BPS Graduate

Professional Studies Program Requirements Overview

To earn the Bachelor of Professional Studies, students must complete all of the following requirements:

  • FAU General Education or AA Degree from a public Florida college/university 
  • Gordon Rule - Communication & Computation Skills
  • Civic Literacy (if applicable)
  • Foreign Language Entrance Requirement
  • Professional Studies Core Competencies (see options below)
  • 120 total credit hour minimum (this includes):
    • 45 upper division (3000-4999 level) credit hour minimum
    • 30 upper division credit hours earned at FAU minimum
    • 9 summer credit hours minimum (if applicable)
  • 2.0 FAU GPA Minimum



 Professional Studies Core Competencies (18 credits)

Must earn a grade of "C" or better

 

ADVANCED WRITING -CHOOSE 1 COURSE


ENC 3213 Professional Writing (Meets WAC Requirement)

ENC 3310 Advanced Exposition (Meets WAC Requirement)

ENC 4354 Writing for Nonprofits (Meets WAC Requirement)

ENG 4020 Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (Meets WAC Requirement)

SPC 4517 Rhetoric of Argument (Meets WAC Requirement)

 

CULTURAL STUDIES -CHOOSE 1 COURSE


ANT 4302 Gender and Culture

CCJ 4054 Ethics and the Justice System

DEP 3053 Psychology of Human Development

GEA 4405 Culture & Environment; Latin America & Caribbean

HFT 3221 Human Resource Management for Hospitality

LDR 4204 Ethics & Power in Leadership

LIT 4355 Black Literature

LIT 4383 Women in Literature

LIT 4434 Literature and the Environment

LIT 4523 LGBTQ+ Literature

MAN 4301 Human Resource Management

PAD 4894 Diversity and Social Vulnerability in Public Safety Administration

SOP 3742 Psychology of Women

SPC 3704 American Multicultural Discourse

SPC 4712 Gender, Race, and Communication

SYD 3510 Environmental Sociology

SYO 3534 Poverty and Society 


GLOBAL STUDIES -
CHOOSE 1 COURSE


ANT 3361 Cultures of South Asia

INR 4350 Global Environmental Politics and Policies

LDR 3115 Contemporary Issues in Leadership

LIT 4225 World Literature: Critical Approach

LIT 4244 Major Writers of World Lit in English

MAN 3600 International Business

MAN 3442 International Business Negotiations

SYP 3454 Globalization and Social Movements

SYP 4453 Global Social Change

Study Abroad

 

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY - CHOOSE 1 COURSE


COM 3120 Organizational Communication

COM 3405 Human Communication Theory

GEB 3213 Intro to Business Communication (Meets WAC Requirement)

HSA 3111 Health Care Delivery Systems

ISM 4041 Contemporary Issues in Digital Data Management

ISM 4381 Health Care Information Systems

MAR 3326 Principles of Advertising

PAD 3438 Communication Skills for Public Managers

QMB 3302 Data Management and Analysis with Excel

SPC 3425 Small Group Processes

SPC 3710 Intercultural Communication

 

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT - CHOOSE 1 COURSE


ENT 4024 Entrepreneurship

HFT 3003 Hospitality Management

HFT 3741 Meeting and Event Management

HFT 4503 Hospitality Marketing and Revenue Management

HSA 3104 Introduction to Health Care Professions

HSA 4223 Management of Long-Term Care Facility

LDR 3216 Leadership and Social Change

LDR 4104 Theories in Leadership

LDR 4250 Introduction in Field Leadership

MAN 3025 Management & Org Behavior

MAN 4029 Service Operation

PAD 4332 Managing for Excellence in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors


CAREER ENRICHMENT - CHOOSE 1 COURSE


IDS 4894 RI: Professional Captstone (Required)

IDS 3949 Professional Internship

SLS 4342 Professional Development

LDR 4951 Capstone Seminar on Leadership

Directed Independent Project/Study (various)

 

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