Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Professional Studies, B.S.


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The Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies is a career-focused, degree-completion program that provides students with theoretical and practical educational experiences designed to enhance their current professional capabilities. A degree in Professional Studies will prepare students for both career advancement and new career opportunities.

This program ensures students have the skills necessary to succeed in a variety of work and academic environments.

The curriculum is flexible, so students can tailor the degree to their personal, academic, and professional goals. This degree is available in both an on-ground and on-line format.

Professional Studies students will graduate with the skills expected of an educated person, which includes the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, interact in diverse environments, read comprehensively, and conduct research.

Due to the great flexibility in course selection, students are advised to work closely with their academic advisor to ensure that all of the curriculum requirements are met.

Program Outcomes

  1. Express ideas through various modes of communication.
  2. Apply information literacy skills to further professional and personal growth.
  3. Apply critical thinking to solve professional and personal problems.
  4. Analyze global, social, political, and economic trends through the lens of Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Social Justice.
  5. Describe how identity, values, and diversity shape human experience.
  6. Propose evidence-based solutions to problems of professional practice. (Capstone)
  7. Evaluate ethical implications of professional and personal behavior.
  8. Synthesize various forms of data to cultivate professional and personal growth.

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete all bachelor’s level general graduation requirements   as stated in the catalog. Additionally, it is required that students complete the Professional Studies Capstone (PRO 495 ).

Curriculum


General Education Requirements - 40 Credits


Note:


**Elective credits may be chosen from any general education course, unless directed by the program. General Education courses contain the following prefixes: ENG, MATH, STAT, CAP, COM, BIO, CHEM, SCI, HIS, HUM, PHIL, SPAN, PSY, and SOC.

Programmatic General Education Requirements - 6 Credits


Major Core Requirements - 33 Credits


Electives - 42 Credits


  • 2XX - Elective Credit(s): 21
  • 3XX - Elective Credit(s): 21

Total Credits in the Program: 121


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