1. Applied Science Major
Description: The purpose of this module is to acquaint the user with the Applied Science major.
This Module will help familiarize you with the “ins and outs” of the Applied Science Major.

2. WBU Mission: University Core Values: Commitment to Student Learning
 Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind.
University Core Values:
 The following core values are at the heart of the degree planning process:
Commitment to Student Learning
Excellence and Innovation
Service to Our Communities
Integrity, Diversity, Trust, and Respect
Personal, Professional and Spiritual Development
Stewardship of Our Resources
Planning and Accountability
This is a reminder of the Wayland Baptist University Mission and the University Core Values. These should be considered with every task performed and every decision made within the University.

3. Learning Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this training module, the user will be able to identify, understand, and apply the rules and steps found within the university’s guidelines in order to complete a degree plan for the Applied Science Major. This module will ensure the proper governance of the university’s programs and ensure that our student population is being advised correctly.
The goal is for the advisor to have a good grasp of and be able to identify, understand, and apply the rules and steps found within the university’s guidelines in order to complete a degree plan for the Applied Science Major. The advisor will then be able to correctly advise our student population.

4. Purpose of the Applied Science (AS) Major
The Applied Science major is an individualized program designed to enable the student with previous vocational/technical training and/or work experience to apply training toward an accredited baccalaureate degree. The 36 hour major includes an 18-semester hour core and an 18-semester hour specialization. The core courses are a set list of a 5 specific areas and an upper-level related elective. The 18 hour specialization must be completed from courses in the student’s approved occupation/technical field. Of the 36 hours required for the major, 18 must be from upper-level courses.
Please inform your students that the AS major works best when they are transferring in a high number of hours from other institutions, such as CCAF or another college. Sometimes, and this is true of many of our military members under time constraints to get their AAS and BAS degrees, that they want the quickest way possible to achieve that goal. That might not always be the best fit for their long term goals. Many of our potential students who come in to the office may have already heard, in detail, about the AS major, but be sure to review their long term goals with them to make sure the AS is the best fit.

5. 18 -Hours AS Specialization
In the AS major, a specialization is required. This can be a group of almost any 18 hours the student already has or would like to gain.
Some possible specializations are:
Aviation Technology
Business Studies for AS
 Science Studies
Some of the specializations are offered to our students on the understanding they will be transferring in hours from a different college
Example: Aviation Maintenance Technology (it is good to point out to the student we do not offer classes in this area, but they can use the hours they may already have from another college, like, CCAF)
Wayland accepts courses from a wide variety of sources including Community College of the Air Force, technical and vocational schools, computer schools, and business colleges, which are regionally accredited. Nationally accredited schools must meet Wayland’s criteria to be considered.
Students do not have to transfer in the 18 hours of a specialization if your campus teaches 18 hours in that specialization. A good example of this would be if someone came to us wanting Science Studies as a specialization, but did not already have the science hours, and your campus teaches 18 hours of science to complete those credits.
The student is not limited to just their military field for specialization options. We have many students who may like to become teachers later on through our post-baccalaureate teacher certification program. In that case, they may need a content area, such as historical studies or science studies in order to achieve their long term goals. Some students may just want more knowledge in a particular area, so they choose something different, like social studies. Just make sure if they chose a technical field relating to a military specialization, such as aviation maintenance technology, that the specialization is on their CCAF/SMART/ or AARTS transcript. If not, the student may have the title as a specialization, and not be able to obtain the full 18 hours of specialization credit needed to complete the degree. Sometimes with certain specializations that are chosen and students don’t transfer those hours in, like historical studies, your campus may not teach 18 hours in history. If that is the case, be sure to let the student know they will have to go elsewhere to get their hours, and then transfer them back to WBU. Make sure they know to get those hours approved BEFORE they take classes from another institution.

