Northern Arizona University

DL-BAS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Admission to the BAS requires the completion of an Associate's degree. The BAS degree program at NAU accepts 64 hours of transfer credit earned from an accredited community college. To complete the BAS degree, students take an additional 56 hours for a total of 120 hours (required for graduation). At least 36 of the 56 hours must be upper division and at least 30 of those 56 hours must be taken from NAU.

Category	Hours
AAS Degree Transfer from a Community College	64*
BAS Core Requirements (including junior level writing requirement)	21
NAU Liberal Studies Completion (estimate of hours needed depending upon community college transfer)	14**
Health Sciences Specialization	21
TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED	120

*Transfer blocks must include courses deemed equivalent to HS 200 Health Principles and BIO 201-202 Anatomy and Physiology; ENG 101 and 102; college algebra or equivalent; and an appropriate lab science course.

** Students should check with their advisor prior to completing any hours for elective credit

BAS Core Requirements: The 21 hours in the BAS core requirements are designed to assist students in acquiring knowledge in management, organization, ethics, and policy issues and strengthening professional communication, computer, and statistical skills. Of those 21 hours, students must choose seven 3-credit courses from a current list of approved courses. These courses serve a wide variety of BAS programs and some courses are more appropriate than others for BAS students in health sciences. Please consult your advisor for assistance in selecting courses. These courses are available on the web although they are not all offered every semester.

Examples of the existing courses for the BAS Core are listed below. An asterisk (*) indicates that the course is also a liberal studies course and can be used to fulfill requirements in both sections (Instructor may waive prerequisite courses.)  We strongly encourage you to contact your advisor prior to selecting BAS Core courses.

(CU= Cultural Understanding, SPW= Social and Political Worlds, AHI= Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry). 

Communication (one course required)
CJ 345W	Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice
ENG 305W	Disciplinary Writing
SC 314	Communicating in Instructional Environments
SC 315	Business and Professional Speaking
SC 424	Gender and Communication
SC 472	Organizational Communication
SC 477	Mediation and Conflict Management
Public Administration and Management (one course required)
CJ 331	Justice Systems Administration
HA 345	Hospitality Human Resources Management
HS 410	Organization and Administration of Health Services (required for the HS degree)
MGT 303	Managing Behavior in Organization
POS 325	Public Personnel Administration
POS 326	Public Organization Theory
POS 327	Government Budgeting
POS 344	Environmental Movements* (SPW)
POS 359	Environmental Policy* (SPW)
POS 421	Topics in Public Policy
POS 428	Topics in Public Administration
SOC 431	Planning for Human Services
Technical/Quantitative (one course required)
CIS 360	Management Information Systems
CJ 355	Research Methods in Criminal Justice
SS 355	Social Science Research Methods
SW 370	Information Technology in Social Work
HS 333	Epidemiology (required for the HS degree)
Values/Ethics/Policy (one course required)
CHS 300W	Applied Health Care Ethics* (AHI)
CJ 315	Comparative Justice Systems
CJ 325	Drug Issues and the Law* (SPW)
CJ 380	Law in America*
CJ 450	Values in Criminal Justice
HUM 345W	Critical Judgment* (AHI)
HUM 371	Humanistic Values in a Technological Society* (AHI)
HUM 373	Nature and Values* (CU)
PHI 332W	Health-Care Ethics* (AHI)
SOC 301	Topics in Contemporary Social Problems* (SPW) (can be repeated for credit when topics change)
SOC 333	Environment and Society* (SPW)
SOC 441	Deviance
Junior Level Writing Course
HS 305W	Theories of Health Behaviors (required for the HP degree)
BAS Core electives (2 courses required)
Two additional courses are required from any of the BAS Core courses listed above.

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Liberal Studies The 14 hours in liberal studies are for students who need to complete their liberal studies requirements. These 14 hours are only an estimate. You may be able to take fewer or be required to take more liberal studies courses depending on your transcript evaluation. If liberal studies hours were completed at a community college, the remaining hours can be taken in the area of specialization or elsewhere as approved by an advisor (for more liberal studies requirements, see http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-ugstdy/libstu/student/req.html)

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Health Sciences Specialization: The 21 hours in the specialization requirements focus on Health Sciences. Below is a sample of existing courses for the HS Specialization area. From this list, a minimum of 21 hours is required. These are offered by distance education to meet the competencies recommended for health professionals. If there are prerequisites for a course, these may be waived with instructor approval.

Required core of Health Sciences Courses (15 hours)
HS 200	Health Principles
HS 300	Human Diseases
HS 307	Health Promotion: Planning and Evaluation
HS 490	Current Health Problems
HS 408C	Health Sciences Internship (A 3-credit capstone course)
Understanding different cultures and the aging process (two courses required from this group)
HS 471	Health Issues of the Southwest
SOC 318	Medical Sociology
SOC 360	Sociocultural Aging* (CU)
Electives in Health Sciences The following HS courses are recommended for students who need additional electives to reach 120 hours:
HS 301	Special Topics in Health: Mind-Body Health
HS 350	Substance Abuse and Prevention
	Additional HS Electives are being developed for the Internet

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DL-BAS Degree Program Checksheet

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