Applied Behavioral Sciences, B.A.

The Applied Behavioral Sciences program is designed for working adults who wish to complete undergraduate degrees for professional advancement or personal accomplishment. As a degree-completion program, it is intended for adults with significant life experience who have completed previous college coursework.

Students will learn about effective communication, group dynamics and human behavior for nonprofit, governmental, corporate and educational settings where employers need to maximize their human capital and serve clients.

Program Details:

• Requires 180 QH, including 60 QH of General Education, for completion
• Requires a minimum of 90 QH of previous college credit to be admitted
• Up to 60 QH of technical credit may be transferred 
• Credit by examination, portfolio and proficiency are accepted for general education and elective credit
• The program core must be taken at NLU
• Students may complete a major, minor or concentration, listed below

Major:

• Spanish Language and Culture Studies

Minors:

• Art
• Biology
• Criminal Justice
• English
• Mathematics
• Music
• Philosophy
• Physical Science
• Psychology
• Psychology/Human Development
• Science
• Social Science
• Theatre Arts

Concentrations:

• Aging Studies
• Public Policy
• Spanish Language
• International Management
• Leadership

Required Courses

Communications

Two college-level writing courses. The courses below are recommended:

Humanities

One Humanities course

Fine Arts

One Fine Arts course

Quantitative Reasoning

One college-level Mathematics course

Physical and Life Sciences

One Science course

Social Sciences

One undergraduate Social Science course

Behavioral Science

One undergraduate Behavioral Science course

Additional General Education

Choose additional General Education courses to total 60 QH of general education

Program Core - 58 QH

Electives - 62 QH

Choose additional courses to total 180 QH. These hours may be used to complete the major, minors and concentrations listed above.

For more information about this program, visit http://nlu.nl.edu/t4/academics/bachelorsprograms/artsandsciences/baappliedbehavioralsciences/.