Bachelor’s in Professional Studies Degree Requirements

Below are the degree requirements for the Bachelor’s in Professional Studies. Visit the main program page to explore everything this degree offers!

Degree Plan

General Education Requirements (42 credits)

All students are required to complete the General Education Requirements in fulfillment of their Bachelor degree requirements

Oral Communication / Public Speaking (6 credits)

Select from:

• COMM_2016 Professional Communications in Healthcare
• COMM_4008 Healthcare Conversations
• COMM_3006 The Power of Storytelling
• SPCH_1155 Public Speaking
• THEA_2204 Intermediate Acting
• THEA_1110 Introduction to Acting

Professional Writing (3 credits)

Select from:

• CJUS_2100 – Professional Legal Writing
• THEAH_2255 / CRE – Playwriting and Dramatic Structure (CRE)
• WRISC_2201 – Scientific Writing
• WRIT_2101 – Intro to Prof & Tech Writing
• WRIT_2103 – Digital Writing & Multimedia
• WRIT_3001 – Advanced Writing Workshop
• ANIM_1300 – Writing for Animation
• ANIM_1500 – Storyboarding
• ANIM_1400 – Character Design

Inquiry and Analysis (6 credits)

Select from:

• ART_1137 History of Fashion Design
• ART_1832 Alternative Art
• ARTH_1206 Art Hist: Renaissance to Today
• ARTH_2154 Creativity as Practice
• ARTH_3219 Art in America
• CGDH_2020 History of Graphic Design
• CINE_1360 History of Television
• COMM_2205 Social Impact of Social Media
• EDUC_1108 Seminar: Prof Practice
• GEOG_1102 Geography and World Issues
• GOVT_1200 Introduction to Law
• GOVT_2071 Gender & Public Policy
• GOVT_2216 Current Events in Politics
• GOVT_3500 Social Analysis
• HIST_2203 Modern African History
• HIST_2217 American Soc & Intell History
• HUMN/PHIL_1551 AI and Critical Thinking
• HUMN_1100 Intro to Methods in the Humanities
• LITS_1100 Intro to Literary Analysis
• MUSIH_1021 Popular Music and Jazz
• MUSIH_1108 Elvis to Jlo: Pop Music 50 Yr
• MUSIH_2212 Beethoven to Beyonce
• PSYC_1201 General Psychology
• SOCI_2810 Social Problems and the Contemporary World
• SOCI_2901 World on the Move: Contemporary Migrations
• THEAH_1201 Theater through the Ages

Quantitative Reasoning (3 credits)

Select from:

• ACCT_2021 Intro Financial Accounting
• CGD_3303 Web Design
• CHEM_1118+ 1119 Forensic Science Lecture and Lab
• CSCI_3311 Python for Data Science
• ECON_2001 Intro to Microeconomics
• INTEC_1111 Information and Technological Literacy
• MIS_1045 Information Technology for Business
• MUSIC_2221 Fundamentals of Music Theory
• PSYC_2210 Psychological Statistics
• PSYC_2211 Research Methods
• PSYC_2234 Social Psychology

Leadership, Ethics, and Cultural Competency (3 credits)

Select from:

• ARTH_1402 – Museums of New York
• CINE_2360 – Culture & History on Film
• COMM_1105 – Intercultural Communications
• COMM_3838 – Media Ethics
• COMM_2206 – Managing Social Media
• COMM_2102 – International Communication
• CREW_2017 – Health/Healing-Telling Story
• CREW_2022 – Storytelling & Social Justice
• EDUC_3601 – Equity, Ethics and Education
• GOVT_2410 – Politics, Govt, Ethics, Healthcare
• GOVT_2020 – The American Presidency
• GOVT_2200 – Comparative Constitutional Law
• HUMN_2710 – Traditions of Medicine and Health
• HUMN_2700 – Medical Humanities
• LITS_2200 – Approaches to World Literature
• MGMT_2600 – Organizational Behavior
• ORGS_1100 – Ethical Issues in Social Institute
• PHIL_1440 – Bio-Medical Ethics
• PHIL_2008 – Ethical Issues in the Movies
• PHIL_2103 – Philosophy of AI
• SOCI_4200 – AI, Technology and Social Change
• SPAD_2015 – Team Development
• UNIV_2001 – Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• CGDH_2216 – Design for Social Responsibility

Experiential Learning (10 credits)

• Internship
• Apprenticeship
• Community-based learning
• MGMT_3620 – Leadership/Personal Development  (capstone for Leadership Certificate)
• OLSN_4001 – Senior Project in Artificial Intelligence  (capstone for AI Certificate)
• CGD_2218 / FILM_2218 / COMM_2218 – Content Creation for New Media
• APEX 3941 FDU Global Career Accelerator (3 credits)

Free electives (47-51 credits)