Technical and Professional Studies, BS
This program allows students to incorporate technical training from another institution (e.g. a certificate program) into a degree in professional studies.
Program Learning Outcomes
The following learning outcomes are linked to assignments and activities throughout this program:
- Professional graduates think critically and synthesize knowledge across disciplines.
- Professional graduates effectively communicate ideas and collaborate with others in multidisciplinary settings.
- Professional graduates demonstrate contextual thinking, drawing from multiple perspectives within the fabric of time, culture, and personal experience, giving special attention to the Christian story.
- Professional graduates discover creative insights to real world problems by applying theory to practice in various settings.
- Professional graduates articulate a sense of vocation through a unique integration of disciplines that embodies their own personal beliefs, values, attitudes, and skills.
Requirements for the BS in Technical and Professional Studies
General Education Core 40 hours
Professional Studies Core 20 hours
| BUS 3003 | Business Communication | 3 |
| IDS 2103 | Introduction to the Arts & Sciences | 3 |
| IDS 3001 | Interdisciplinary Studies and Vocation | 1 |
| IDS 4601 | Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies | 1 |
| IDS 4813 | Senior Project in Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 |
| IDS 4893 | Internship in Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 |
| AND | |
| Choose 6 hours from | |
| COM 3533 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| ENG 4873 | English Internship | 3 |
| HIS 3423 | Globalization in the Developing World | 3 |
| HON 3113 | The American Experience: Advanced Studies | 3 |
| HON 3213 | Global Citizenship: Advanced Studies | 3 |
| INS 3113 | Studies in European Civilization | 3 |
| INS 4413 | Aesthetics | 3 |
| LDR 3653 | Strategic Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
| MED 3003 | Media and Society | 3 |
| MED 4893 | Media Internship | 3 |
| MIN 3623 | The Church and Society | 3 |
| MIN 3873 | Ministry Internship | 3 |
| PHI 4413 | Aesthetics | 3 |
| POS 3013 | The U.S. in the Modern World | 3 |
| PSY 3093 | History and Systems of Psychology | 3 |
| SEN 2013 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SEN 3003 | Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| THE 4893 | Theatre Internship | 3 |
Professional Studies Major 48 hours
First Area of Concentration: at least 24 hours. Must include at least 8 Upper-Division hours and be selected from the following concentration options:
- Business
- General Science
- Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Professional Writing
- Psychology
- Religion
- Strategic Leadership
Second Area of Concentration: at least 24 hours. This concentration must be selected from recognized certification programs of recognized technical training institutions. See the dean of the school for a list of available options.
Electives 12 hours
Total Credit Hours: 120