Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS)
Maximize your learning experience with this interdisciplinary degree while preparing for future employment in a variety of fields.
- Offered Face-to-Face in Commerce.
- 2 years
- 120 credit hours
- No foreign language credits required
Your Future. Your Way.
With a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, you can gain an interdisciplinary background that will help prepare you for leadership in a wide range of fields. Our professor-led courses provide the structure to move decisively toward graduation and your future career. By maximizing your transfer credits, you can capitalize on what you've learned and then complete courses with real-world applications to help prepare you for future employment.
Careers
Your Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree offers many opportunities in the job market; from office technology to entrepreneur or military advancement to teacher, the possibilities are limitless! These are just some of the jobs for which a BAAS degree will eventually qualify you.
Career Possibilities and Current Median Salaries
US DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2022
What You Will Learn
You can learn an interdisciplinary approach to real-world problems and practices. By maximizing transfer credits, you can customize your courses to work toward your career goals. Every step of the way, your professors and advisor can provide you with the support and guidance you need to succeed.
Course Delivery and Resources
Our programs are designed to be flexible, meeting the needs of working professionals who want the convenience of a fully online degree. Your faculty will be fully involved in helping you achieve your goals!
Texas Two-Step Program
The Texas Two-Step Project (Technology Workforce Opportunities through Seamless Transitions and Educational Partnerships) offers seamless transitions from associate of applied science degrees at local community colleges to a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree from East Texas A&M. This project will enable you to use your WECM, military and community college credits as part of a four-year degree!
How does it work?
The Texas Two-Step Project allows you to transfer technical coursework into a customized degree plan that focuses on your career goals.
- Step One: As a high school student, you may earn college credit for Tech Prep courses and apply them toward associate’s of applied science degrees at the community college level.
- Step Two: As a student at a community college, you may apply specified technical coursework toward a BAAS at East Texas A&M.
For more information, contact the College of Innovation and Design at [email protected]
Program Costs
Tuition and fees for undergraduate students taking 12 credit hours are $4,212 for Texas residents and $9,108 for non-residents.
Faculty & Staff
Contact Us
- College of Innovation and Design
- 903.886.5878
- [email protected]
- P.O. Box 3011
- Commerce, TX 75429-3011