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Undergraduate Program / Curriculum
Students must complete their general education requirements along with the concentration requirements in order to receive their degree.

General Education Requirements
The general education program is the liberal arts part of your degree. This distinguishes a college degree from a career training program. It encourages broad educational experiences and provides the opportunity for students to explore their interests. Equaling about one-third of the total credits required for the baccalaureate degree, it provides for the development of transferable skills which apply to all career choices. Skills emphasized include communication, research methods, critical thinking and analyzing and synthesizing information. Students should expect their general education program to:

1. Contribute to their competency in university-level academic skills;
2. Provide for exploration of subjects outside a student's concentration and minor and demonstrate the interrelatedness of traditional disciplines.
3. Develop and extend their capacity for inquiry and critical judgment.
4. Promote their involvement in the examination of human values.
5. Afford a realistic appreciation of the lives of people from cultures and situations other than their own.

General education courses are offered at all levels of the undergraduate experience, including the junior and senior years. All students are encouraged to work closely with their academic adviser to select the most appropriate general education program and to assure that the basic requirements have been met.

The Professional Concentration Core courses
These courses were selected to give you a broad understanding of the topics you chose after completing the first two years. 

Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Arts and Science
The Bachelor of Applied Science (B.S.) is a terminal Bachelor's degree with a technical foundation. It is primarily a mobility degree for students who wish to upgrade their skills and credentials or to qualify them for taking on greater responsibilities or seeking advancement, including entrepreneurial success, greater than their technical training alone allows. The degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 182 credits.

General Education Core Courses (48 QH)

Course:	Credits:
Math/Science (20) Contemporary Science-Chemistry Contemporary Science-Biology College Math for Business I College Math for Business II Statistics I	4 4 4 4 4
Communications (4) Communicating in Business	4
Liberal Arts (24) Writing (4) Writing Seminar	4
Arts of Expression (4) Arts of Expression	4
Humanities (8) Fine Arts: Visual Arts History: Modern Europe	4 4
Behavioral and Social Science (8) Principles of Microeconomics Cultural Anthropology	4 4
Other (Remedial) Basic Writing Math Thought and Process	4 4
Professional Core Courses (42 QH)
Computer Technology (4) Managing Media Presentations	4
Professional Concentration (40) Co-op Introduction to Comparative Politics Advertising Principles Statistics II Principles of Marketing Creative Critical Thinking Global Forces and Trends Research Techniques Principles of Macroeconomics Written Argument Global Literature	0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wellness (1) New Student Seminar	1

Concentrations
A concentration is a cohesive set of ten upper-level courses (40 quarter credit hours) approved by the faculty for use in meeting AUK’s General Education Requirements. Concentrations may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary, and some may require prerequisite course work. AUK offers concentrations in 4 areas of study. Students are required to complete two concentrations and one minor in order to receive their degree.
A complete list of concentrations, including course requirements, follows.

Concentration: Management (40 Credits)
The management concentration prepares students for management and specialist careers in a variety of enterprises and organizations. Through this focused area of study, students develop the skills and concepts needed to become effective leaders, ethical decision makers, and creative innovators. The management curriculum provides both depth and flexibility in its offerings so that students can maximize their educational experience.

Required courses:                                                          

• Global Standards
• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Principles Marketing
• Introduction to Project Management
• Introduction to Logistics Management
• Strategic Logistics Management
• International Project Finance*
• Human Resources Administration
• New Venture Development

Concentration: Public Policy (40 Credits)
The public policy program explores the intersection of public policy, technology, and our natural world. The program provides students with an opportunity to integrate their interests in science, technology, government, economics, and other social science fields. The BS degree combines an understanding of these fields with the analytical tools needed to study the impact of public policy on society. Through the program, students acquire policy analysis skills, with particular attention on analyzing policies that emerge in a technology-based society.
Required Courses

• Introduction to Qualitative Policy Analysis
• International Law & Organizations**
• Foundations of Public Policy*
• Energy Policy*
• Science and Technology*
• Politics and Public Policy*
• Applied Econometrics
• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• International Political Economy
• Religion and International Politics

Concentration: Media (40 Credits)
A B.S. in Media provides quality design education and preparation for professional practice. Our program educates students to be designers who make valuable contributions to their professions, communicate effectively, maintain a lifelong attitude of inquiry, and make a positive impact on society. Programs, faculty, and students form an inquisitive and dynamic educational community in which creativity, critical thinking, innovative problem solving, aesthetic understanding, cross-disciplinary study, professionalism, and social responsibility are explored, cultivated, and promoted.

