Program Overview
A Personalized Degree for Your Goals
University Studies Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) online program is designed for adult learners and transfer students, allowing you to shape your academic journey based on your interests, prior coursework, and professional goals.
The program curriculum is 100% online, asynchronous and was designed to offer you maximum flexibility while ensuring a strong academic foundation and clear pathways to career advancement. The program begins with a broad foundation across diverse disciplines—from communication and history to computer science and psychology. Then, you choose two of the offered concentrations or work with an advisor to create a custom concentration.
The customizable concentration structure empowers you to align your studies with professional goals, while the capstone course ensures you leave with practical, real-world experience that ties learning together in a meaningful way. Along the way, upper-division electives are also completed.
There are competencies that are in high demand across all industries. Students in this program will graduate with diverse, transferable skills, including:
- Practical Leadership Skills: Communication, decision-making, influence, and team leadership.
- Effective Communication: Interpersonal, external/internal, and expectation-setting.
- Critical Thinking: Data analysis, decision-support systems, and financial acumen.
- Problem Solving: Conflict management, psychology, and ethics.
Choose a combination of any two concentrations to create a personalized course of study to help you meet your educational and career goals. Each concentration requires 12 credit hours.
Hospitality Management
- A Hospitality Management concentration prepares you to lead in the fast-growing world of events, tourism, and entertainment. Learn to manage teams, delight guests, and bring ideas to life—whether you join a global brand or start your own business. Earn your degree online and take the next step in a career that brings people together.
Organizational Leadership
- Prepare to excel in today’s fast-paced, people-centered workplaces. A concentration in Organizational Leadership equips you with practical, transferable leadership skills you can apply immediately. These include communication, problem-solving, and influence, developed through applied, real-world learning.
Psychology
- Earning your concentration in Psychology helps you understand the complex mechanisms of human thinking and behavior, develop critical thinking skills, and learn to apply qualitative and quantitative research to solve real-world problems.
Public Administration
- If you're passionate about serving others and strengthening communities, the Public Administration concentration will prepare you to lead in government or nonprofit roles. Through a faith-based, practical approach—including a real-world capstone project—you’ll gain the skills to shape policy, drive change, and make a lasting impact.
Supply Chain Management
- Earning your concentration in Supply Chain Management prepares you to drive efficiency, solve problems, and deliver results in logistics, project management, or operations. Learn from industry pros with experience at companies like FedEx and Amazon, and apply what you learn right away. Boost your career with skills that make an immediate impact.
- Assessment Credit: Earn up to 30 credits toward your degree through our assessment center. We offer a one-day, behavioral assessment experience that not only pinpoints your competencies but also gives you a personalized program for strengthening and adding to your competency profile.
- Prior Learning: Get credit for prior learning through exams, portfolios or documented training—such as certificates, military experience or workplace education. Whether you're demonstrating knowledge by testing or providing documentation, these options can accelerate your path to a degree.
- Transfer Credit: Earn up to 94 credits through transfer. We will evaluate your college transcripts and catalog to determine which course credits can be transferred.
How long are the courses?
Courses are completed over a period of 8 weeks.
Is there any on-campus or hybrid requirement?
There is no on-campus or hybrid component to this program. It is fully online with asynchronous coursework.
How long will it take me to finish?
This degree program can be completed in as little as a year. You can take up to two years if it’s better for your work/life balance as a full-time professional.
