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Our bachelor of applied science degree is a flexible online program that provides busy students the opportunity to design a course of study around their academic and professional goals. Take your ambition and passion and strive forward with a degree path as unique and you are.

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Admission Requirements

Online Bachelor of Applied Science Curriculum

Flexible online courses taught by experts.

Explore diverse aspects of life, society, and human culture while gaining the knowledge and skills you need to enter the workplace, change careers, or complete academic work that you’ve perhaps started elsewhere. Grounded in the Jesuit educational tradition that makes Loyola distinctive, this general studies degree online provides a solid foundation in critical thinking and values-based decision-making.

Degree Overview

120 Credits

Bachelor of Applied Science

Loyola's online bachelor of applied science consists of 120 credit hours, which includes:

30 credits of major courses (within 2 different specialization areas)
39 credits of Loyola Core courses
51 credits of general elective courses

Check out the University Bulletin to view further curriculum information about Loyola's bachelor of applied science degree and download a degree worksheet.

Major Courses (30 credits) include:

Information Literacy & Research (3 credits)
Professional Writing (3 credits)
Specialization Area I – 4 courses (12 credits)
Specialization Area II – 4 courses (12 credits)

In addition to the Loyola Core curriculum and a range of general electives, students in the online bachelor of applied science program complete 30 hours of major courses from two different specializations of their choosing. The specialization areas of study are listed below.

Business Management

As a professional, it’s useful to have a holistic understanding of business. This degree specialization teaches principles and skills you can immediately apply in a range of careers. You will learn how to make critical and ethical business decisions, analyze data, effectively weigh risks and rewards, employ best management and marketing practices, and much more.

Prerequisites: BA-B100

Sample courses:

Compelling Business Communications
Managing People and Organizations
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management
International Management

Computer Science

Every industry is impacted by the continually accelerating growth of technology, and students in computer and technology majors are no longer faced with the prospect of only working in narrowly defined technological occupations. This concentration provides an introduction to the world of computer science and prepares you for a career as a web designer, information technology consultant, data analyst, system developer, network engineer, software engineer, and game programmer.

Prerequisites: MATH T122, A115, or higher

Sample courses:

Intro to Programming I
Intro to Programming II
Object-Oriented Programming
World Wide Web and Scripts
One course from COSC A200-A499

Cybersecurity

Prerequisites: MATH T122, A115, or higher

Sample Courses

Intro to Cybersecurity
Computing Ethics
Corp. Cybersecurity Strategy
Intro to Relational Databases

Students entering with COSC-A211 or A212 credit may choose from:

Internet Technologies
Ethical Hacking-Penetration Testing
Digital Forensic
Cryptography and Its Applications

Criminology and Justice

Our criminology and justice program reviews the nature of crime and how society manages and deters criminal activity. Studying for your applied science degree in the criminology department, you’ll learn from those with expert theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience in the criminal justice system. Courses cover law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and the private/corporate criminal justice sector.

Prerequisites: no prerequisites to begin

Sample Courses

Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems
Criminology Fundamentals
Juvenile Justice
Correctional Institutions
Women and Crime

Mass Communications

From mobile photography to social engagement, this concentration teaches you how to master communications in our digital world. Prepare to immerse yourself in the tactical skills and strategic knowledge necessary to get ahead of the competition.

Prerequisites: ENGL T122

Sample Courses

Intro to Communications
Communications Writing
Digital Communications
Seminar in Ethics & Diversity
Social Media Strategies

Professional Writing

Prerequisites: ENGL T122

Sample courses:

Writing from Sources
Professional Writing
Communications Writing
Writing: Technique and Technology
Compelling Business Communications

Church Administration

Prerequisites: ENGL T122 (only for CMMN-A101

Sample courses:

Introduction to Ministry
Leadership in Ministry
Managing People & Organizations
Human Resource Management
Communications Writing

Psychology

You want to understand how the human mind thinks and learns, and how it processes decisions and perceptions. And you want to use that knowledge to help others. Whatever your goals, our program and expert faculty will prepare for success in research, continued study, and a career.

Prerequisites: no prerequisites to begin

Sample courses:

Introduction to Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Social Psychology
Introduction to Research

Applied Development

Prerequisites: no prerequisites to begin

Sample courses:

Introduction to Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Abnormal Psychology OR Social Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Psychology of Human Aging

Loyola Core Courses

39 credits

Bachelor of Applied science

Loyola Core Courses (39 credits):

The goal of the Loyola Core is to foster students’ competency in five key areas:

Critical Thinking
Effective Communication
Quantitative Reasoning
Information Literacy
Ethical Reasoning

To help students develop these competencies, the Loyola Core embraces an interdisciplinary approach to learning with an emphasis on the spiritual and intellectual, the moral and ethical, the natural and social scientific, the humanistic, and the artistic.

Foundation Courses

Foundation courses should be taken in your first three online sessions at Loyola and include:

English – Critical Reading & Writing
Math Models or Finite Math
Science Process – Investigating Nature

Knowledge & Values Courses

Students complete courses in the following nine categories:

Creative Arts & Cultures
History I
History II
Natural Science in Context
Philosophy I: Introduction to the Philosophy of Reasoning
Philosophy II: Philosophy of Knowledge & Morality
Religious Studies I: Christian Traditions
Religious Studies II: World Religions
Social Sciences
Writing About Literature

General Electives

51 credits

Bachelor of Applied science

General Elective Courses (51 credits)

The online bachelor of applied science requires 51 credit hours of general electives. There is a wide range of online elective courses to choose from, and many transfer courses can be used to satisfy requirements in this area.

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