Applied Science, BSAS - Industrial Operations

120 total semester credit hours required

Community College AS Degree (approximately 60 semester credit hours)

Students are encouraged to complete at least 18 credit hours of the general education requirements as part of the AS degree, and it is highly recommended that students select Gordon Rule communication and computation courses to fulfill these requirements while at the community college.

The AS degree will transfer as a complete 60 credit hour package to USF (applicable only to the BSAS program). Technical course work will transfer as a 42 credit hour technical block. The remaining 18 credit hours of general education course work from the AS will be matched against USF requirements to determine which courses remain outstanding for fulfillment of the university's 36 credit hour general education requirements.

BSAS with concentration in Industrial Operations program requirements at USF Polytechnic (approximately 60 semester credit hours)

General Education Requirement
To earn a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida, students must complete the state required general education course work. Courses that were not completed as part of the AS degree may completed either at the lower or upper level. Students should meet with their academic advisor for assistance in selecting courses.

English composition (6 credit hours)
Quantitative methods (6 credit hours)
Social sciences (6 credit hours)
Natural sciences (6 credit hours)
Historical perspectives (6 credit hours)
Fine arts (3 credit hours)
African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or Asian perspectives (3 credit hours)

Prerequisite Requirements

• MAC 1105 College Algebra (3 credit hours)
• STA 2023 Introductory Statistics (3 credit hours)
• COP 2930 IT Programming Concepts (or equiv) (3 credit hours)

Course requirements for the industrial operations concentration

• ETG 3612 Operations Management (3 credit hours) (Fall 2009)
• MAN 3025 Principles of Management (3 credit hours)
• ACG 3074 Managerial Accounting for Non-Business Majors
  OR EIN 4352 Engineering Cost Analysis (3 credit hours)
• EIN 3241 Work Design and Ergonomics I (3 credit hours) (Fall 2010)
• EIN 4242 Work Design and Ergonomics II (3 credit hours) (Spring 2011)
• ETI 4116 Industrial Quality Control (3 credit hours) (Spring 2010)

Foreign Language Requirement (8-10 credit hours)
All students must complete the institution's foreign language requirement. For students receiving a Bachelor of Science degree, this is satisfied with successful completion of either two years of the same foreign language in high school or two semesters of the same foreign language in college. Foreign language courses are not available at USF Polytechnic.

Exit Requirements
Literature & Writing (3 credit hours)
Major Works/Issues (6 credit hours)

Program must include:

• A minimum of 48 credit hours of upper-level (3000-4999) courses
• At least 30 hours of the last 60 credit hours at USF
• CLAST requirements (exemptions will be accepted)