B.P.S. Degree Requirements

General Education Component

GNED 103 Professional Communication
GNED 104 Self, Society, and Institutions
GNED 105 Organizations, Organizational Behavior, and Systems Theory
GNED 204 Informed Use of Statistical Analysis
GNED 205 Technology, Information Exchange, and Social Transformations
GNED 304 Politics, Government, and Public Affairs
GNED 305 Interpersonal Relations, Diversity, and Multiculturalism
GNED 403 Globalization
GNED 404 Leadership and Literature
GNED 405 Ethics, Values, and the Common Good

The Professional Studies Component

  • 30 credits (10 courses) in a professional program track
  • Students must declare one of the following three program options:
    • Communication and Media Studies
    • Criminology and Social Justice
    • Organizational Leadership
Communication and Media Studies
10 courses selected from the following list
30 credits
Multimedia Design (3 credits)
Media Criticism(3 credits)
Communication and the Law(3 credits)
Applied Computer Graphics (3 credits)
Advertising (3 credits)
Public Relations(3 credits)
Digital Film(3 credits)
Effective Speech (3 credits)
Film as Art(3 credits)
Intercultural Communication(3 credits)
Professional Writing(3 credits)
Consumer Psychology(3 credits)
Social Psychology(3 credits)
Management of Information Systems(3 credits)
Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
Foundations of Design(3 credits)
Criminology and Social Issues
10 courses selected from the following list
30 credits
Political Communication (3 credits)
Organized Crime(3 credits)
Criminal Law and Society(3 credits)
Criminal Justice Administration(3 credits)
Urban Sociology(3 credits)
Controversies in Criminal Justice (3 credits)
Race and Ethnicity (3 credits)
Social Class and Inequality (3 credits)
Social Psychology(3 credits)
Power and Conflict (3 credits)
Consumer Psychology(3 credits)
Intercultural Communication(3 credits)
Social Psychology(3 credits)
Contemporary Moral Issues (3 credits)
Ethics (3 credits)
Professional Writing (3 credits)
The Human Condition
Organizational Leadership
10 courses selected from the following list
30 credits
Business Management(3 credits)
Interpersonal Communication(3 credits)
Organizational Psychology(3 credits)
Organizational Communication(3 credits)
Social Psychology(3 credits)
Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Power and Conflict (3 credits)
Leadership(3 credits)
Public Relations(3 credits)
Contemporary Moral Issues (3 credits)
Ethics(3 credits)
Professional Writing(3 credits)
Sociology of Organizations and Work(3 credits)