Applied Management (BAS)(Plan Code: BAMAMBAS)

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CORRECTION MADE 10/30/23. Please see Corrections Page for details. 

All BASAM specifically listed courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher. 

General Education Requirements60
Communication Skills
CMST 310Organizational Communication5
Human Relations
SOC 315Organizational Behavior5
Social Sciences
ECON 405Managerial and Global Economics5
Humanities
PHIL 420Ethics In Management5
Natural Science
ENVS 430Sustainability & Environmental Practices5
Major Area Requirements
BASAM 301Foundations of Management5
BASAM 305Social Media In Business5
BASAM 320Business Research Applications5
BASAM 325Business Principles5
BASAM 330Accounting Principles for Managers5
BASAM 335Legal Issues In Management5
BASAM 340Marketing for Managers5
BASAM 400Human Resource Management5
BASAM 410Principles of Project Management5
BASAM 415Financial Management5
BASAM 425Operations and Logistics5
BASAM 440Capstone: Strategic Management & Policy5
BASAM 450Applied Management Internship5
Additional Requisite Requirements
Please note that in addition to the 90 credits/units required in upper division courses a student must complete 90 (ninety) additional credits/units from an associate degree for a total of 180 credits/units.
Communication Skills
ENGL& 101English Composition I5
Quantitative Skills
MATH& 146Introduction to Stat (recommended)5
or
Any College level Math course (5 credits/units)
Social Sciences
Course Options 5
Humanities
CMST& 210Interpersonal Communication5
or CMST& 220 Public Speaking
or CMST& 230 Small Group Communication
Natural Sciences
Course Options
Additional General Education Requirements
Select ten (10) additional credits/units from the general education categories above (WC, Q, SS, HA, HB, NS)10
Total Credits/Units180

Program Outcomes

Program outcomes are overarching skills that are emphasized and reinforced throughout several courses in a specific program; they are measurable statements that define what students should know or be able to do by the end of a certificate or degree at Clark College. After successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Describe the complexities that affect successful trading in domestic and global markets, utilizing information, data, and technologies to support effective decision making.
  • Recognize and apply effective communication strategies, appropriate to organizational settings.
  • Analyze and apply managerial functions, roles, styles, and effective strategies for stability and change, to be used in various managerial and leadership situations.
  • Analyze legal issues for risk management and responsible oversight.
  • Interpret financial models for business decision-making to support organizational goals.
  • Evaluate and develop organizational structures and operating procedures to foster continuous improvement, innovation, and quality results.
  • Balance theoretical and practical strategies and policies for a productive, quality, and motivated workforce, including managing diversity, ethics, and social responsibility.
  • Develop and apply a marketing strategy, based on an integrated marketing plan, to produce and distribute products at optimum operational levels.
  • Obtain, evaluate, and ethically use information. (GE)
  • Articulate well-considered ideas and written claims to an academic audience, using effective rhetorical techniques, properly credited evidence, and a command of Standard English. (GE)
  • Analyze and interpret quantitative information presented verbally, graphically, numerically, and/or symbolically. (GE)
  • Demonstrate and clearly explain an effective strategy to solve a quantitative problem. (GE)
  • Demonstrate progress toward healthier behaviors. (GE)
  • Interpret the human experience, within appropriate global and historical contexts, through evaluation, analysis, creation, or performance. (GE)
  • Analyze patterns of power, privilege, and inequity in the United States. (GE)
  • Evaluate, analyze, and explain events, behaviors, and institutions using perspectives and methods in the Social Sciences. (GE)
  • Apply a method of scientific inquiry, valid to the natural sciences, to evaluate claims about the natural world. (GE)
  • Apply communication theory to demonstrate effective oral communication skills. (GE)

Program maps are a suggested academic plan and should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. Your student entry method, placement, course availability, and program requirements are subject to change and transfer credit(s)/unit(s) may change your map/plan.
To view the current suggested map for your program please visit our website https://programmap.clark.edu/academics