Specifically, the courses in the AS-SPM curriculum measure a student’s ability to:

1. Apply technical experience while matriculating to a supervisory/entry-level management position, which is demonstrated by successful completion of the projects required in the core courses;
2. Create strategies for an improved workforce and performance while focusing on leading skilled-trades crews in field operations, which is demonstrated by successfully mastering the competencies in the core and elective courses;
3. Evaluate ways to improve industry-specific operational processes, which is demonstrated by successful completion of the core and elective course deliverables; and
4. Consider the positive impact on communities when all citizens are given opportunities to succeed, which are demonstrated by successful completion of the required general education courses.

Minimum Program Credit Hours by Category

Program Length

Graduation Criteria

An associate’s degree at UoNA can be earned by completing the minimum course requirements of 94.5 quarter-hour credits. To qualify for graduation, students must meet all credit requirements as described below:

1. Students enrolled in an associate’s degree program must earn a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 2.0 (C), out of 4.0, and a minimum letter grade of not less than D in all courses to graduate.
2. The student must have completed a minimum of 94.5 quarter-hour credits. The required distribution of these credit hours is charted by category in the program curriculum.
3. The maximum number of credit hours permitted for the completion of an associate’s degree program is 142 quarter-hour credits.
4. Associate’s degree students may transfer up to (70%) 66 quarter-hour college credits earned at other accredited institutions that meet UoNA’s transfer credit policy criteria.

General Education (7 Courses)

• Course
  Credit Hrs

• ENGL 101 - Oral Communications

  4.5

• ENGL 102 - English Composition

  4.5

• ENGL 103 - Advanced Writing

  4.5

• DIGI 201 - Information Literacy in Contemporary Society

  4.5

• FINS 201 - Financial Literacy in Contemporary Society

  4.5

• MATH 101 - College Algebra

  4.5

• MATH 102 - Calculus

  4.5

• QANT 301 - Statistics

  4.5

• SOSC 101 - Sociology

  4.5

• SOSC 102 - Psychology

  4.5

• SOSC 103 - Political Science

  4.5

• SOSC 201 - Law and Ethics

  4.5

• SOSC 202 - American Cultural Studies

  4.5

• SOSC 203 - World History – Ancient to 1750

  4.5

• SOSC 204 - World History – 1750 to Present

  4.5

• SCIN 201 - Future Studies

  4.5

Program Core (10 Courses)

• ACCT 201 - Budgeting for Projects and Departments

  4.5

• INST 201 - Introduction to Information Systems

  4.5

• MGMT 110 - Business Communications

  4.5

• MGMT 201 - Principles of Management

  4.5

• MGMT 103 - Project Management Tools for Supervisors

  4.5

• MGMT 150 - Field Operations Management

  4.5

• MGMT 225 - Supervision of Field Technicians

  4.5

• MGMT 304 - Leadership Theories and Practices

  4.5

• TECH 101 - Introduction to Computers

  4.5

• CAPS 390 - Capstone Course

  4.5

Elective (4 Courses)