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2024-2025 Catalog

Management and Leadership- [8020]


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Bachelor of Applied Science

(120 Credit Hours)

Program Manager (interim)

Gary Baker
941-752-5431
BakerG@SCF.edu

Program Description and Goal

The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Management and Leadership prepares individuals for supervisory and management roles and positions in private, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.  This program will focus on developing the potential of students in the dynamic and competitive global environment by providing meaningful learning experiences and effective instructor-student interactions.  The BAS Program uses a 2 + 2 model that requires the completion of an Associate Degree or 60 credits from a 2-year, 4-year college or university prior to entry.  The curriculum emphasizes a practical hands-on approach to understanding supervision and management in various settings, and to meet workforce demands.  The core curriculum requirements build the foundation and knowledge of supervision and management along with coursework in a selected concentration:  Management and Leadership, International Business and Trade, or Technology Management.

A minimum of C or better must be achieved in all upper division courses.

Graduates of the program will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate effective communications that integrate decision-making and analytic thinking skills.
  2. Identify and apply concepts, theories, and models for diversity and cultural awareness to managerial decisions.
  3. Incorporate and apply concepts, theories, and models of risk and risk management to achieve goals and objectives in a supervisory and management-related context.
  4. Identify and apply concepts, theories, and models of organizational behavior.
  5. Integrate information systems and information security into a managerial-specific context.
  6. Demonstrate and apply legal and ethical concepts and models in supervisory and management situations.
  7. Apply human resource methods and concepts that are consistent with community, industry, and organizational standards, policies, and procedures.
  8. Conduct research and prepare reports and analyses that lead to evidence-based decisions.
  9. Integrate operational and supply chain management processes in the context of major organizational functions.
  10. Demonstrate knowledge of strategic management concepts and methods that include analysis, formulation, and implementation to achieve competitive advantage.
  11. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the concentrations available under this degree by completing a Capstone Project, Internship or Practicum and obtaining available certifications.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Evaluate the functions and applications of various management processes in the areas of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, leading, and controlling.
  • Analyze and interpret quantitative data and apply results to improve business management strategy, tactics, and practice
  • Analyze the impact of international, legal, social, political, economic, technological, and environmental issues as they relate to supervisory and management behavior in terms of the individual, group/team, and overall organizational performance.
  • Demonstrate skills in critical thinking, data interpretation, and decision making necessary for developing systematic processes and approaches in the management of human capital and achievement of organizational effectiveness.
  • Demonstrate interpersonal and written communication skills in collaborative projects, and in providing clear directions, instructions, and guidelines within a business setting
  • Demonstrate ethical decision-making in business and develops strategies, practices, and policies that advance ethical management practices and corporate social responsibility in a global environment.

Admissions Requirements


• An Associate in Science Degree or
• An Associate in Arts Degree or
• 60 College Credits
• 2.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0


Prerequisites


*Students without these courses will be required to complete this requirement as part of the BAS Curriculum.

Total Credit Hours: 21


Total Core Credit Hours: 24


Total Credit Hours: 27


Total Credit Hours: 9


Total Credit Hours: 21


Subtotal Credit Hours: 15


Total Credit Hours: 27


Total Credit Hours: 9


Graduation Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees


The following general requirements for graduation from SCF must be met by all candidates for the Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degrees. Additional requirements may exist for individual programs.

  1. Students must satisfactorily complete 120 credit hours. For residency purposes, a minimum of 30 credit hours required for graduation must be completed at SCF. All other specific degree requirements also must be met. Developmental education (formerly college preparatory) instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credit hours required for residency purposes or graduation.
  2. For purposes of conferring the bachelor’s degree, students must complete at least 30 credit hours of courses numbered 3000 level or above. Of these, at least 15 credit hours must be taken at SCF.
  3. Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4 .0 scale for all work completed at SCF and a 2.0 grade point average or higher for combined coursework with SCF that includes all transferable credits.
  4. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all upper division program requirements.
  5. Students must complete the general education requirements (36 credit hours) as defined in the Associate in Arts degree. Students who transfer to SCF with either an Associate in Arts degree or a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution are considered to have met the general education component of the degree. Courses will be reviewed for equivalency for students who transfer without an Associate in Arts or bachelor’s degree.
  6. Students must have completed Florida’s foreign language requirement prior to the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Students may meet this competency by:  A) successful completion of two years (four semesters) of the same foreign language officially documented on a high school transcript; or B) successful completion (grade C or better) of two semesters of the same foreign language at a college or university officially documented on a college/university transcript; or C) education completed outside the United States as documented on an official foreign high school transcript that reflects a primary language other than English; D) or Successful completion of two foreign language equivalents through Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), or UEXCEL exams.  One or more of these exams can be in combination with successful completion of college/university credit in the same foreign language subject area.  Official transcripts from a high school, college and/or university and/or official examination results must be submitted to the educational records office.
  7. For students wishing to pursue another bachelor’s degree, the student must complete a minimum of 15 additional credit hours beyond the first bachelor’s degree as well as any other degree requirements and graduation requirements listed above for the second program. 

SCF reserves the right to make changes in the regulations, offerings, requirements, and any provisions announced in this Catalog at any time as circumstances require.

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