BAS in Administrative Management, General Studies Concentration

Program Requirements

  1. Student must have minimum overall GPA (as defined by Banner) of 2.0 at time of application
  2. The student must satisfy one of the four career course requirements prior to being admitted to BAS program:
    1. Must have an AAS or AAT (Career Associate Degree) from a regionally accredited college or university with 38 transferrable technical or career credit hours

      OR
    2. Must have at least 38 semester credit hours of professional/technical courses from a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of C or higher and 21 of these 38 hours must be in one professional/technical area. If the student has 30- 37 professional/technical courses, he/she will need to take additional courses to satisfy the 38 hour requirement; the student’s advisor will recommend appropriate courses.

      OR
    3. Must have at least 12 semester credit hours of military courses from the U.S. Military. If the student has less than the 38 transferrable technical/career/military courses, he/she will need to take additional courses to satisfy the 38 hour requirement; these courses can be satisfied from a combination of additional technical or career courses, military credit and/or lower division academic credit. The student’s advisor will recommend appropriate courses. Please note that students cannot use lower division academic courses to satisfy both the block credit (38 hours) and core curriculum (Areas A-F) requirements. Therefore, students may need to take additional courses to satisfy their core curriculum requirements.

      OR
    4. Must have at least 360 out-of-class clock hours of state or professional approved certification work which is equivalent to 12 academic credit hours. The department can only accept a maximum of 1,080 out-of-class clock hours or 36 academic credit hours. To meet the 38 academic hour requirement for entrance into the BAS program, students will need to take additional courses which can be a combination of technical or career courses, military credit and/or lower division academic credit. The student’s advisor will recommend appropriate courses. Please note that students cannot use lower division academic courses to satisfy both the block credit (38 hours) and Core IMPACTS and Field of Study requirements. Therefore, students may need to take additional courses to satisfy their core curriculum requirements.
Core IMPACTS42
All core curriculum recommendations are shown under the Core IMPACTS section of the Undergraduate Graduation Requirements.
Field of Study - Administrative Management38
Program specific courses are taken as part of the career associate degree at Clayton State University or another institution.
Upper Division Major Requirements16
Required in All Concentrations
MGMT 3101Mgmt. Prin. & Org. Behavior3
BUSA 3700Bus. Ethics/Corp. Social Resp.3
BASM 3111Applied Economics3
MKTG 3420Global Business3
BASM 4850Seminar in Adm and Tech Mgmt1
Choose one (1) from:3
ENGL 3900Professional & Tech. Writing3
COMM 3300Interpersonal Communication3
MGMT 3120Business Communication3
Choose a concentration or a minor24
Minor 115-18
Free electives6-9
Total Credit Hours120

 General Studies Concentration

Course List Code Title Credit Hours Upper Division Electives Requirements
Take seven 3000-4000 courses (21 hours) from courses with any of the following prefixes: BASM, AVIA, BUSA, CRJU, ECON, FINA, HMSV, HFMG, HSEM, MKTG, MGMT, SCML, TECH21
Free Elective
Choose any upper division (3000 or 4000) level course.3
Total Credit Hours24
1

The total of the Minor plus free electives must be 24 hours

2

Students with credit for ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics may replace BASM 3111 Applied Economics or  ADMN/TECH 3111 Applied Economics with an additional upper division related elective. A grade of C or better is necessary in both courses.

3

Students with credit for ACCT 2101 Principles of Financial Acct.and ACCT 2102 Principles Managerial Acct. may replace BASM 3112 Applied Accounting or ADMN/TECH 3112 Applied Accounting with an additional upper division related elective. A grade of C or better is necessary in both courses.

4

No more than 2 classes (6 hours) can come from any one prefix.