Professional Studies: Academic Information
The flexible curriculum of the Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) program allows students to transfer in credit from a community college or other accredited institution.
Students can select a concentration that aligns with their professional goals in the areas of applied data analytics, health policy and management, or project management.
The Bachelor of Professional Studies program includes core classes that cover business topics such as communication in the workplace, leadership, professionalism, and elementary statistics. Students are required to complete a capstone project and are encouraged to pursue one or two minors or courses related to their area of concentration.
Each concentration requires 18 credit hours. Applied data analytics courses cover topics such as programming, database applications, data visualization, data mining, and predictive analytics and forecasting.
The health policy and management concentration offers a number of course options that include health communication, health care law and ethics, epidemiology, public health nutrition, environmental health, and more.
The project management concentration has one required course, foundations of project management, and a number of options for the remaining credit hours that include project scheduling and control, team leadership, organizational and project risk management, and procurement and supply chain management.
View the course and curriculum requirements for the Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program.
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