Online Bachelor of Professional Studies

PROGRAM TIME TO COMPLETION: at your own pace

Competency-Based Education for Working Professionals

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Whether you'd like to advance in your current role or embark on a new path, Winthrop University's online Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) degree completion program helps you gain the skills to stand out. With this degree, you can enhance your employability, increase earning potential and transition into leadership and management roles.

Program Fast Facts

  • 100% online
  • 14-week CBE subscription model
  • 4 concentrations
  • 3 intakes per year
  • Degree completion program - Minimum of 30 transfer credits required

The B.P.S. program is designed for ultimate flexibility and features a unique competency-based education (CBE) structure in conjunction with asynchronous learning and 100% online courses. It is a 14-week subscription-based model where you'll pay for access to take professional studies courses for a given term at your pace and complete competencies along the way. The CBE structure is also ideal for degree completion — transfer your eligible credits (30 credit minimum), finish your bachelor's degree and round out your resume with essential skills.

    With each competency you gain, you'll hone data analysis, decision-making, leadership, problem-solving and project management skills that apply to any industry. Tailor your professional studies degree to your ideal career with a concentration in Community and Health Services, Health Informatics, Organizational Leadership or Organizational Operations.

      Maximize all your eligible transfer credits – up to 75% of coursework.

      Benefits of the Professional Studies Degree's CBE Subscription Model

      The B.P.S. CBE structure includes these key features and advantages:

      • Course subscription model: Once you have paid a 14-week subscription fee, you can move through coursework and competencies conveniently at your pace. This structure allows the B.P.S. program to adapt to your schedule, even if your availability changes
      • Simplified cost: The subscription rate is $1,750 per subscription period if you're studying part-time (access to fewer than 12 credit hours) and $3,500 per subscription period if you're studying full-time (access to 12 or more credit hours)
      • Summative assessments: At the end of each course, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the topic. Once you earn the associated competency, you can add it to your professional portfolio
      • Comprehensive portfolio: Our seamless CBE structure makes it easy to compile highlights from your competencies into a portfolio that will demonstrate your skills to potential employers and managers

      Gain Essential Professional Skills

      We developed the B.P.S. degree in close consultation with employers to ensure you have standout knowledge, skills and abilities for today's competitive job market. Potential employers seek candidates with strong decision-making, problem-solving and management skills. Each B.P.S. competency will help you hone these invaluable practices.

      In the B.P.S. program's core courses, you'll also explore workplace diversity and collaboration, applied critical thinking, organizational behavior, global economies and more. As you refine your skills, you'll establish and develop your unique professional identity and approach to leadership in your field. Graduate with a portfolio of work that represents your competencies and achievements for future employers.

      Choose a Concentration That Aligns with Your Career Goals

      The online B.P.S. offers four concentrations:

      • Community and Health Services: Develop knowledge and skills in community health, nutrition, and healthcare management. Prepare to become a medical and health services manager, healthcare administrator or practice manager
      • Health Informatics: Analyze and evaluate how data-driven solutions are utilized in healthcare systems. Explore clinical decision support, arrangement of care, patient privacy, medical record-keeping and more. You could become a health informaticist, health informatics specialist or medical records specialist
      • Organizational Leadership: Cultivate ethical leadership practices as you learn to enhance talent and retention. You'll also develop coaching and mentoring skills. This concentration can lead to a role as a human resource professional, management consultant, nonprofit manager, general manager and more
      • Organizational Operations: Analyze the role that operations, inventory, data analytics and supply chain processes play in providing economic and financial value to an organization. Become a supply chain manager, operations manager, project manager, logistics manager or production manager

      Why Choose Winthrop's Professional Studies Degree?

      We're proud to offer an online program that puts you first by focusing on your individual needs. The B.P.S. program is:

      • Competency-Based: You'll register for one 14-week subscription period at a time and complete competencies at your own pace. Finish the program in a time frame that works for you
      • Highly Flexible: In addition to the benefits of competency-based education, this program is offered 100% online, so you can continue working while you study
      • Leadership-Focused: Each concentration includes coursework in leadership and management, so you'll be prepared to advance no matter which concentration you choose
      • Optimized: We work hard to maximize transfer credits and prior learning. Transfer all your eligible credits, up to 75% of the B.P.S. program
      • Personalized: We strive to help you succeed. Dedicated staff and personnel assist you with the application process, enrollment, graduation and everything else

      B.P.S. Learning Outcomes

      When you complete the online Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.), you'll be able to:

      • Think critically and solve problems in practical settings
      • Develop personal and social responsibility
      • Understand the interconnected nature of the world and the time in which you live
      • Communicate effectively in practical settings
      • Apply analytical methods, strategic thinking, and ethical principles to solve professional and work-related problems

      For more information on the program's learning outcomes, visit our curriculum page.

      Our small classes and expert faculty foster a tightly networked community of professionals dedicated to excellence.

      Take Your Career to the Next Level

      Whether you'd like to advance in your current role or embark on a new path, you'll have the skills to stand out. Apply your B.P.S. degree to education, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and technology services positions. Start your path toward these careers and many more:

      • Business analyst
      • Healthcare administrator
      • Health informatics specialist
      • Human resource professional
      • Management consultant
      • Medical records specialist
      • Nonprofit manager
      • Office manager
      • Operations manager
      • Practice manager
      • Project manager
      • Quality analyst
      • Supply chain manager

      Get More Information Now!

      An online B.P.S. from Winthrop University helps prepare you with the adaptable expertise and skills you need to progress toward your career goals. Contact a program manager toll-free at 833/257-1704 to learn more or request more information today.