs of study. As such, none of the above listed B.A.A.S degree programs lead directly to teacher certification (though these students would be eligible for post baccalaureate certification programs). Students interested in teacher certification should consult an advisor in the College of Education and Human Development.

This degree program is not available to students who have not already completed an approved A.A.S.

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