Bachelor of Professional Studies

CHOOSE Concentration A or B below:

Course Requirements

A. Organizational Leadership

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BPS 460	Seminar in Organizational Leadership	4	Fall, Spring
COMM 333	Intercultural Communication	4	As needed.
COMM 454	Organizational Communication	4	Annually.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 201W	Foundations of Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 306	Managing a Diverse Workforce	4	Fall, Spring.
MGT 320	Human Resource Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 322	Organizational Behavior	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 341W	Business, Government, and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	Total Credit Hours:	36

B. Social Services

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BPS 461	Seminar in Social Services	4	Fall, Spring
COMM 333	Intercultural Communication	4	As needed.
HPE 410	Managing Stress and Mental/Emotional Health	3	Fall, Spring.
NPST 300	Institute in Nonprofit Studies	4	Fall.
NPST 301	Financial Management for Nonprofits	3	Spring.
NPST 402	Staff and Volunteer Management for Nonprofits	3	Fall.
NPST 404	Communications and Resource Development for Nonprofits	3	Spring.
SWRK 325	Diversity and Oppression II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SWRK 326W	Generalist Social Work Practice	4	Fall, Spring.
SPED 461/SPED 561	Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders	3	Fall
	Total Credit Hours:	35

General Education Requirements

The college has a 40-credit General Education program which is required for all undergraduate programs. The Bachelor of Professional Studies is the only degree program with an approved alternate general education program. It includes several courses BPS students may have completed in prior college work and will not need to repeat. Other courses have been selected that will satisfy General Education outcomes as well as program requirements in both concentrations.

Introduction to BPS

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BPS 100	Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Portfolio Development	2	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	Total Credit Hours:	2

Professional Writing

 

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
FYW 100	Introduction to Academic Writing	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-And-
ENGL 230W	Workplace Writing	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
ENGL 231W	Multimodal Writing	4	Alternate years.
	-Or-
ENGL 232W	Public and Community Writing	4	Alternate years.
	Total Credit Hours:	8

Quantitative Skills

 

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 139	Math, Data, and the Contemporary Citizen	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	Total Credit Hours:	4

or any mathematics course numbered 177 or higher.

Arts and Humanities

PHIL 206 plus one 100-level or higher course in art, dance, film, English (literature), history, modern languages, music or theatre.

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PHIL 206	Ethics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	Total Credit Hours:	6-7

 

Science/AQSR

 

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PSCI 250	Topic: Science as a Way of Knowing	4	As needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	4

Social & Behavioral Sciences

 

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 306	Work and Organizations	4	As needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	8

NOTE: Students in Organizational Leadership may count ECON 200 and students in Social Sciences may count SWRK 325 towards four of the remaining general education credits. This leaves 3-4 additional credits to fulfill the BPS general education requirement. Prior earned college credit will be evaluated to determine which (if any) of the above or those additional credits 3-4 credits may be counted. If not, the student will have to take an additional Gen Ed prior to graduation. GEND 200 can be offered in the 7-week format and will be among the recommended choices for additional Gen Ed credit if needed.