6. Specialization NOT allowed under AS
o Business Administration (may use Business Studies)
o Human Services
o Christian Studies/Religion/Religion Studies
o Vocational Education
o Technical Management
o Health Care Administration
o Criminal Justice (may use Law Enforcement)
o Management
o Justice Administration
o Human Resource Management
o Management Information Systems
o Early Childhood Development
The reason why WBU can not use these titles as specialization under the AS degree plan is that the above mentioned titles are either majors or specializations for other majors
Ex.- Business Administration is a major, and therefore cannot be a specialization for AS
EX. -Management Information Systems is a specialization under the Business Administration major , and therefore cannot be a specialization
Please review your list of approved specializations from the yearly code list that is sent out. Please see the following slide for a picture of the code list. This will help you to know what majors and what specializations are available under those majors.

7. Example of the Code List
This picture is showing AS as a major.
This picture is showing AS as a minor.
SP means Major Specialization
MS means Minor Specialization
All specializations are linked to a numeric code. This is the listing, you will find on the code sheet .
The Code List will give you the numerical code the major is equivalent to, as well as the minor, and also the specialization. You need to pay attention to whether the specialization is listed as a major or minor specialization, and what specialization is under what major. You also need to be aware if you are looking at the Associate List or the Bachelor’s List of majors.
Again the code.
If a specialization is highlighted in yellow, this means it can only be obtained by having enough CCAF hours transferred in. There are a few exceptions, but please ask external records before using them.
Describes the overall degree being awarded. Ex. BAS, AAS, BCM

8. What Hours from a CCAF Transcript Count as What Types of Courses
For those of you who work with Air Force students everyday, you need to know what prefixes on the CCAF are associated with what technical field and how they can be applied to the specialization or other areas of the degree plan. This can be a confusing process, but there is a document to help guide you through this. It is called the CCAF Breakdown sheet. Plainview has this list, and can send it to you if you do not already have it.

9. Degree Requirement for AS Majors
As you already know, there are specific “core classes” each student must take to fulfill the degree requirements. For the AS major, there are 18 hours of core courses and 18 hours of the specialization courses that make up the 36 required hours.
There are ways to manipulate the degree plan, as we will discuss later, but be sure to remember that 6 classes (18 hours) in the major MUST be upper-level and that 21 hours on the degree plan MUST be upper-level academic.
For the Applied Science Major, half of the hours needed in the major will be electives that are related to the specialization. Remember that 18 of the 36 hours needed for the major must be upper level. Keep this in mind when transferring in courses from Junior-College sources, as it is impossible to gain upper level credit from these sources.

10. Core Courses for the AS Major
1. RSWR 3345 – Research Writing Methods or Imaginative Literature Course- Students who need RSWR 3345 for a degree requirement should take it as soon as feasible in the students’ enrollment with Wayland, based on prerequisite being met. This requirement moves from RSWR 3345 to an imaginative literature course, like ENGL3303, if the second half of English they have does not have a literature component.
2. Plus Three (3) hours from the Communication area:
ENGL 4314 – Contemporary Usage
MGMT 3310 – Managerial Communication
3. Plus Three (3) hours from the Supervision area:
CTED 3321 – Principles of Supervision for Education and Training
MGMT 3304 – Principles of Management (students in prior catalogs are approved to take MGMT 3304 in place of MGMT 3339 per Dean of the School of Business August 1, 2007)
4. Plus Three (3) hours from the Computer Applications area:
EDIT 4310 – Technology Tools for Instruction
MISM 3314 – Advanced Computer Applications
5. Plus Three (3) hours from the Ethics area:
BUAD 4334 – Business Ethics
EDUC 3313 – Educating Students from Diverse Backgrounds
PHIL 4319 – Ethics
RLGN/PHIL 4323 – Basic Christian Ethics (DANTES Ethics in America will work but does not fulfill upper level requirement.)
6. Upper Level Applied Science Elective (3 hours) This should be a business or acceptable education elective.
It is imperative that all 6 of the required core courses are on the degree plan, along with the 18 specialization hours. There are substitutions for these courses. See slide below:
In order to provide students with a well-rounded education, the Applied Science Major requires courses from various areas. These areas include: Communication, Supervision, Computer Applications, and Ethics. It also requires 3 hours of upper-level Applied Science electives. Please refer to your copy of the guidelines if you need clarification on acceptable electives.

