CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Course Description

Coordinator: Douglas R. Ullrich (936)294-1188; agr_dru@shsu.edu

Mission

The mission of the Career and Technology Program is to provide an educational program to allow students with technical Associates of Applied Sciences degrees from accredited community/junior colleges to seamlessly continue into the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree program.

Career and Technology Education is dedicated to the preparation of youth and the support of adults who seek marketable skills for today’s economy. Students interested in the Career and Technology Education Program should contact Dr. Douglas Ullrich, Thomason Building, (936) 294-1188, email: agr_dru@shsu.edu.

Curriculum

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences students who have majored in a career and technology, vocational, or technical program at an accredited community/junior college and decide to seek a baccalaureate degree at SHSU may review the requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree. Upon successful completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree, the student’s diploma and transcript indicate the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree with a major indicating an Applied Arts and Sciences degree was conferred. Students seeking the BAAS degree who have an  Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree or Certificate in a business dscipline should be aware that the BAAS degree  is in no way affiliated with the BBA degrees awarded by the College of Business Administration at Sam Houston State University.

Students who have received a Certificate in any discipline are not eligible unless and AAS has been completed.

Students desiring to major in a technical specialty area for the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences must:

1. Present evidence of the development of an area of technical specialty with an Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences degree from a junior/community college.

1. Sixty-six semester hours (plus four semester hours of activity physical education) may be transferred from another educational institution. This should include thirty-six to fortyeight hours in block coursework in an organized technical program.
2. The specialty title of the Associates of Applied Sciences degree must be posted to the transcript for approval for entry into the BAAS program
3. Students MUST be advised by the program coordinator to have transcripts reviewed and a declaration of major/minor submitted before full acceptance into the BAAS program is finalized.

2. Complete a baccalaureate degree plan from residence and transfer credit which contains a minimum of 128 semester credit hours and includes the following:

1. Forty-two semester hours of advanced level credits (courses taken at the junior-senior level at a senior institution).
2. An eighteen-hour minor in a field related to the student’s technical specialty. A minimum of 12 of these hours must be at the advanced level (these 12 hours may be included in the requirement for 42 advanced hours).
3. A six-hour internship preferably as part of the minor is required. If the minor department does not offer an internship the Career and Technology Program will administer the internship.
4. Complete 45 hours in general education as follows (may include community college courses):

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.)

This degree program is administered by the Department of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Course Descriptions:

• Career and Technology (CAT)