Applied Business and Technology - Applied Business (BS)

Location(s): Salina Campus, Salina Online

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The Bachelor of Science in Applied Business and Technology provides students with knowledge and skills designed to enhance their employability and upward mobility in the technical field of their choice. Students take courses in the diverse areas of management, accounting, and marketing; as well as in other essential business areas. The technology concentration courses can be done in any of a number of technical disciplines. Graduates are prepared for supervisory and management positions in a variety of technical areas, ranging from aviation and manufacturing to sales and product development.

The Applied Business Option allows students to build a more integrated business focus, with additional studies in mathematics and applied business electives.

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours

K-State Core is the foundation for an impactful life and career after time at K-State.

The K-State Core framework covers six disciplinary areas: English, Communications, Mathematics & Statistics, Natural & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. In addition, a seventh area is reserved for institutionally designated use, which K-State is keeping as free electives. In total, the framework takes up 34-35 credit hours of 100 and 200-level coursework. Students who complete their general education elsewhere cannot be required to take additional general education coursework in the disciplinary areas of the framework without permission from KBOR to continue requiring courses in the K-State Core.

General Education: K-State Core

Program Requirements (21 credit hours)

The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take Calculus.

Computer Elective Requirement: (3 credit hours)

Natural Science Elective Requirement: (3 credit hours)

Communication Elective Requirement: (3 credit hours)

Must be 300+

Math Requirement: (3 credit hours)

MATH 205 - General Calculus Credits: 3

Professional Studies

Professional Studies: (65 credit hours)

Area of Concentration: 29

Business & Management: 30

BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
BUS 251 - Financial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 252 - Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 315 - Supervisory Management Credits: 3
BUS 366 - Management with Information Technology Credits: 3
BUS 390 - Foundations of Business Law Credits: 3
BUS 400 - Marketing Techniques and Applications Credits: 3
BUS 420 - Management Perspectives Credits: 3
BUS 450 - Integrated Finance Credits: 3
BUS 520 - Integrated Technology Management Capstone Credits: 3
Area of Concentration, 300+ Credits: 12
Area of Concentration Credits: 17

Business Electives: (Choose 6 credit hours)

BUS 410 - Managerial and Project Economics Credits: 3
BUS 421 - Applied Operations Management Credits: 3
BUS 530 - Practices of Industrial and Labor Relations Credits: 3
BUS 531 - Strategic Human Resource Management Credits: 3
BUS 542 - Personal Selling and Sales Management Credits: 3
COT 450 - Salina International Experience Credits: 0-6
COT 480 - Professional Conduct, Ethics, and Analysis Credits: 3
COT 495 - Advanced Industrial Internship Credits: 0-6

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