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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
One course from the following is required:
ECON 101 Introductory Microeconomics
CSEC 100 Economics for Non-Majors
CSEC 101 Introductory Microeconomics (online)
6
 
Writing Requirement Credits
Designated writing course (CSEN 331 Business Report Writing recommended) 3
 
Major 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
 
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 Introduction to Human Resource Development
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


Students may not earn more than 27 credits in courses under the business studies category or apply more than 27 credits of business courses toward any School of Continuing Studies program. Business studies credits earned at the School of Continuing Studies may not be transferable to a AACSB accredited business school. Students should determine if SCS business courses will transfer before enrolling in SCS accounting, business law,finance, human resource development, management, marketing, or real estate courses.

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