Was anyone else puzzled by the announcement that came over the lists yesterday. Apparently we are getting ready to start a new degree program called a Bachelor of Applied Studies.
There is an information meeting about next Monday, April 3 at 11:30 - 12:30 in Reeve Memorial Union 220AB. I'll try to go, but it is a bad time for me.
What could this possibly be? Don't we already have applied studies? We call them business, nursing, education, biology, chemistry, history, journalism, etc.
It doesn't sound good. Isn't this what athletes in division I sports major in (and then don't finish)? Is this going to be another step towards watering down the quality and rigor of a degree from UWO?
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I did a google search on Applied Studies and found many universities have this degree option. However, for most of their sites, the degree option sounds very similar to Organizational Administration. Possibly the university is just changing the name?
Thanks for your comments! The googling got me started and led me to the Iowa site!
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