May 13, 2025  
*DRAFT* University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
*DRAFT* University Catalog 2025-2026

Applied Technology and Business Leadership, BS


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BS in Applied Tech & Business Leadership
Location:
 AU Los Angeles
Credits for Degree: 180 quarter credits
Standard Mode of Instruction: Flexible
Standard time to completion: 36 months

General Degree Requirements

All Antioch University undergraduates must meet general education requirements in the areas of Liberal Arts (called Domains of Knowledge), Antioch Core courses, and a Capstone experience. See the Undergraduate Studies: General Degree Requirements  page for an explanation of undergraduate general education requirements.

Applied Technology & Business Leadership Major

The Bachelor of Science in Applied Technology and Business Leadership gives students with technical skills an opportunity to develop business skills that will help them advance in their professional field. The major prepares students with practical business tools and a leadership perspective they can apply to their own particular professional area. Antioch’s unique focus places emphasis on understanding how business and organizations can benefit from a social lens and considering ethical implications in a practical framework.

Students completing this degree demonstrate the ability to:

  • Use applied technology skills in a professional context while thinking critically about obstacles and their solutions from a leadership perspective
  • Apply functional business tools, always keeping in mind the social responsibilities of business practices
  • Use leadership and interpersonal skills to promote business ethics, values, and integrity related to professional activities and personal relationships

Pathway to Graduate Management Programs

The Pathway (also known as Fast Track) offers qualified BS in Applied Technology and Business Leadership students the opportunity to save time and tuition costs while progressing from undergraduate to graduate studies in any of three Antioch graduate management programs. The three available options are: the Master of Business Administration (MBA), the Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management (MANM), and the Master of Human Services Administration (MHSA). Pathway students take 9 semester credits/13.5 quarter units of courses that count towards graduation requirements for both their bachelor’s degree and their master’s degree.

Current Tuition and Fees

University Tuition and Fees  

Breakdown of Major Requirements


  • 27 minimum transfer credit in one cohesive technical or professional area
  • 27 credits of upper division credits (50% of the major)
    • 9 credits of major core coursework
    • 9 credits of professional competencies
    • 6 credits of non-classroom learning
    • 3 credits of capstone (same options available to other undergraduates)

Non-Classroom Learning


Students in the Applied Technology and Business Leadership major must earn 6 upper-division credits (typically 2 activities) of non-classroom learning related to their major. Non-classroom learning includes a diverse array of options, from internships to prior learning. Students are strongly encouraged to select internship placements relevant to their interests and career goals from Antioch’s Internship Office, or to seek out a unique internship placement with the support and approval of Antioch’s Internship Office. Similarly, students may consult with their faculty advisor about major-related prior learning projects, which not only deepen understanding around students’ lived experiences, but can also save on tuition costs.

Capstone


Students must enroll in one of the following 3-credit capstone activities, typically in or near the student’s final quarter. The Capstone should be directly connected to the student’s major:

  • Capstone Community Service Learning: This is a one-term learning experience that is externally facing and engages students in a service project that benefits the community.
  • Senior Synthesis Seminar & Capstone: This capstone begins with a seminar during which students reflect on their undergraduate learning experience and build a portfolio that reflects their achievement of the program learning outcomes. During that seminar, students also propose an original project, their capstone. The capstone project is registered separately and most likely follows the seminar term, although they could be coincident for a student already engaged in a relevant project.
  • Capstone Internship: This capstone involves students working in community through an internship or similar field experience that concludes with an reflective component that synthesizes their learning and connects the field experience to the overall undergraduate learning outcomes.

 

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