Required courses:

• Technical Programming I
• Designing for Print and Web 
• Layout Design for Print
• Effective Web Design I
• Effective Web Design II
• Photo Imaging with Computers I
• Photo Imaging with Computers II
• Advertising Principles
• Scripting Audio-Visual Presentations (2)
• On Camera! On Mike! (4)
• Vector Illustration

 
Concentration: Economics (40 Credits)
The BS in economics emphasizes the quantitative analytical approach to dealing with economic problems in both the public and private sectors, providing students with marketable skills and the intellectual foundation for career growth. We prepare students by developing communication, computer, and management skills in addition to economic reasoning and quantitative abilities. Students in the program are involved in a wide variety of management and analytical positions, both during co-op and after graduation.
Required courses:

• Public Finance
• Monetary Analysis and Policy
• Economics of Less Developed Countries
• Natural Resource Economics
• Commodity market Analysis
• Applied Econometrics*
• Statistics II
• Management Science
• Benefit-Cost Analysis*
• International Project Finance*

Minors
AUK offers students a number of academic minors to complement and enhance their undergraduate studies. Students often choose a minor to develop personal or professional interests beyond their chosen degree program. Minors require the completion of five upper-level courses (20 quarter credit hours) in a designated area. This section of the Undergraduate Bulletin lists course requirements established for the approved minors offered by AUK.
At AUK, a minor is defined as a thematically related set of courses consisting of no less than 20 quarter credit hours, taken from a discipline or an interdisciplinary area distinct from the student’s major program of study. Completion of a minor results in a formal designation on a student’s academic transcript upon graduation from AUK.
Currently there are 3 minors offered throughout AUK. Students are required to complete one minor in order to graduate. Minors completed in designated areas within the College of Liberal Arts may be used to fulfill a portion of the university's general education requirements. The full list of minors offered at AUK is provided, with an asterisk indicating approved College of Liberal Arts minors. This list is followed by a detailed description of the course requirements for each minor.

 
Minor: Legal studies (20 Credits)
The minor in legal studies is for students interested in the study of law and legal institutions and in the relationship of law to other aspects of society and culture. The law extends throughout contemporary political, social, and economic systems, playing an important role in shaping the conduct of life for both individuals and institutions. It is important for students to understand the forces that shape law, the way laws have been used and understood by a variety of people in differing historical circumstances, and the consequences of law for contemporary life. Political, sociological, historical, and philosophical approaches to legal phenomena are included in the course of study. Recognizing the critical role that law plays in societies, the minor in legal studies is designed to guide students to courses that will deepen and expand their understanding of law as practiced, especially its influence on social and economic institutions.

Required courses:

• Law and Society
• Philosophy of Law
• Constitutional Law
• International Law & Organizations
• Human Rights and Global Perspectives
  

Minor: Public Policy (20 Credits)
The purpose of this minor is to provide students with a foundation in the field of public policy and allow them to make connections between public policy and other fields of study. This minor explores the contemporary public policy issues, especially those connected to the science and technology fields. This minor underscores the role of public policy on science and technology-based problems. Through the minor, students obtain a deeper understanding of what public policy is and how it is integrated within a number of specific contexts.

Required Courses:

• Foundations of Public Policy
• Minor-Capstone

Plus any 3 of the following courses:

• Energy Policy
• Science and Technology
• Politics and Public Policy

Alternatives:

• Environmental Policy
• Information & Communication Policy

Minor: Economics (24 Credits)
An economics minor provides a systemic analysis of economic issues through the study of the allocation of scarce resources into production and the distribution of production among the members of society.

Required Courses:

• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics

Plus any 3 of the following courses:

• Public Finance
• Natural Resource Economics
• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Monetary Analysis and Policy

Plus any 1 of the following:

• Applied Econometrics
• Economic Forecasting