11. How the Blank Degree Plan Looks- for the AS Major
Just as a friendly reminder, don’t forget to enter the specialization in here when typing the degree plan.
core
Just as a friendly reminder, don’t forget to enter the specialization here as well when typing the degree plan.
specialization
For your reference, the blank template for the Applied Science major is shown here. Please remember to type the student’s correct specialization into the appropriate places and allow for 18 hours of upper level credit for the major.
You can see the 18 hours of core courses listed and the 18 hours of specialization courses listed.
There is also a friendly reminder that 18 of the hours must be upper-level.

12. Substitutions for Core Courses in AS Major
1. RSWR 3345 (no substitution unless transferring in a direct equivalent from another college)- This is only if the student transfers in ENGL 1302 from another college, that has a literature component, then the degree plan stays the same. If it does not have a literature component, then the students takes an imaginative literature course, like ENGL ENGL 4314 or MGMT 3310-The following CCAF courses may substitute for MGMT 3310, but do not duplicate, they are also lower-level. Divide the credits so you use 1 hour from each listing below.  LMM 1112 Managerial Communications I (Previous numbered 1102)  LMM 2122 Managerial Communications II  LMM 2132 Managerial Communications III 3. CTED 3321 or MGMT 3304 The principles of management CLEP will substitute for MGMT 3304, listed as MGMT 2304 on the degree plan, does not count as upper-level credit 4. EDIT 4310 or MISM 3314 (no substitution unless transferring in a direct equivalent from another college) 5. BUAD 4334, EDUC 3313, PHIL 4319, or RLGN/PHIL 4323  DANTES- Ethics in America will substitute but does not full fill upper-level requirement, list as PHIL 2300 on the degree plan 6. Upper-level AS elective  DANTES- Management and Information Systems, substitutes for MISM 3303, and will provide the upper-level credit needed in this spot, however, remember it is not academic credit, no test is!  There are other tests that full fill upper-level requirements, remember that they need to be an acceptable business or education elective. Refer to the CLEP and DANTES sheet first, but if still in doubt, ask your evaluator!!!!
If the student has transferred in Engl 1302 from another school and is lacking the literature component, be conscious of the upper level hours in the major. If the 18 hours of the upper level credit must come from the core courses, please edit the degree plan to reflect the need for an upper level academic literature elective.
When making substitutions for the core courses in the Applied Science major, double check the options for upper level hours. If this requirement cannot be filled in the core courses, edit the degree plan to require the appropriate number of upper level electives under the student’s specialization.

13. Example of A Degree Plan with Substitutions
Remember to change the formula as well to reflect the change in hours. 39
This slide shows one way to reflect the correct upper level requirement in the major. An alternative option is to change the remaining specialization related elective to read: Upper Level Academic Specialization Related Elective. Since this course has not yet been taken, you can require it to be upper level and thus prevent requiring the student to take an extra course.
Here, you can see PHIL 2300 DANTES Ethics in America was used for the ethics requirement, but it was not upper-level, so the students will need to take another upper-level AS related elective in order to compensate for the 18 upper-level hours they must have in the major. Remember if there are not 18 upper-level academic hours in the major due to test credit, you must compensate on the degree plan for 21 total upper-level “academic” hours.

14. Another Example of A Degree Plan with More Substitutions
This specialization related course can be changed to upper-level to compensate for the 18 UL hours needed, or you can add and an UL AS elective and change the required hours to 39.
As you can see, this person took a DANTES test for Ethics, just like as above, but they also took a DANTES test for the upper-level related elective as well. This is fine for upper-level credit, but also remember that 21 hours on the degree plan must be academic (in the classroom) upper-level credit. Depending upon what courses the student must take and what they transferred in, it may fill a spot on the degree plan, but if they take too many upper-level tests, they will have to go back and take at least 21 hours of upper-level credits in the classroom.
****Remember to refer back to the DANTES/CLEP test sheets if there is any doubt on upper-level credit or what test substitutes for what course (see below and following slide).

