Professional Studies Requirements

Transfer Options

• Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
  • BS Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
• University of Arkansas Fort Smith
  • Bachelor of Applied Science

Program Description

The Associate of Professional Studies (A.P.S.) degree provides a pathway toward an associate degree for students in professional certificate programs of study at SAU Tech. The curriculum provides students with a broad-based educational foundation of general education core requirements, related professional and technical coursework, and a focused area of study. The Professional Studies degree focuses on professional and technical career areas and presents the student with an associate degree which allows some latitude in selection of courses in areas of interest. This degree may also assist persons in the workforce in their efforts toward job progression and career advancement. The student should work with their advisor in planning the completion of this degree and, should they desire the pursuit of a baccalaureate degree, with the four-year institution to which they may plan to transfer.

Degree Plan

General Education (21 hours)

Choose six (6) hours from these courses:

ENGL 1113	Composition I	3
ENGL 1123	Composition II	3
CO 2213	Technical Writing	3

Choose three (3) hours from these courses:

MATH 1023	College Algebra	3
MATH 1063	Mathematical Reasoning	3
MATH 1033	Plane Trigonometry	3
MATH 1525	Calculus & Analytic Geometry 1	5
MATH 2015	Calculus & Analytic Geometry 2	5

Choose six (6) hours from one of these areas for a course that has not already been taken:

ART	Choose any course with this prefix
BI	Choose any course with this prefix
BIOL	Choose any course with this prefix
BSCI	Choose any course with this prefix
CHEM	Choose any course with this prefix
CH	Choose any course with this prefix
ENGL	Choose any course with this prefix
GEOG	Choose any course with this prefix	3
HIST	Choose any course with this prefix	3
MUS	Choose any course with this prefix
PHIL	Choose any course with this prefix
PHSC	Choose any course with this prefix
PSCI	Choose any course with this prefix	3
PSYC	Choose any course with this prefix	3
SOC	Choose any course with this prefix	3
THEA	Choose any course with this prefix
CJ 1003	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
ECON 2103	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 2003	Principles of Macroeconomics	3

Institutional Requirements (3 hours)

Choose three (3) hours from these courses:

GSTD 1021	Student Success I	1
GSTD 1031	Student Success II	1
GSTD 1041	Student Success III	1
GSTD 1043	Rocket Awareness Orientation	3

Professional Core (15 hours)

General, Professional, and/or Technical Electives (27 hours)

Total Credit Hours: 60