Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Professional Studies

Take charge of your education and build a degree tailored to enhance your skills and achieve your career goals. Employers today are increasingly seeking individuals with adaptable skill sets to meet their rapidly evolving needs. The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Professional Studies from Thomas Edison State University (TESU) is a 120-credit online degree program that will provide you with the knowledge and know-how employers in any vocation seek in a 21st-century workplace. Our program is designed for working professionals with a two-year degree and those looking for a business or management program where transfer credits can be applied.

The B.S. in Professional Studies degree program offers the flexibility to tailor your education to meet your specific career goals. Gain knowledge and insights in a wide range of practical areas with coursework in strategic thinking, ethical and cross-cultural awareness, effective leadership, business planning and decision-making, oral and written communication skills and more. Your degree will culminate with a capstone project to demonstrate what you’ve learned and apply those skills to real-world issues.

What You Will Learn

Graduates of the B.S. in Professional Studies program will be able to:

• Apply written and oral skills appropriate for business communication.
• Apply critical thinking skills in business-related situations.
• Apply core supervisory and management principles to business operations.
• Apply strong ethical, cross cultural and quantitative skills when leading organizational operations.
• Employ empirical approaches to business planning and decision making.
• Examine elements of organizational culture including awareness, context, diversity and ethical behavior to optimize business practices.
• Apply technology to enable business growth, development and sustainability.

Program Outcomes

Degree Learning Outcomes — Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies

1. Communication Orientation:
   Demonstrate effective communication skills through oral, technologically mediated and written communications media.
2. Quantitative Reasoning:
   Apply data information decision making and problem solving methods associated with management trends and issues.
3. Culture and Diversity Orientation:
   Analyze cultural environments through multicultural perspectives.
4. Business Content Orientation:
   Evaluate strategic, resource and operational requirements associated with enterprise management.
5. Technology Orientation:
   Apply information and web-based technologies to enable enterprise development, growth and sustainability.
6. Ethics Orientation:
   Evaluate ethical behavior and social responsibility at the personal, organizational and societal levels.
7. Global Orientation:
   Analyze enterprise management within a global context.