15. So How Can You Tell What Test Fits Where?
This is the course title to list on the degree plan after the pre-fix and number. You will not notate the dates or the versions, as these are a guide for evaluators.
This column is where you will find how many hours the test counts for and a notation of those that allow for UL credit.
This is the course prefix & number you use on the degree plan.
This column allows you to determine what course the test substitutes for on the degree plan.
This slide shows how to tell which test credits can be used on the degree plans and what they can be used for.
You can tell by this that the only UL test on this page is FINA 3309, Principles of Finance

16. Cognate Courses in the Applied Science Major
COGNATE COURSES: - A cognate course is defined as being closely related to the major/specialization and is used only if all major/specialization requirements are met. Every specialization must have at least 18 cognate-free semester hours (at least 15 if a student has a double major or a minor). A total of six hours of cognates may be used toward a major; three hours may be used toward an Associate of Applied Science degree.
 No cognates may be used in a minor.
Cognates may only be used in Human Service and Applied Science majors.
 Cognates may be general introductory courses or upper level courses in Sociology & Psychology pertaining to interpersonal relations (list in the guidelines). Any additional elective not pertaining to the specialization must be business or education.
This slide defines cognates and outlines rules for their use on the degree plan.

17. Specializations within the AS Major that need to be addressed:
Education, Training, & Development Specialization:
* The Education, Training and Development specialization was developed along the same lines as the Career & Technology major.
Law Enforcement Specialization
* Differs from the Justice Administration Major
Accounting Studies Specialization
Will not give knowledge base for the CPA exam
Please refer to the guidelines for additional clarification on these majors.

18. Education, Training, & Development Specialization
a. The Education, Training and Development specialization was developed along the same lines as the Career & Technology major.
b. There are two ways to complete this specialization:
(1) In addition to the core requirements, students, especially Air Force students, may
have a specialization that has only ETD courses in it (AF-ETD Instructional/Educational courses). These courses must be equivalent to courses on the suggested list. These hours would complete the specialization.
(2) A student may have a combination specialization. That is, the student will have a technical field in the specialization. In this ETD specialization, the student is not required to have ETD or other courses as listed below in the specialization block. ETD or other courses as listed below may be used in the specialization to fulfill the required number of semester hours.
c. In addition to fulfilling all other requirements for an Applied Science major, the student in the ETD program must complete 18 upper level hours of coursework from the following with approved substitutes.
d. 18 semester hours must be taken from the following two lists. Of these 18 semester hours 9 semester hours must be from List #1. The other 9 semester hours may be taken from List #1 or List #2. SEE SLIDE BELOW
This slide outlines the Education, Training, & Development Specialization under the Applied Science Major.

19. List # 1 & List # 2
(1) List #1:
(a) CTED 4302 – Aims and Objectives of Workforce Development
(b) CTED 4303 – Human Relations for Technical Instructors
(c) CTED 4316 – The Adult Learner
(d) CTED 4333 – Statistics
(e) EDIT 4311 – Multimedia and Video Technology
(f) EDLI 4325 – Developing Reading, Study, and Thinking Skills at the Secondary Level
(g) CTED 3321 – Principles of Supervision for Education & Training
(h) CTED 4304 – Designing, Delivering & Managing Instruction
(i) EDUC 3313 – Educating Students from Diverse Backgrounds
(j) CTED 4308 – Implementing Instruction & Assessment
(k) CTED 4309 – Fulfilling Professional Roles and Responsibilities
(l) CTED 4330 – Counseling Theories and Techniques
(m) CTED 4334 – Instructional Systems Design
(2) List #2 :
(a) BUAD 4334 – Business Ethics
(b) ENGL 4314 – Contemporary Usage
(c) MGMT 3304 – Principles of Management
(d) MGMT 3310 – Managerial Communication
(e) MGMT 3324 – Human Resource Management
(f) MGMT 3339 – Theory & Practice of Supervision
(g) MGMT 4320 – Organizational Behavior
Students must be counseled carefully to give them the best opportunity for employment after completion of the degree. Some students may want to be more involved in the instruction/training aspect of CTED; some may want to be more involved in curriculum development, while others may want to be more involved in human resource management. You can tailor the ETD specialization to fit individual student’s needs and interests.
These two lists are of courses that have been suggested for this specialization.

