Applied Management

Careers in Applied Management

Occupations in Applied Management encompass a wide variety of skills, roles, clients and settings including:

• Retail Manager

  As a retail manager, you can organize your store’s operations, hire and develop personnel, and prepare and control your store’s budget with the goal of maximizing performance.

• Healthcare Operations Manager

  As a healthcare operations manager, you’ll lead teams toward solving your organization’s challenges and needs. Healthcare operations managers work on the “front lines,” working with clients and leading personnel.

• Human Resource Manager

  As a Human Resource Manager, you’ll identify staffing needs, perform hiring functions, conduct onboarding trainings, assist employees with benefits and payroll, and function as a liaison between the organization and its staff.

• Financial Manager

  As a financial manager, you’ll be responsible for capital budgeting, examining the cash flows of your organization and making decisions about how best to make investments and manage expenses.

• Information Manager

  In the modern world of business, information is playing an increasingly important role for enterprises of all shapes and sizes. As an Information Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to determine how to collect data, analyze information and provide solutions to the needs of your business.

Applied Management Faculty

Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Application

Columbia Basin College (CBC) is accredited as a BAS degree-granting institution by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. This application and guidelines are for applicants who are interested in the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Management (Optional concentrations: Agriculture, Healthcare Administration)
• Bachelor of Applied Science in Cyber Security
• Bachelor of Applied Science in Software Development
• Bachelor of Applied Science in Project Management (Optional concentration: Construction)

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For Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene, Health Physics, Teacher Education, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) degrees, do NOT use these guidelines and application. Contact each program for the program-specific application.

Eligibility

Applicants must have met the following requirements:

• Earned at least an associate degree from an academic transfer or career/technical program or completed at least 90 college-level credits from an academic transfer or career/technical program(s) and

Applicants must have completed the following prerequisites:

• At least one 100+ level math course with a minimum grade of 2.0
• ENGL& 101 or the equivalent course with a minimum grade of 2.0

If you have questions about your eligibility, we strongly encourage you to consult the appropriate program advisor listed on the next page on the above prerequisites as you may have already taken the course(s) or equivalent.

Application Deadline

Each program reviews completed applications and admits new students throughout the academic year. While new applications are continuously reviewed, applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their applications early; seats in these classes can become very limited as we approach the beginning of each quarter. In order for your application to be considered, all steps must be completed with the required materials submitted one week prior to the first day of each quarter.

Requirements Checklist

• Completed online CBC Application for Admission (for new CBC students only)
• Completed CBC BAS application
• Official transcript(s)*, sealed, verifying;
  • Your completion of two-year degree and/or all other college credits earned
  • Your completion of the program prerequisites, if applicable

*For applicants who are current/past CBC students or CBC graduates: If you already have your academic records at CBC (e.g., CBC courses, courses from other institutions), you are NOT required to submit official transcript(s) with your application.

*You may submit your application while waiting for your official transcript(s) to arrive. The application will not be processed until the transcript(s) are received. Official transcripts must be received in a sealed envelope or sent electronically through our Washington State Student Management System (SMS), or authorized online service provider.

Instructions

1. Complete the online CBC Application for Admission. (Note: if you are a current CBC student you do NOT need to submit a CBC Application for Admission).
2. Receive CBC Student ID Number via your CBC acceptance email (after your admissions application has been processed).
3. Submit the BAS Application with all required documents listed in the Requirements Checklist via postal mail or in person.

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Effective November of 2017, CBC students who complete a BAS in Applied Management or BAS in Project Management degree will be eligible for enrollment in any of the City University of Seattle master's degrees listed below.

• Master of Business Administration with one of the following emphasis areas:
  • Change Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Global Management
  • Global Marketing
  • Human Resource Management
  • Project Management
  • Sustainable Business
  • Technology Management
• Master of Science in Project Management

Students who complete the CBC BAS in Applied Management degree will have the MBA prerequisite course waived.

Western Governors University Washington

Columbia Basin College has established the articulation agreement with Western Governors University Washington to provide the alumni with a more seamless transition to the graduate degree program. Effective April 2017, students who complete a BAS degree at CBC will also be eligible for enrollment in a master's degree program at Western Governors University Washington.

Check out the programs that CBC BAS graduates are enrolled in (as of June 2020):

• CBC DEGREE
  • BAS in Applied Management
• GRADUATE DEGREE
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy
• MA
  • Elementary Education
  • Elementary Education (K-8)
  • Elementary Education Spec. Eng Lang Learners
  • Government
• MASTER OF EDUCATION
  • Elementary Education (Leads to initial Teacher Licensure)
  • Secondary Education (Leads to initial Teacher Licensure)
• MBA
  • Business Administration
  • Healthcare Management
  • IT Management
  • Management and Strategy
  • Master of Business Administration
• MS
  • Accounting
  • Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
  • IN Project Management
  • Management in Leadership
  • Mental Health and Wellness
  • Operations/Project Management
  • Speech-Language Pathology
• CBC DEGREE
  • BAS Cyber Security
  • BAS Information Technology
• GRADUATE DEGREE
• MS
  
  • Computer Science
  • Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
• CBC DEGREE
  • BAS Project Management
• GRADUATE DEGREE
• MA
  • Elementary Education Spec. Special Education
  • Master of Engineering Technology and Technology Management
  • Engineering and Technology MGT

Program Learning Outcomes for Applied Management

Program learning outcomes are the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students will achieve before they graduate. The outcomes below were developed by the faculty in Applied Management with input from accrediting bodies, advisory committees, employers, etc. This collaboration ensures that the outcomes are relevant for careers that this degree leads to.

Students graduating with BAS in Applied Management will be able to:

1. Describe the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling).
2. Categorize the four resources of management (human, material, capital, and information).
3. Differentiate the three tiers of management (strategic, tactical, and operational/functional).
4. Apply cultural awareness to business operations, customer contacts, and workplace environments.
5. Recognize the impact of communications with stakeholders/customers/community members with different points of view in both legal and competitive aspects.
6. Model professionalism in collaborative environments and communications. 
7. Evaluate information for integrity and utility in order to promote informed decision-making.
8. Perform data analysis using modern technological resources.
9. Predict the impacts of technological changes on management processes.
10. Apply ethical frameworks to organizational challenges and management processes.