BACHELOR OF
APPLIED MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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The Bachelor of Applied Management Studies degree builds on your
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two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. You already
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have completed a specialized technical, vocational, or professional
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study program and will now add general education and business
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management studies to earn a bachelor’s degree. This program
provides basic skills that may be used in the management of
General Education Requirements
materials, money and human resources within the various activities,
Written Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
functions and organizations existing in business, industrial,
Business and Professional Speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
manufacturing and service areas.
Quantitative Reasoning in Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Information Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Accelerated Format This degree is specifically designed for the
One multicultural course selected from any approved foreign
convenience of adult students. Accelerated evening, weekend, online
language, international studies or multicultural course. . . . . . 3
and hybrid courses are available multiple times throughout the year.
Wellness Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
One theology course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Graduation Requirements
One philosophy or theology course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
> Complete a minimum of 30 credits at the 300/400 level.
Business Ethics course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
> Complete at least two writing intensive (wi) courses with a grade
Humanities courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
One course from humanities at 300/400 level or natural sciences. . 3
of “C” or better, one at the 300/400 level.
One art, music or theatre course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
> Complete a minimum of 120 credits.
> The final 30 credits applied to the degree, or 45 of the last
60 credits, must be earned at St. Ambrose University to meet the
residency requirement.
> Earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale).
> Complete Information Literacy within the first 12 credits.
Degree Summary
If taking a 3-credit natural science course,
take an additional kinesiology course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Depending on the coursework transferred into the BAMS program,
up to 10 substitution credits may be required and will be selected
from: social science (3 cr.), history or literature (3 cr.), science
(3–4 cr.), and kinesiology (1 cr.). For more information, refer to
CREDIT HOURS
Total transfer semester credit hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SAU credit hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60–73
Total semester credit hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120–133
Total credits required for the BAMS degree may range from
120–133 depending on the courses taken as part of the AAS degree.
Transfer Credit
AAS degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Major Requirements
Accounting Principles I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accounting Principles II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Legal Environment of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Principles of Macroeconomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Principles of Microeconomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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One natural science course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
“Courses that Meet General Education Requirements” in the Degree
Information section of the college catalog.
For Further Information
St. Ambrose University ACCEL Program
1950 East 54th Street, Davenport, Iowa 52807
563/333-5700
accel@sau.edu
www.sau.edu/accel
The material presented here is for informational purposes and does
not substitute for the catalog. Consult the official university catalog,
available online at www.sau.edu/course_catalog, for complete program
requirements.
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