20. Law Enforcement Specialization
Students who do not wish to major in Justice Administration, yet want a related specialization may major in Applied Science and specialize in Law Enforcement. The specialization must contain at least 18 semester hours of courses related to Law Enforcement.
You must makes sure that the specialization contains 18 hours of law enforcement courses. This specialization cannot use cognate hours!
If a student wants a major strongly related to a degree in law enforcement, you may want to steer them to the Justice Administration Major. Have them weigh their options carefully.
This slide lists some points to be aware of with the Law Enforcement Specialization.

21. Accounting Studies Specialization Under AS
 A student may have a specialization in accounting as long as the semester hours do not exceed 29. Students who have 30 semester hours or more must meet core requirements set by the Dean of the School of Business. However, if a student wants a specialization in accounting studies, he/she may have an unlimited number of accounting hours with no core requirements.
Rationale: If students have 30 hours of accounting, they may feel they are eligible to sit for the CPA exam. Our program does not provide guidance for the correct accounting courses needed to take for the exam. Therefore, we call the specialization Accounting Studies.
The student still has to meet the 18 hours required for core courses. This is for people who may want to learn more about accounting to help run a business or wants to be support personnel in an office. By no means should a student think because they have this specialization they can be a CPA. To sit for that test, you have to have specific accounting courses. Taking many accounting courses, with no guidelines or set rules, does not mean you can take the CPA test and pass.

22. Double Major or Minor that can reduce the 1st Major’s number of hours.
The Human Service and Applied Science majors, are the only majors which can be lowered to 30 hours.
This can only take place when the student has a double major, or a major and a minor
The upper-level cumulative hours on the degree plan are still the same. The non-junior hours on the degree plan are still the same. The student must still have 21 hours on academic upper-level electives. The student must still have 10 Wayland courses plus GRAD 4101 on the degree plan.
As with every rule, there is an exception. This slide provides the guidelines for reducing the major because of a second major or a minor.
The ONLY two requirements changes are:
*The total number of hours in the major can be brought down to 30.
*The total number of upper-level hours needed in the major can be brought down to 15. (see below for degree plan example)

23. Example of Reduced Degree Plan in AS Major
You can see the required # of hours has been reduced to 30
Total hours less dual counted hours
124
MAJOR/SPECIALIZATION #1
Req
Have
Need
Title: AS/ COMP INFO SYS 30 15
Course Name
Coll.
Hours
Grade
Buad 4334, in progress
Cted 3321or Mgmt hrs
Edit 4310 or Mism hrs
Engl 4314 or Mgmt hrs
Rswr hrs
COMP INFO SYS
ITCC DISC:NTWK HOME/BUS VC 3 A
ITNW FUND OF NETWORKING
ITNW CLIENT OP SYSTEMS
ITNW INTERNET/INTRANET
ITSC INTERM PC OP SYSTEMS
** 18 hrs in the Major MUST be upper level.**
The upper-level related elective has been removed
As you make the adjustments for the minor or second major, edit the degree plan to reflect “15 hrs in the Major MUST be upper level.” Make these changes at the bottom of the major block and in the upper right hand corner of the degree plan.
3 hour of related elective has been removed
Remember you can only do this when there is a second major or minor!!!!!

