Online Bachelor of Professional Studies Courses
Curriculum Details
- 20 Courses
- 60 Credit Hours
- 14-Week Subscription Periods
You’ll complete Winthrop University’s online Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) program through a competency-based subscription model. Each subscription period lasts 14 weeks and provides flexibility for studying at your preferred pace — part or full time. This format helps you meet your current commitments while completing professional studies courses on your way to a bachelor’s degree.
As a degree-completion program, you’ll need to transfer at least 30 credits to enroll. Many students transfer 60 credits to satisfy the general education requirements, and eligible students can finish their degree even faster by transferring up to 75 percent of the required 120 credit hours.
The professional studies major is comprised of core courses, concentration courses, a capstone course and electives. You’ll tailor your major to your goals by selecting one of these concentrations:
Required Courses
Credits
Comprehensive survey of the principles of management and organizational behavior in all forms of business.
This course introduces the adult student to the B.P.S. degree program and helps them link prior learning and/or experience with future career goals. The course also provides a broad and analytical perspective on the principles of learning as a working adult.
Students learn principles and best practices governing human interaction in professional settings. Ethical principles are integrated with practical principles and practices, as these together foster strong professional organizations and positive community relationships.
Students build their critical thinking skills for application in academic and professional settings. Students learn a practical method of critical thought and analysis and develop written and spoken application of the method to understand and resolve practical real-world challenges and issues.
Students in this course establish and develop a professional identity and refine professional skills for application in specific professional settings. Students will encounter complex and challenging professional problems and apply ethical principles and critical thinking strategies to resolve them.
This course introduces the student to the systems and complexities of the global economy and to the issues that these create for the working professional. The course reveals principles for critically understanding and evaluating the global dimensions of the given professional setting. Faculty-led study of professional settings abroad is an integral component of the course; other global experiences may be considered pending approval from the program.
Core A: Managing & Leading the Organization
Credits
Elementary topics in probability and statistics, including descriptive statistics, binomial and normal distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing (including Chi-square tests), simple linear regression and correlation and the examination of published research.
Survey of principles organizations use in marketing goods, services, ideas, and people. A variety of projects and assignments using marketing concepts to help students see the interrelation and interdependence of various business functions and the importance of ethical decision-making.
Students in this course will appraise the fundamentals of project management, resource management, calculating return on investment, budgeting and personnel management. Attention will also be paid to the Cross-industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) analytics model as it applies to projects in the discipline of organizational operations and health informatics. Students will develop skills to effectively manage a project by having a solid grasp on project lifecycles, standards and methodologies developed by Project Management Institute (PMI).
Required Courses for Concentrations
Credits
Develop knowledge and skills in community health, nutrition and healthcare management to prepare for careers in health services.
- HCMT 200 Introduction to Health Care Management (3 credits)
- HCMT 300 The Healthcare Manager (3 credits)
- HLTH 300 Personal & Community Health (3 credits)
- MCOM 304 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
- NUTR 221 Human Nutrition (3 credits)
- PHIL 319 Diverse Moral Thinking Styles (3 credits)
Analyze and evaluate how data-driven solutions enhance healthcare operations while building skills for health informatics positions.
- ACCT 278 Introduction to Accounting Concepts for Managers (3 credits)
- BADM 361 Introduction to Analytics and Digital Visualization (3 credits)
- DSCI 352 Programming and Databases for Health Informatics (3 credits)
- DSCI 355 Problem Solving Methods in Health Informatics (3 credits)
- ECON 214 Foundations of Economic Analysis (3 credits)
- HLTH 310 Introduction to Health Informatics (3 credits)
Cultivate ethical leadership practices, learn workplace retention strategies and gain mentoring skills that position you for management roles.
- HLTH 300 Personal & Community Health (3 credits)
- MCOM 304 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
- MGMT 322 Introduction to Talent Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 475 Leadership in Organizations (3 credits)
- MGMT 485 Organizational Development, Innovation and Change (3 credits)
- PHIL 319 Diverse Moral Thinking Styles (3 credits)
Explore how supply chains, data analytics and other operations add value to organizations to advance in company operations, logistics and management.
- ACCT 278 Introduction to Accounting Concepts for Managers (3 credits)
- BADM 361 Introduction to Analytics and Digital Visualization (3 credits)
- DSCI 412 Data Science and Statistics for Organizational Operations (3 credits)
- ECON 214 Foundations of Economic Analysis (3 credits)
- PFST 410 Introduction to Operations Processes (3 credits)
- PFST 415 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
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