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Degrees & Programs:
Applied Business (APBS)

You can earn an Associate of Arts, a Minor, or a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Applied Business.

Associate's Degree in Applied Business

Core Competencies Credits

English 101 Writing or CSEN 125 Writing

4

Select one course from the following:
Math
PHIL 106 Critical Thinking
PHIL 121 Elementary Symbolic Logic
BSMT 325 Business Statistics
CPST 107 Mathematics for Information Technology

3
 
Supporting Requirement Credits

Oral Communications: Select one course from the following:
SPEC 140 Intro to Public Speaking
SPEC 311 Small Group Communications
BSMT 225 Business Communication
THEA 210 Fundamentals of Acting

3
 
Distribution Requirements Credits
Humanities 6
Sciences 6
Social Sciences 6
 
Writing Requirement Credits
Designated writing course (CSEN 331 Business Report Writing or ENLS 367 Technical Writing recommended) 3
 
Major Requirements Credits

Select one course from the following:
ECON 101 Introductory Microeconomics
CSEC 100 Economics for Non-Majors
CSEC 101 Introductory Microeconomics (online)

3

BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I

3
BSFN 221 Intro to Finance 3

Select one course from the following:
BSMT 231 Principles of Management
BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior

3

Select one course from the following:
BSBL 340 Legal Aspects of Business
BSBL 345 Commercial Law

3
BSMT 338 Business Ethics 3
HRDV 333 Intro to Human Resource Development or
a Business Elective
3
BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3
BSMT 375 Business Internship (taken in last year) 3
 
General Electives  
As needed to total 60 credits (computer course recommended)  
Total
60

Worksheet for AA in Applied Business

Minor in Applied Business

Minor Requirements Credits

BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I

3

Select one course from the following:
BSBL 340 Legal Aspects of Business
BSBL 345 Commercial Law

3
BSFN 221 Intro to Finance 3

Select one course from the following:
BSMT 231 Principles of Management
BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior

3

Select one course from the following:
HRDV 333 Intro Human Resource Mgmt
BSMT 338 Business Ethics

3
BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3
Total
18

Worksheet for Minor in Applied Business

Applied Business Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

Students must have a 2.0 grade point average in all required coursework. Half of all the required 24 credits must be completed at Tulane. Courses taken for a Baccalaureate Degree will not be accepted for transfer credit towards the PBC program. Only those courses successfully completed, “C” or better, after a student received a Baccalaureate Degree will be considered for transfer credit.

Core Requirements Credits

BSAC 111 Elementary Accounting I

3
BSFN 221 Intro to Finance 3

Select one course from the following:
BSMT 231 Principles of Management
BSMT 334 Managing Organizational Behavior

3

Select one course from the following:
BSBL 340 Legal Aspects of Business
BSBL 345 Commercial Law

3
BSMT 338 Business Ethics 3
HRDV 333 Intro to Human Resource Development or a Business Elective 3
BSMK 320 Intro to Marketing Principles 3
BSMT 375 Business Internship (taken in last year)

3

Total

24

Worksheet for Post-Baccalaureate Certificates in Applied Business


There is a 27-credit limit on the number of business courses a student in the School of Continuing Studies may take. NOTE: Business courses at the School of Continuing Studies are not transferable to A.B. Freeman School of Business.

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