24. Right side of degree plan with 2 majors- 1 being AS.
Note major #1, AS- reduced to 30 hours, the UL related elective removed and 3 hours of the specialization removed.
MAJOR/SPECIALIZATION #1
Req
Have
Need
Title: AS/ EDUC & TRNG MGMT 30 21 9
Course Name
Coll.
Hours
Grade
Cted 3321or Mgmt hrs
Edit 4310 or Mism hrs
Engl 4314 or Mgmt hrs
DUAL- BUAD 4334 BUSINESS ETHICS
WBU 3 A
RSWR RESEARCH WRIT MTH B
EDUC & TRNG MGMT
ETD 1501B INST PRIN AND TECH
CCAF 5 CR
ETD SUPERVISED TEACHING 8
ETD CURRICULUM DEV 2
MAJOR/SPECIALIZATION #2
Title: BUAD/GENERAL BUSINESS 36 33
ENGL 3303 STUDIES IN FICTION
Plus Six (6) hours of Accounting from one set:
AC 201 PRINCIPLES OF ACCT I PU
AC 202 PRINCIPLES OF ACCT II
Plus Six (6) hours of Economics from one set:
EC 141 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECON
EC 142 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECON
GENERAL BUSINESS
MG 260 BUSINESS LAW I (BUAD 3318)
Fina Financial Management - 3 hrs
MG 352 PRINCIPLE OF MGMT (3304)
MK 351 PRINCIPLES OF MKTG
IS 205 MANAGING INFORMATION SYS (3303)
MG 420 LABOR RELATIONS
The EPD and experiential professional Development blocks have been hidden to save space.
Note major # 2, NO reduced hours because BUAD major has to be 36 hours even with a double major or minor
The second major should require 36 hours, unless it is a Human Service or Applied Science major which can be reduced to 30 hours. The minor requires 18 hours of pure coursework.
Also important to note, a student does NOT need any hours in the elective block with a minor or double major!!!!!

25. Common Mistakes
When students test for credits in the major and the tests are lower-level, remember to compensate for this by adding UL related elective(s) to the specialization or major and change the formula at the top.
When students test for credits, remember these credits are non-junior, but they are NOT academic. There MUST be 21 UL academic credits on the degree plan and 18 UL credits in the major.
Sometimes when students have many credits in transfer work, the 31 Wayland hours and 52 non-junior hours requirement is overlooked.
Remember to double check the required hours under each part of the degree plan and the total hours at the top to make sure all hours add up.
Remember when dual counting courses not to fill in the yellow and blue sections of the degree plan 2 times for both listings as this may inflate the number of non-junior or UL hours a person actually has.
Remember to type the specialization in the area on the top left, at the top of the major and in the middle of the major block.
When in doubt, ALWAYS reference the guidelines.
Here are some common mistakes that are made. Keep these in mind when creating degree plans to avoid these mistakes.

26. Can you find the mistakes with this degree plan?
(3)
(1)
(2)
Look at the major section of this degree plan very closely. You will see that, first of all, there are 3 hours of lower-level test credit in the major and the 3 hours of UL credit that are lacking have not been placed back on the degree plan- so we are still missing 3 UL hrs, of the 18 UL hours in the major. Second, the area that says “type specialization here” needs to be filled in with “science studies.” Third, count the number of hours listed on the degree, they total 36 hours, however, if the UL AS elective were added to the degree plan correctly, this total should be 39 hours and the formula at the top should be changed to reflect the correct number of hours.

27. Summary Review
The Applied Science major is an individualized program designed to enable the student with previous vocational/technical training and/or work experience to apply training toward an accredited baccalaureate degree.
The degree plan can be manipulated, but remember the “rules” in order to manipulate the degree plan correctly.
A student may have a second major or minor that may alter the degree plan.
Test credits may require alterations to the degree plan.
Be careful, take your time, and refer to the guidelines.
This is the end of the training module for the Applied Science Major.

28. Training Record
In order to receive credit for – Applied Science Major, please click the link below. All information must be complete in order to receive credit. You may return to this module at any time for a review.
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