Bachelor of Science in Technology

Degree Completion:

Start with an AAS and AS degree, add a concentration and general education courses, earn a bachelor's degree with a career-oriented emphasis.

The BST degree allows students to add a concentration of at least 30 hours, designed in collaboration with faculty advisors, to an existing associate’s degree in a technical area. For example, you might add 30 hours of business-related courses to a health care, engineering tech or computer science tech associate’s degree to be better prepared to move into a management position within your career field.

Individuals with an AS or an AAS degree can earn a BST degree by:

Completing Missouri Western’s general education requirements for a bachelor’s degree. These courses (e.g., additional humanities, social science, science courses) may be completed at regional community colleges, online, or at Missouri Western.
Developing a concentration related to your career goals. A minimum of 10 courses is required.
Completing at least 30 hours of junior and senior level coursework. (Typically, these 30 hours will overlap substantially, or entirely, with the concentration.)
Maintaining a 2.3 GPA in the concentration.
A minimum of 124 credits is required for graduation.

Samples of combinations of AAS or AS degrees and concentrations:

Any combination of an AAS/AS degree and junior and senior level coursework is possible, provided it is educationally sound and clearly supportive of a career goal.

Sample AS/AAS Degree	Sample Concentration	Resulting Bachelor's Emphasis
Dental Assisting	Introduction to Business Business Law 1 Business Communications Management & Operations Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Principles of Marketing Organizational Communication Industrial/Organizational Psych Ethics	Dental Office Management
Hospitality Management		Hospitality Industry Administration
Biotechnology		Biotechnology Administration
Child Growth and Development		Child Care Management
Respiratory Care		Respiratory Care Management
Engineering Technology		Engineering Technology Administration
Professional Nursing		Health Care Management
Automotive Technology		Automotive Technology Administration
Sample AS/AAS Degree	Sample Concentration	Resulting Bachelor's Emphasis
Graphic Design	Business Communications Organizational Behavior Presentational Communications Media and Society Interpersonal Communication Small Group Communication Argumentation and Debate Organizational Communication Social Problems Advanced Composition	Design and Communications
Professional Nursing		Health Communications
Office Management		Business Communications
Health Information Technology		Health Information Communications
Hospitality Management		Hospitality Communications
Design and Product Development		Design and Development Communications