The Bachelor of Science in Applied Science (BSAS) degree program is perfect for Florida Associate in Science (AS) graduates looking to earn a bachelor’s degree.

The BSAS degree promotes students' career interests, serves employers' workforce needs, meets university and Florida Board of Education requirements for the baccalaureate degree and, through the block transfer, respects the quality and content of the AS degree.

This program will enhance the students' technical education and experience while providing the broader cognitive skills and perspectives that are associated with baccalaureate education and are relevant in any working environment.

Areas of Concentration

USF Lakeland offers the BSAS degree program with a
concentration or area of emphasis in the following disciplines:

• Criminal Justice Available entirely online
• Early Childhood Development
• General Business
• Industrial Operations Available entirely online
• Information Technology Will be available entirely online in Spring 2008

	Community College AS Degree
	General education	18 hours
	Block credit for AS major	42 hours
	Total transfer credits from AS	60 hours
	USF Lakeland BSAS
	USF general education	18 hours
	USF area of concentration	18 hours
	Prerequisite courses/electives	15 hours
	USF exit courses	9 hours
	Credits toward BSAS	60 hours
	Total program credits	120 hours

• A minimum of 48 hours of upper-level courses.
  
• At least 30 hours of the last 60 hours at USF.
  
• Requirements of CLAST (CLAST exemptions will be accepted).
  
• Foreign language requirement of 2 years of high school credit or 8 hours of college credit in one language.