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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 degree in a technical area. For example, you might add 30 hours of business-related courses to a health care, engineering technology or computer science technology associate 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:

1. Completing 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 Western.
2. Developing a concentration related to your career goals. A minimum of 10 courses is required.
3. Completing at least 30 hours of junior and senior level coursework. (Typically, these 30 hours will overlap substantially, or entirely, with the concentration.)
4. Maintaining a 2.3 GPA in the concentration.
5. 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.